Alyssa Al-Dookhi on Gender, Writing with Honesty, Comedy in Kuwait and Comedy Festivals (S3:E4)

In this episode, Marc sits down with Philadelphia comedian, Alyssa Al-Dookhi (Frist Person Arts, "Make Up or Break Up") and dive deep into Alyssa's childhood growing up in both Kuwait and America.  Alyssa educates Marc in non-binary gender identity, pansexuality, transgender and growing up in a foreign country during a war.  Alyssa goes equally in depth in how to write observational humor with your own personality, writing with honesty, editing a joke and making experiences unique to you relatable to others.  This was such an informative interview where anyone can get something out of!  Chapters: 6:00 Alyssa's Childhood 25:32 Stand Up Comedy in Kuwait 37:19 Pansexuality 45:30 Writing Observational Humor with Your Personality 1:05:09 Writing with Honesty 1:07:22 Setting Up a Joke 1:17:52 Editing a Joke 1:21:52 Delivery 1:25:07 Career Development in Comedy 1:29:17 Comedy Festivals 1:29:59 Closing Thoughts  Links From the Episode: Marc's Website: marcstaud.com Marc's Instagram: @staudcomedy Marc's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marc.stauude...  Get to the Joke Instagram: @gettothejoke Get to the Joke Twitter: @gettothejoke Get to the Joke Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gettothejoke Email Marc at [email protected]  Alyssa Al-Dookhi's Links: Alyssa's Website: https://www.thedookness.com/Alyssa's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedookness/Alyssa's Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDookness