This event has passed! I’ll be performing with my Level 3 cohort at Brooklyn Comedy Collective’s Eris in our class show on April 20 at 8:30 pm! We’ll be downstairs in the Deep Space room. In this Advanced Scenes class, our instructor Philip Markle has presented improv techniques and awareness-building tools to create more grounded and authentic characters...
I am so excited to announce that I have accepted a role as a writer with the Bitter Maiden Writing Collective. I was delighted to meet Creative Director Lilly Mannon and Director Nathan Flower through a series of interviews and writing submissions and hear about their vision and intention behind the Bitter Maiden’s upcoming project. In the coming months, I look...
This event has passed! Next month I’ll be heading to Los Angeles for a Comedy Fantasy Camp. I’ll be connecting with fellow comedians, attending writing and pitching workshops, learning about alternative formats for performance and, most likely, laughing a lot. I’m really looking forward to getting some professional critiques and exploring comedy in...
This event has passed! I’ll be performing with my Level 1 cohort Brooklyn Comedy Collective’s Pig Pen in our class show on December 16 at 8:30 pm! Over the past six weeks, we’ve been learning how to “give gifts,” embody emotions, concoct scenes using suggestions and physicality, and tap into our ability to play. I’ve had a blast...
This event has passed! Santa will arrive at Macy’s 34th Street once again this Thanksgiving with the Macy’s Day Parade! He’ll be bringing a team of elves from the North Pole, including my friend Quill (who happens to look a lot like me). Quill assists Santa with his lists and can often be found in the North Pole library. Visitors to Santaland will...
My sister and I kicked off the Halloween season last night with Death Becomes Her (1992) starring Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis and Goldie Hawn. Rotten Tomatoes has got this film all wrong, awarding it a measly 55%. Ignore that. This is one of the silliest, and surprisingly thought-provoking, movies I have seen in a long time. I’ll give a few details: actress...
Every Saturday this summer, I had the honor of performing with a very talented group of performers through Sacramento Comedy Spot’s Musical Improv class. I had never taken an improv class before and hadn’t sang in front of an audience in over a decade. But over six weeks, I grew to trust in these creative and open-minded strangers who were so laid-back (even as I...
This event has passed! Check out my blog for the videos: Red Panda & Trash Panda A culmination of the Musical Improv class at the Sacramento Comedy Spot. That’s right! I’m going to be singing! Next week my classmates and I will be performing a mini-musical showcasing all of the skills that we have learned over the past six weeks. Every Saturday we...
This event has passed! I’m operating the soundboard for Stanford University’s production of Snow in Midsummer! This is such a rich performance with an incredible staff and cast. Every time we run through the performance, I glean some new insights into the work. The role of the daughter, responsibility to family, the concept of duty, how the past lingers...
This event has passed! [STANFORD, CA] — April 30, 2023: Planet Earth Arts New Play Festival at The Nitery in Old Union at Stanford University. [STANFORD, CA] — April 30, 2023: Planet Earth Arts New Play Festival at The Nitery in Old Union at Stanford University. [STANFORD, CA] — April 30, 2023: Planet Earth Arts New Play Festival at The Nitery in Old Union at...