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Comedian and Creatrix Alicia Dattner is an internationally-acclaimed, award-winning performer who loves to help others use the power of humor to transform their lives and write a new unfolding story for the world.
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8 Things NOT to Look for in a PR Firm, if You’re a Solo Performer or Comedian

Hire someone because they’re affordable, creative, and powerful, and they believe in what you’re doing (not just paying lip service to your mission). But most importantly hire them because you feel aligned before, during, and after your interactions with them.

By Alicia Dattner, 7 monthsApril 30, 2023 ago
How To

Um… I Forgot My Lines! (What to Do When You Forget!)

Of course public speaking can be terrifying. And one loop we can get into is not memorizing the script so well, then worrying, then being in front of an audience and forgetting, then worrying that you have forgotten and spiraling downward. What if instead, you try letting yourself off the Read more…

By Alicia Dattner, 7 months ago
Standup Comedy

How to Put on a Successful House Concert, Part 4

Ok, here are my final tips. Need help with any of this? (Believe me. this is the easy part. The part you really need help with is the show itself. That’s my specialty. Book a consult with me to see if it’s a fit for us to work together to Read more…

By Alicia Dattner, 1 yearDecember 2, 2022 ago
Standup Comedy

How to Put on a Successful House Concert, Part 3

Stay tuned for Part 4!

By Alicia Dattner, 1 yearNovember 29, 2022 ago
Standup Comedy

How to Put On a Successful Comedy House Concert: Part 2

Part 1 of this blog introduces the idea of having a house concert for comedy. Here are the nuts and bolts. Here we go. Did you read Part 1?And check out Part 3! And Part 4!

By Alicia Dattner, 1 yearNovember 22, 2022 ago
Comedy

Dave Chappelle’s monologue on SNL

I’m a proud, “out” Jewish American comedian (out as a Jewish person). And I find myself confused after seeing Dave Chappelle’s monologue on Saturday Night Live. I loved the bits about Trump. But I’m talking specifically about the part of the set that deals with Kanye, Kyrie, and Jewish people.  Read more…

By Alicia Dattner, 1 yearNovember 17, 2022 ago
Standup Comedy

How to Put On a Successful Comedy House Concert: Part 1

Sunday we did a private comedy house concert in a gorgeous home in Malibu. It was at a newly rebuilt home of some friends whose place burned down in the fires a couple years ago. My boyfriend learned several pre-show songs that I asked him to play and opened for Read more…

By Alicia Dattner, 1 yearNovember 16, 2022 ago
If not now, when
Creativity

Go ahead and quit, dear writer.

Do you have a book or a show or a standup set or a screenplay you’ve always wanted to write? And you’re not writing it? Well, I suggest you give it up. You read me right. Just go ahead and quit it.  Why? Because having it hang over your shoulder isn’t doing you any Read more…

By Alicia Dattner, 1 yearAugust 18, 2022 ago
Alicia leading a final huddle at her solo performance workshop
Creativity

Giving Yourself Permission to Create.

No one gave me permission to be a comedian. Few people encouraged it.  as a career. And I while I had a spark, I wasn’t really that funny. At first. But I felt the desire to do comedy from my toes to my eyeballs and everywhere in between. I had to do it. Not Read more…

By Alicia Dattner, 1 year ago
alicia splashing water
Comedy

Your Life is a Joke.

Your Life is a Joke. Allow me to elaborate. Have you noticed some people are always doing one thing so they can get to that next thing? Not necessarily cause they really love that first thing… Like if they can just do that one thing, it will make that next Read more…

By Alicia Dattner, 2 yearsMarch 24, 2022 ago

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