Solo Performance & Storytelling
Standup Comedy and Inner Confidence in the face of the Outer Critic
Sold out the first show tonight in Berkeley!!! And I have to say I felt SO GOOD on stage. I have to admit, it hasn’t always been that way. Read more…
Solo Performance & Storytelling
6 Tricks to Save Face When You Forget Your Lines on Stage
The truth is, when you forget your lines, there is nothing you can actually do to "lose face". Your face, your body, your personality, is essentially an illusion. In fact, Read more…
Solo Performance & Storytelling
Your Fear of Public Speaking Might Be Something Else Entirely
I've often had dreams that I was back in high school, doing my school play again, and the nightmare part is, "But I don't remember my lines any more!" It's Read more…
Standup Comedy
5 reasons your “hilarious” new dick joke bores me. (And what to do about it.)
We all have to start somewhere. In comedy, you start right where you are. And in a way, every time we get on stage, we’re starting again, because we’re in Read more…
Solo Performance & Storytelling
Carving Your Own Laugh: Comedy Career Q & A, PART EIGHT: Stay Grounded and Magical
Comedy Career Q & A, Part 8: Stay Grounded and Magical Alicia: And if you can quit your job and enjoy that for a while and have it be building Read more…
Solo Performance & Storytelling
Carving Your Own Laugh: Comedy Career Q & A, PART SEVEN: Grow Big or Grow Home
Comedy Career Q & A, Part 7: Grow Big or Grow Home Alicia: I think doing what you love should be the goal and if doing the other things to Read more…
Solo Performance & Storytelling
Carving Your Own Laugh: Comedy Career Q & A, PART SIX: Slow & Steady Meteoric Rise
Comedy Career Q & A, Part 6: Slow & Steady Meteoric Rise Alicia: Yeah, you can’t have a viral video if you don’t have any videos. Able: That’s true. Yeah. Read more…
Solo Performance & Storytelling
Carving Your Own Laugh: Comedy Career Q & A, PART FIVE: Hone Your Voice
Comedy Career Q & A, Part 5: Hone Your Voice Alicia: Creating a show was the thing that gave me a commodity rather than a specific thing that people could Read more…
Solo Performance & Storytelling
Carving Your Own Laugh: Comedy Career Q & A, PART FOUR: Develop Your Show
Comedy Career Q & A, Part 4: Develop Your Show Able: So, it sounds like a lot of what you’re saying is go where you think your people are going to be Read more…
Solo Performance & Storytelling
Carving Your Own Laugh: Comedy Career Q & A, PART THREE: Headlining Energy
Comedy Career Q & A, Part 3: Headlining Energy Alicia: I noticed I wasn’t really feeling like I could be myself and it wasn’t making me funnier or better as Read more…