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to Texas as a young child when her artistic and free-spirited mother married her stepfather. She and her brother spent summers with family members in Pass
Christian, Hattiesburg, and Jackson.
“Between all of those places, we were usually swimming in the ocean, having
a bonfire on the beach, waterskiing in the swamps, meeting with family for a meal at the yacht club, fishing, and boating in the bay,” she said, adding
Mardi Gras celebrations in Pass Christian and New Orleans hold a special place in her heart.
“I have so many incredible memories and it really hits me how specific it all was to this area,” she said as she reminisced. “Things that I absolutely
don’t hear people say they have plans to do in the Los Angeles area where I live now. It was the best and I really cherish those times.”
Notaro’s stand-up performances are wry, sharply observed, and immensely relatable, which she credits largely to her mom and growing up
on the Coast.
“I think it’s impossible to not be influenced by almost everything in
life along the way, but the Gulf Coast for sure influenced me,” she said. “My mother was also a huge influence on my comedy. She was born
in New Orleans and raised in Pass Christian. All senses of humor are a bit different in ways but anyone that knew her and knows me can see an
unmistakable connection.”
Notaro has been hailed for her effortless storytelling and fearless stage
presence, her subject matter ranges from the delightfully absurd to the monumentally serious. She wrote, produced, and starred in “One Mississippi,” a
cutting-edge semiautobiographical comedy series on Amazon. She is a public radio contributor, podcaster, and Rolling Stone named her as one of the 50 best stand-up
comics of all time.
Most recently, she joined the season three cast of the Apple TV+ drama “The
Morning Show,” starring Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon. She also hosts an advice podcast, “Don’t Ask Tig,” and a documentary film podcast, “Tig and Cheryl: True Story.”
And although you’ll currently find her in numerous popular streaming movies such as “We Have a Ghost,” “Your Place or Mine,” and “Army of the Dead,” Notaro doesn’t actually correlate herself with being an actor.
“As fun as it has all been, I really don’t connect with being an actor, so everything you see me in I’m lucky if I can even remember my lines,” she said.
But you will be able to see her at her best at her one-night-only comedy show in Gulfport, which will feature a mix of stories about her
family, her health, and weird situations she’s found herself in over the years.
“And just a ton of nonsense,” she said. “Nothing too different or far out from the usual thing
one might expect from me and I have very much enjoyed doing this particular show. It’s not anything about the pandemic, so
people tend to appreciate that a bit and
I’ll be taping it as a special in the next few months, so I’m pretty excited about that.”
TOP: Tig Notaro married Stephanie Allynne on the beach in Pass Christian. MIDDLE: Tig Notaro (second child on the back row) with her family and friends in Pass Christian, 1975. ABOVE: Notaro’s son at a beach bonfire in Pass Christian in 2019.
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