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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
Standup Comedy

5 reasons your “hilarious” new dick joke bores me. (And what to do about it.)

Let's start by saying that we all have to start somewhere. If you're a comedian, you start where you are. I love you as a human. But as a comedian, I'm not so sure. There are some massive mistakes you can make as a comic that will automatically alienate half Read more…

By adattner, 4 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
Solo Performance & Storytelling

Carving Your Own Laugh: Comedy Career Q & A, PART TWO: Quitting the Club

Comedy Career Q & A, Part 2: Quitting the Club Alicia: I couldn’t be in a bar anymore. Able: Yep. Alicia: I couldn’t be surrounded by 22 year old heterosexual dudes, smoking pot and drinking and a lot of the moments were really fun but a lot of them were kind Read more…

By adattner, 4 years2 years ago
Solo Performance & Storytelling

Carving Your Own Laugh – Comedy Career Q & A, PART ONE: Traditional Standup Path

Comedy Career Q & A, Part 1: Traditional Standup Path Alicia: So, hello everybody. I am here today with my new buddy Able and we are going to spend a little time doing some Q & A on comedy, performance and anything that you have that you want to throw Read more…

By adattner, 4 years2 years ago

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