Unstuck and Unflinching: Olivia Levine on Comedy, Control, and Coming Clean
For Levine, the crowd isn’t a backdrop—it’s a living collaborator. Her show is intimate, often exposing the kind of stories most people bury: intrusive thoughts, shame, and the messy intersections of sex and control. She relies on the audience to meet her there. “Sometimes people’s reactions change what happens in the moment,” she says. “When my mom’s friends came, they’d whisper or gasp or laugh in surprise—and I can feel that energy. It changes how I tell a story.” [more]