by ⭐⭐⭐½
Britt Migs, a “Creator to Watch” at last year’s New York Comedy Festival, is a hit online through her solo front-facing sketches or through her segments with Cracked. Migs also has been through a lot in the past couple of years, personally and professionally. Her Fringe debut aims to catch us all up on that.
But first she must face her own inner demons, who come to life in a filmed bit that opens the show, as parts of her personality confront her on a NYC subway ride.
She’s trying to get into “Dolphin Mode,” which in this instance refers to a self-help self-actualization app she’s listening to on the subway. But there’s a double meaning here, too, as post-divorce, she finds herself fully shaved and horny, as dolphins are wont to be. Did she mention she’s divorced? Yes, this is the big plot device propelling her forward, with backward jabs at her cheating ex. She also makes fun of herself for how she describes her burgeoning queerness. It’s all in good fun, but ends before you know it.
And knowing what I know about what Migs has been through, it feels like she has left us wanting more, but didn’t need to. I want you to know about her current relationship, what she has learned from it already, and how she can be so bubbly and colorful while the outside world seems to keep darkening. Is she holding that back purposefully for another show? Or is it all too soon?
You may want to add a half-star since you don’t know what I know, though, or just because getting out of a Fringe show early is such a nice change of pace when so many other Fringe sets run long or otherwise hamper the rest of your itinerary.
Britt Migs: Dolphin Mode plays at Underbelly Buttercup through Aug. 25, 2025.
