About the Show

A Gaggle is a comedic and heartfelt Father's Day solo show that explores the chaos, beauty, and absurdity of parenting in 2025. Drawing from his own wild journey as a father of four- including ER visits, a botched vasectomy, and a child’s unexpected obsession with Chopin- Willy Appelman uses storytelling, video, and cultural commentary to ask: “Should you even have kids?” Blending painfully honest stories with poop jokes, the show examines modern family dynamics, the shrinking American household, and the stigma of having "a gaggle" of kids. It’s a humorous, emotional and incredibly painful portrait of life’s unscripted moments, told with the kind of insight that only comes from suffering through them.