'It's Better and Cheaper Than Therapy'

NADELBERG, David; ONE-person shows (Performing arts); MORTIFIED: Real Words, Real People, Real Pathetic (Book); SECONDARY education; LOVE letters

This article reports on the one-man show presented by writer David Nadelberg title "Mortified" in which he reads from love letters he wrote in high school. The show has turned into a cultural phenomenon as people around the country are convening to share their own embarrassing journals, poems and letters written in teenage. There are "Mortified" parties, and a book "Mortified: Real Words, Real People, Real Pathetic," will be published in November 2006.