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S2E18: REPLAY: Why Letting Your Set BREATHE (by doing THIS) is So Important
She Shed Comedy: Empowering Your Comedy Career - December 30, 2022 21:47 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsHave you ever been out to dinner with a group of friends and after a bunch of chit chat the table falls to a dead silence… And as that awkward feeling starts creeping up your shoulders someone starts babbling again and relief washes over you? What is it about silence that gets to people? I...
S2E17: REPLAY: The Best Nuggets From Season 1
She Shed Comedy: Empowering Your Comedy Career - December 23, 2022 21:46 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsShe Shed Comedy began as a service project to educate and empower women pursuing a career in comedy by sharing stories and wisdom from women who are currently working in entertainment. It is our mission to serve these women through lighthearted, soulful, and meaningful conversations with working...
S2E16: REPLAY: Going PRO - What It Means To Be A Professional Comedian
She Shed Comedy: Empowering Your Comedy Career - December 16, 2022 21:43 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings-If you are going to do this, just decide to be a professional. Learn some skills; give it some time. It's not going to be easy; set proper expectations, go out there and give it your best and just keep doing it.- 'Go Pro' by Eric Worre. For some people, being professional is synonymous with ...
S2E15: REPLAY: Pt2 Going From A Tight 5 to Tight 7 - Deconstructing My 7 Min Set
She Shed Comedy: Empowering Your Comedy Career - December 09, 2022 21:39 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsStandup comedy is a personal development course in action, according to our host, Linda Schwartz. Her comedy is a work in progress, as is she, but she’s sharing her (cringeworthy) experiences to help you improve, too. On the last episode of She Shed Comedy, we dissected Linda’s tight five from...
S2E14: REPLAY: Going From A Tight 5 To A Tight 7 - Deconstructing My 5 Min Set
She Shed Comedy: Empowering Your Comedy Career - December 02, 2022 21:33 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsEvery comic starts out with a five-minute set or what the industry refers to as a ‘tight five’. This tight five will evolve over time and eventually expand into a seven-minute set, then a 15-minute set, then a 45-minute set, and so on. Since Linda started performing, her set has evolved consta...
S2E13: REPLAY: Bombing Pt 1: Why You Must Embrace This To Get Better
She Shed Comedy: Empowering Your Comedy Career - November 25, 2022 21:29 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsA comic’s biggest fear is going on stage and hearing crickets, or worse, heckles. Bombing on stage is quite traumatic, it can stay with you for years to come and even be the reason you leave comedy all together. However, chances are, most comics WILL bomb, it’s just the name of the game. S...
S2E12: REPLAY: How To Mine Your Life For Comedic Gold
She Shed Comedy: Empowering Your Comedy Career - November 18, 2022 21:26 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsWe’ve heard this from women time and time again, “I don’t want to become my mother”. This begs the question, why are mother-daughter relationships so complicated? This is a tricky question, especially if you’ve grown up with a mother who was abusive, narcissistic, and neglectful. As a comic,...
S2E11: REPLAY: Funny Mom? Start Here… This Episode is For YOU.
She Shed Comedy: Empowering Your Comedy Career - November 11, 2022 21:18 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings“You can’t pour from an empty cup”, is a quote our host Linda Schwartz now lives by. Linda lived this reality when realizing she had abandoned herself and her creative pursuits after diving headfirst into motherhood. However, being a mother and a wife doesn’t mean you stop being you. ...
S2E10: News News News: NEW YORK & Holiday Hiatus
She Shed Comedy: Empowering Your Comedy Career - November 04, 2022 20:47 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsAs Fall rolls through, it's time for us to slow down and get settled into a space of reflection. As Linda heads to NY next week for the NY Comedy Festival, we are winding down the year with a Holiday Hiatus and will not be producing new episodes until the new year. If you're in NY and want t...
S2E9: Pausing: Why Letting Your Set Breathe(by doing THIS) Is So Important
She Shed Comedy: Empowering Your Comedy Career - October 28, 2022 18:57 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsHave you ever been out to dinner with a group of friends and after a bunch of chit chat the table falls to a dead silence… And as that awkward feeling starts creeping up your shoulders someone starts babbling again and relief washes over you? What is it about silence that gets to people? I...
