About this episode
Alex Morris shares his story of living with a degenerative eye disease while performing improv comedy in London.
Just out of school, writer Alex Morris gets a job performing and teaching improv comedy in London, playing absurd characters night after night. But his knack for hiding his true self starts long before he ever steps onstage. Alex is hiding a secret — one that only his family and a few close friends know: he’s slowly losing his sight. He shares a story about his struggles living with a degenerative eye disease and the lengths to which he would go to pretend he didn’t need help. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
People in this episode
Guest: Alex Morris
Topics covered
- improv comedy
- degenerative eye disease
- personal struggles
- identity
- self-acceptance
Keywords
- improv
- comedy
- blindness
- identity
- struggles
- personal story
- London
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