Dead Parents Club started as an inside joke between people who found themselves in a club nobody wants to join.

What began as dark humor between grieving friends eventually became a live comedy show about loss, survival, and the strange things that happen when grief sits around long enough to develop a personality.

During the original 2025 Denver Fringe Festival run, the cast discovered something unexpected: talking about grief out loud—especially the messy, uncomfortable, absurd parts—made it feel a little less lonely. Somewhere between the oversharing, the trauma competition, and the inappropriate jokes, real connection started to bloom.

Because grief is heavy. But sometimes the only way to carry it is together… while making jokes your therapist would probably ask you to unpack later.

Dead Parents Club exists to create space for honesty, humor, remembrance, and the weird little moments of joy that can still exist after loss.

You don’t choose to become a member.
But once you’re here, you might as well laugh about it.