Like Marlene starring Alina Bock at the New York Comedy Festival at Brooklyn Art Haus – Brooklyn, NY

Welcome to the end of the dream — or is it the beginning?

In Like Marlene, L.A. based comedienne and former German popstar Alina Bock takes

the stage as her future self: a washed-up, chain-smoking Hollywood diva with a few

dusty Oscars, a head full of memories, and just enough delusion to attempt one final

comeback.

Told in reverse, this one-hour autobiographical solo comedy shows spirals backward

through time — from a faded legend grasping for reinvention, to her days as a viral

internet star, to being a Hollywood sign tour guide, to her europop fame in Germany,

and finally her teenage self in the ‘90s who dreamt of stardom just like Marlene. Marlene

Dietrich – the ultimate German export.

With a mix of original characters, songs, digital interstitials, and audience-driven improv,

Like Marlene is a fast-paced ride through fame, failure, identity, and reinvention. It

explores the question of what it means to start over in America’s dream factory and is a

love letter to dreamers, outsiders, and anyone who’s ever had to google, how to get a

green card / Hollywood agent.

Because if Marlene could do it, why not you?