Onstage

As you can imagine, my first stage performance was atrocious! I forgot my jokes, got really nervous, and didn't deliver punchlines with any confidence. It was a train wreck!

But we all gotta start somewhere, and this was mine. I still can't watch it without cringing!

Enjoy! :)

Predicting the future is impossible, but self-reflection isn't, and this was an important night for me (literally and figuratively). 

There was almost no one in the crowd, and I was okay with it as it's what I needed to experience to know standup was for me.

Comedy is what I'm supposed to be doing with my life, and it's taking me somewhere. I don't know where, but I'm down for the ride!

I started this set with planned material, riffing with a married couple to reinforce my points, which worked, and won over the audience.

But along the way, I found myself relaying actual thoughts, not my written material, and it was satisfying because I got completely lost in the moment. I didn't care about offending anyone, I was speaking from a genuine place. And I was getting laughs.

This was a night I felt something different happen onstage. I don't know what it was, but I hope to intentionally recreate it one day.