I’ve lived in New York City for a year now (my anniversary was a couple of days ago)! Kind of ridiculous, really. This has not felt like a whole year but too bad, it has been. Now, what have I learned? For starters, I’m glad I moved specifically to Brooklyn and not Manhattan. I’m not… Continue reading My First New York Anniversary
Tag: comedy
The Second City Toronto
Last night I saw a great show at The Second City Toronto! I had never seen a show at any of the three locations of The Second City but its influence has been felt in many places.
Preview: 6th Annual Women in Comedy Festival
This year is the 6th annual Women in Comedy Festival and I’m very excited for it! After a couple of years as just an observer, this year I’m also performing in a couple of shows.
Writing Campus Cancún
I recently wrote and performed in a sketch for Dictator’s Time Machine called, Campus Cancún. The idea came up during a brainstorming session about the springtime about how people treat the first warm day of the year like it’s the middle of the summer.
Writing in Stephen Colbert’s Voice
Recently I took a writing workshop with Eric Drysdale of The Colbert Report at ImprovBoston. During the class, we learned how the writers for The Colbert Report put their material together. The workshop started off with the group talking about things that were going on in the news and we eventually hit on a topic that Eric felt would be good to tackle for The Colbert Report’s “Tip of the Hat/Wag of the Finger.”
Laughing vs. Cheering
This past Saturday night my sketch group, Dictator’s Time Machine, had the pleasure of performing a sold out show. The show was ImprovBoston‘s Battle Royale along with All Things Dismembered. It was up against the New England Patriots playing in the quarterfinals of the NFL playoffs (against the Indianapolis Colts). To say that I’m surprised the… Continue reading Laughing vs. Cheering
Commitment
I spend a lot of time trying to be funny for strangers. It’s an addiction. However, I still have more fun in small groups of people, the way most people enjoy themselves. Though a truth about comedy is that just because someone makes their friends laugh, doesn’t mean they’re funny to the outside world. People… Continue reading Commitment