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.
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…
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…
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!
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…