ANATOMICA: A Comedy About Meat, Bones, & The Skin You’re In

THEY. ARE. BAAAAAACK.

After a sold out show in 2024, International Comedian & Weird-Lil’-Gremlin, Amica Hunter (they/them), returns to NOLA for another captivating show at Mudlark. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a worm? You are not alone. Amica GETS UNDER YOUR SKIN and CRUSHES YOUR FUNNY BONE in this hilarious, captivating, and sometimes-unsettling-comedy about skeletal systems and the horrors of living in a body. ANATOMICA is an intimate, unpredictable exploration of zoological fascination, chronic pain, & the collective imagination. It is a show striving to answer one crucial universal question - What is the BEST type of skeleton?!?!?

With candidness and a comfortably casual tone, Amica reviews the three skeletal systems found in animals and discusses the pros and cons of each one. What would it be like to inhabit a body completely alien from our classic human form? A gloriously deranged Ted-Talk by a wanna be scientist who dropped out of college to attend clown school instead.

Featuring a guided worm meditation, a slew of scientific animal facts, a butt-faced crab, and communication with the audience via a long plastic tube, ANATOMICA is an absurd shapeshifting show that will leave audiences with more questions than answers.

Part stand-up, part storytelling, and part clown, ANATOMICA is an investigation of the inadequacies of different animal body models, and a celebration of the absurdity of being trapped in a body that is limited by pain, fatigue, and ultimately decay. But, you know, make it fun.

Praise For ANATOMICA:

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (5 stars out of 5)

"Amica Hunter’s stand-up set disguised as a serious science lesson is like the mutant love child of Laurie Anderson and David Attenborough…ANATOMICA is an hour of chewy, fleshy charm.”

-The Edmonton Journal

-The Sappy Critic

“Biological, philosophical - both entertaining and thought-provoking.”

-The Orlando Sentinel

AWARDS:

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  Pick of the Fringe - Artists’ Choice Award - Cincinnati Fringe Festival (2023)

• Edmonton Fringe Festival Official Holdover (2023)

• Spirit of the Fringe Award - Asheville Fringe Festival (2025)

WANT MORE?

Check out Amica's OTHER show, playing at "Beanlandia" (3300 Royal Street) as part of the New Orleans Giant Puppet Festival:

TUBE TIED: A Mind-numbing Absolutely horseshit “Show“ About TUBES!…and… SECRETS?

“TUBE be, or not TUBE be?” IS that the question? Not really. Maybe? It doesn't really matter now, it’s too late. Behold! Amica approaches with a fistful of TUBES and a mouthful of WORDS, to give you an earful of SECRETS in this stand-up-lay-down squirm-around comedy set. It’s about secrets, it’s about cylindrical structures, and it TOTALY MAKES SENSE! 20+ time award winner Amica Hunter has “lost the plot” and seems to be “giving up” with this ridiculous anti-theatre “show” that is literally about literal tubes in the most literal way (...it has secrets in it, but is mainly about tubes). Like. What the f*ck!?!?

April 9th at 5pm

April 10th at 9pm

April 12th at 7pm

April 13th at 9pm

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Host or Publisher Stinky Lil’ Ratman Amica Hunter