The following week I did a mini-marathon of sets. I did my first spot in Kensington Market, The Flying Beaver (not sure about asking the lesbians if they’ve ever thought about doing porn??) Also that week, I got an open mic spot on Catherine McCormick’s show at No one writes to the Colonel.
As it turns out, talking about my dearly departed condom eating dog, Joe, has turned out to be a success and the last half of my most recent set.
Last Sunday at Caplansky’s Delicatessen I performed at my first story telling show. At first I was going to talk about my Jewish conversion (It’s almost complete…. thank Christ, I can still say that for a few more days), but then decided not to. Instead I broke out my story about getting in to stand-up, as it is a story with a lot of moving parts to it.
I started in how I thought I was “gay heckled” and I could see concerned faces as the audience seemed as if I was going to tell them about someone being homophobic guy. Instead I explained that I had worked for a certain make up company, and an audience member at that show yelled out a name of lipstick that said company produces.
I stand firm on my view that when a gay guy is performing and someone yells out the names of make up at you, then my friend you have just been gay heckled.
Comedic storytelling is great! It’s what I do. For me it’s like stand-up without the pressure. I can't wait to do more if it.
More firsts still on agenda, soon Pride will here, and I’ll be doing a set at the new Laugh at Slacks open mic for GLBT/women comics ever Wednesday nights starting at 8 pm. June 13th is the first night, and is produced by the never tiring Catherine McCormick.
July 4th, I’ll be hosting my first show at Laugh at Slacks.
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