S2E8: The Best Nuggets From Season 1
She Shed Comedy: Empowering Your Comedy Career - October 21, 2022 21:13 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsShe Shed Comedy began as a service project to educate and empower women pursuing a career in comedy by sharing stories and wisdom from women who are currently working in entertainment. It is our mission to serve these women through lighthearted, soulful, and meaningful conversations with working...
S2E7: Going PRO What It Means To Be A Professional Comedian
She Shed Comedy: Empowering Your Comedy Career - October 14, 2022 12:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings-If you are going to do this, just decide to be a professional. Learn some skills; give it some time. It's not going to be easy; set proper expectations, go out there and give it your best and just keep doing it.- 'Go Pro' by Eric Worre. For some people, being professional is synonymous with ...
S2E6: Expanding Your Set, Going From A Tight 5 to 7 Deconstruction Pt2
She Shed Comedy: Empowering Your Comedy Career - October 07, 2022 12:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsStandup comedy is a personal development course in action, according to our host, Linda Schwartz. Her comedy is a work in progress, as is she, but she’s sharing her (cringeworthy) experiences to help you improve, too. On the last episode of She Shed Comedy, we dissected Linda’s tight five ...
S2E5: Going From a Tight 5 To A Tight 7 - Deconstructing my Tight 5 Pt 1
She Shed Comedy: Empowering Your Comedy Career - October 01, 2022 03:47 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsEvery comic starts out with a five-minute set or what the industry refers to as a ‘tight five’. This tight five will evolve over time and eventually expand into a seven-minute set, then a 15-minute set, then a 45-minute set, and so on. Since Linda started performing, her set has evolved consta...
S2E4: Bombing Pt2: An Audience Member's Perspective
She Shed Comedy: Empowering Your Comedy Career - September 23, 2022 12:27 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsYou don’t have to be a comic to be part of the comedy circuit. Having an intense passion for the art and creating a buzz around open mics to get people excited to see shows is a great way to be part of the scene without having to get on stage. This is what our guest on today’s episode has...
S2E3: Bombing Pt 1: Why You Must Embrace This To Get Better
She Shed Comedy: Empowering Your Comedy Career - September 16, 2022 22:07 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsA comic’s biggest fear is going on stage and hearing crickets, or worse, heckles. Bombing on stage is quite traumatic, it can stay with you for years to come and even be the reason you leave comedy all together. However, chances are, most comics WILL bomb, it’s just the name of the game. S...
S2E2: How To Mine Your Life For Comedic Gold
She Shed Comedy: Empowering Your Comedy Career - September 09, 2022 16:04 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsWe’ve heard this from women time and time again, “I don’t want to become my mother”. This begs the question, why are mother-daughter relationships so complicated? This is a tricky question, especially if you’ve grown up with a mother who was abusive, narcissistic, and neglectful. As a com...
S2E1: Funny Mom? Start Here! This Episode is FOR YOU!
She Shed Comedy: Empowering Your Comedy Career - September 02, 2022 19:46 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings“You can’t pour from an empty cup”, is a quote our host Linda Schwartz now lives by. Linda lived this reality when realizing she had abandoned herself and her creative pursuits after diving headfirst into motherhood. However, being a mother and a wife doesn’t mean you stop being you. ...
E30: Your Uniqueness Is Your Biggest Creative Asset - Anastasia Washington
She Shed Comedy: Empowering Your Comedy Career - August 26, 2022 19:44 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsThere’s a lot you can’t control in the comedy world as a comic, but the aspects you can control, should be prioritized. These are fixed opportunities for success that can help propel your career forward, even if it doesn’t seem like it at first. Like showing up on time, or even early, and dre...
E29: Not Heavily Connected In The Industry? You Must Do THIS - Summer Moore
She Shed Comedy: Empowering Your Comedy Career - August 19, 2022 19:43 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsThe pandemic hit everyone hard, where everyone was expected to innovate and pivot in a whole new direction in a moment’s notice. This isn’t easy in any industry, let alone in show business where you have to be creative, and as we all know, creativity can’t always be summoned. However, after a...
