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The Art of Creation: Don’t Believe the Voice of the Inner Critic

People will tell you things that are not helpful, for the sake of being helpful. Especially if you’re an artist, entrepreneur, activist, or person inspiring change… Sometimes they may even say it in the form of a question, so your answer appears to be your own, but your conclusion might Read more…

By adattner, 2 years2 years ago
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. Sometimes, for years on end, as a performer, I had that need to get on stage – and yet simultaneously Read more…

By adattner, 3 years2 years ago
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, the metaphor of a play or a show fits so perfectly with life. We rehearse, the moment arrives, we're on Read more…

By adattner, 3 years2 years ago
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 perhaps the thing we fear most ABOUT public speaking or getting on stage. What if the fear isn't actually a Read more…

By adattner, 3 years2 years ago
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 toward you creating the next level of your performance and who you are on stage, amazing, do it. If it’s Read more…

By adattner, 4 years2 years ago
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 pay the rent make it easier to be creative then that’s beautiful. If they make it harder and they drain  Read more…

By adattner, 4 years2 years ago
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. So you’ve done that yourself? Alicia: No. Able: Okay. Alicia: Why do you think I’m still talking to you? I’m Read more…

By adattner, 4 years2 years ago
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 latch on and say that is for me and that could be for me whereas just having comedy as a Read more…

By adattner, 4 years2 years ago
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 and see how it lands with them and branch out from there. Alicia: Yeah, definitely and tell me more about Read more…

By adattner, 4 years2 years ago
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 a comic. It was just making me shrink. It’s not that I don’t admire and respect that process and want Read more…

By adattner, 4 years2 years ago

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