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 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

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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

Studio 40! Part Trois

I’m so excited to announce that my improv group, Big Gulp, will be returning to ImprovBoston‘s Studio 40 for a third straight run! This means from December through May, we’ll be performing an average of twice a month on Friday nights at 7:00pm on ImprovBoston’s studio stage. Studio 40 includes six different, theater-independent, teams with three… Continue reading Studio 40! Part Trois

My first year in sketch comedy

366 days ago I had my first live sketch show with Dictator’s Time Machine and it was at ImprovBoston‘s Sketch Cagematch. I’ve always liked watching sketch but it wasn’t really on my radar until I was asked to fill in an actor-role for one show. A year later and I’m still performing with them. Now… Continue reading My first year in sketch comedy