As we know, "theater is dead, a putrid vessel of the forgotten time. The kind of putrid when the skin becomes wax and raccoons not only feed but make love to what's left of the flesh." These are the quotes from today's interview with Chad Austin Pierce, a distinguished theater actor "from one of the Americas," who's graced the stage at many places we never heard of, like Monte's Carnegie Hall (different from *the* Carnegie Hall).

Chad Austin Pierce, who proudly doesn't own a pen and refers to writers as "scribblers", predicts that standup comedy will save live theater. He gifts us with a brand-new standup routine where each joke is prefaced with an extensive backstory and character development. "If They're Laughing Too Much, They're Not Bothering To Think." Enjoy, just prepare to hear the word "putrid" a lot.

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