“I’m not just a nerd,” proclaims a bespectacled 13-year-old named Thea, speaking into a microphone on stage. “I’m also a geek.” The audience laughs. She’s performing a set as part of a workshop run by ...

Cory Michaelis honed his skills in front of one of the most difficult audiences a burgeoning stand-up comedian can: teenagers. Michaelis, a former Cascade (of Everett) High School history teacher who ...

Olivia Taylor hopes to combine teaching, comedy to encourage girls Fourth-year comedian Olivia Taylor has tutored children through the Incarcerated Youth Tutorial Project at UCLA. After graduation, ...

I quietly dreamed of performing stand-up comedy for 10 years before I got up the courage to go to an open mic night, and it was by far the most nervous I have ever been in my life. If you also dream ...

Jon Savitt performs stand-up at the Phoenix Theater. HOST: Twin Cities-based comedian Jon Savitt has been told his whole life that he'd have to move to places like New York or LA to pursue a career in ...

Once upon a time, Brian Posen was a theater graduate student at the University who frequented Espresso Royale and endured many nearly sleepless nights in the hopes of one day pursuing a career in the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A new round of comedy classes is coming to the Portland-based non-profit Kickstand Comedy. The venue and center of all things funny on Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard will be ...