Meredith Vieira Productions presents LIFE IN A MARITAL INSTITUTION (20 Years of Monogamy in One Terrifying Hour)

Life in a Marital Institution is a poignant, darkly humorous autobiographical comedy. Set improbably in a hospice, James sits at the bedside of his dying sister, who ask him to trade places with her. Until she realizes that would mean trading places with him...being in his marriage...a fate worse than death!

The monologue cuts back and forth between the hospice, where his sister is engaged to be married, and scenes from James' marriage, exploring infidelity, near death childbirth and other high stakes yet hilarious adventures. In the process, the comedy explores the roots of romantic love in familial love, and the notion: not only can you go home again, you can't not go home again; you can't escape your past. Until you confront it...which James does through his sister’s deathbed wedding, before returning home to confront whether his own marriage should come to an end.

First comes love. Then comes marriage counseling. After a sold-out run in New York City, “This American Life” contributor James Braly is on tour with his darkly comic story of what thirteen couples counselors have called a passionate, bi-­‐polar relationship. Hailed as "never less than excellent" by The New York Times and "gaspingly funny" by Variety, Braly dives head first into a tale of attraction, repulsion, death,and the afterlife. It’s 20 years of monogamy in one terrifying(hilarious) evening. Produced by Meredith Vieira Productions.

For more information about the show please visit www.jamesbraly.com