E28: The Importance of Knowing Who You Are & Trusting Your Instinct
She Shed Comedy: Empowering Your Comedy Career - August 12, 2022 19:42 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsAuthentic expression is cultivated through self work and perseverance in the face of shame and doubt. Pushing through those moments where you feel less than, and becoming unapologetically yourself, is palpable for anyone that comes in contact with you. This is true for comics that come on stage ...
E27: Take A Chance on THIS and The Rest Will Take Care of Itself - Kalea McNeill | Stand Up Comic
She Shed Comedy: Empowering Your Comedy Career - August 05, 2022 21:28 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings“If you continue to operate at a level of excellence, then someone is gonna figure you out.” - Kalea McNeil Creating connection, being personable, and being authentic, are not the first things you think about when you think of surviving the comedy circuit. The industry is known to be cut thro...
E26: Ruth Brandt | Stand Up Comic | Embracing the Stage at 61
She Shed Comedy: Empowering Your Comedy Career - July 29, 2022 21:26 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsRuth Brandt, Comedian, Actor, and Writer. They discuss Ruth’s comic journey, and how it helped her in getting better while making a huge difference in her healing.
E26: Embracing the Stage at 61 - Ruth Brandt | Stand Up Comic
She Shed Comedy: Empowering Your Comedy Career - July 29, 2022 21:26 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings“I'm giving a message, from myself to others who don't know me. So I want my message to be authentic and I wanna be the best version of myself when I'm speaking” - Ruth Brant Becoming a comic doesn’t have to be a childhood dream, it can sometimes grow into a passion when you accidentally stumb...
E25: Lin Sun | Stand Up Comic | Connecting w/Your Audience
She Shed Comedy: Empowering Your Comedy Career - July 22, 2022 21:23 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsLin Sun, a Stand-up Comedian, Writer, Actor, and a Mom. Lin shares about comedy, how she got into it, and how she connects with the audience. She also gives out some great tips to be better on stage.
E25: Connecting w/Your Audience - Lin Sun | Stand Up Comic |
She Shed Comedy: Empowering Your Comedy Career - July 22, 2022 21:23 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings“You are your own big break. You can make your own opportunities. It doesn't take a million people to believe in you. It just takes one person.” - Lin Sun Being a mother is one of the hardest jobs in the world. It can also be the motivating factor to start a comedy career. This is what our...
E24: Lace Larrabee | Stand Up Comic | To Win As A Woman Comic, We Must BE MORE PREPARED!
She Shed Comedy: Empowering Your Comedy Career - July 15, 2022 21:14 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsIn this episode, Lace Larrabee talks about recording her first comedy special, what it takes to be a woman comic in a male dominated industry, and a few tips for the newbie to make it appear as if they've been doing comedy for years.
E24: To Win As A Woman Comic, We Must BE... - Lace Larrabee | Stand Up Comic |
She Shed Comedy: Empowering Your Comedy Career - July 15, 2022 21:14 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsMaking it in comedy can be tricky, especially if you’re a woman. Navigating the male dominated industry, along with the outdated perspectives of what it means to be a female comic, can create invisible barriers around entering and/or staying in the scene. Women are funny. Hilarious even. It wo...
E23: What Every New Comic Needs to Know - Alfie Noakes | MC/Promoter |
She Shed Comedy: Empowering Your Comedy Career - July 08, 2022 20:30 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsYou don’t have to be a comedian if you want to have a career in comedy. If you want to make an impact in comedy while also understanding the craft and business, you can have a career in comedy without needing to go on stage. Our guest today has an impressive CV making a major splash in comedy...
E23: Alfie Noakes | MC/Promoter | What Every New Comic Needs to Know
She Shed Comedy: Empowering Your Comedy Career - July 08, 2022 20:30 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsOn today’s episode, we have Alfie Noakes. He runs the We are funny project in London, England, and as of May 2022, the project celebrates its 9th birthday. Alfie is unique in the London standup scene, arguably the world capital of standup, and he only promotes an emcee. However, he also produces ...
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