Art of Comedy

Jenna is our first 2021 student! She just completed Improv 101 at Off Mic Comedy School and will be taking Standup 101 soon. We were delighted to hear that in just a few short weeks Jenna has already found a comedy family. IT'S WORKING!She is also learning that comedy can help you get through tragedy. Two days after this recording Jenna lost her father, but she is still performing at the class show, March 2nd, because her father would have wanted her to and the show must go on.We discuss her father and how he is an infinite well of material. The trials and tribulations of single parenting while trying to start comedy. Plus how she may be raising the worlds first real female serial killer and so much more....

Dayna McTavish is a former reality TV producer, Amazon factory worker, and American Eagle employee. She's currently an unemployed corporate writer and has written for McSweeney's and also amusing emails to her friends.

Emily Kingsley is a fresh face in the Denver Comedy seen. Trained at Rise Comedy (formally Voodoo Comedy), she splits her time between improv, stand up, and sketch comedy. Emily is a loud mouth sass ball who brings her nerdy band geek charm to warm any crowd. When she isn’t making the funnies, she is in the thick of raising her two daughters. Her patriarchal busting humor and her flugelhorn keeps her sane during the monotony of motherhood.

Bobcat is a Denver based comedian and producer. Her humor is frequently inspired by her Russian heritage and philosophy background. Also peaches give her goosebumps. She is a graduate of multiple Rise Comedy stand up classes,

Katie Bowman is a local artist, stand-up and improv comedian based out of Denver. Bowman started her comedy career in 2014. Bowman’s voice is best described as confessional and goofy. She elaborates on times of being social underdog.He work is currently transitioning into a new body of work that conveys her life's history and experiences that shaped her into the woman she is. Check out her amazing artwork and buy your favorite: https://www.etsy.com/shop/KatieGinga?ref=search_shop_redirect

Mo Vida began her comedy career in NYC regularly performing across all clubs before moving back home to Colorado. Today, she tours the country with her brand of cougar comedy. Mo can be seen on Comics Watching Comics, Sounds on 29th and heard on 103.1FM Denver's Comedy Radio Station.

Ashley is a talented student of the comedy classes taught at Voodoo Comedy by pro Christie Buchele. We discuss what comedy has meant for us, the benefits of the classes, what it is like to be a woman in a male dominated art form and how to bring comedy classes to the female prison population.

Jo and I have an unexpected conversation about the benefit of comedy and improv for trouble youth. We also discuss recovering from sexual assault and how comedy helped us heal.A stand-up mom and a stay-at-home comic," Jo Kimbrell charms crowds with her bold, irreverent sense of humor. Her jokes shatter stereotypes of motherhood and womanhood, and nothing is off-limits. A Colorado transplant and a Longmont resident, Jo can be seen doing comedy all over the front range, from sticky bar rooms to performing arts stages. (ig: @jokimbrell)

Megan and I discuss what the art of comedy means to us and how it has helped us in so many ways!