I love stand up comedy! It's basically performing comedy before a live audience!
Me too! I was an improv artist in college. Stand-up is a great way to get into improv
Stand-up comedy
Stand-up comedy is a comic style in which a comedian performs in front of a live audience, usually speaking directly to them. The performer is commonly known as a comic, stand-up comic, comedian, comedienne, stand-up comedian, or simply a stand-up. In stand-up comedy, the comedian gives the illusion that they are dialoguing, but in actuality, they are monologuing a grouping of humorous stories, jokes and one-liners, typically called a shtick
, and got an arts degree from Brooklyn College. Her family was Jewish. From a young age she idolized Lenny Bruce, so her father once snuck her into a Bruce show in the Village by claiming she was a midget.
Career.
Tolsch's first career was as a graphic artist, doing architectural renderings among other work. She eventually left this work after starting comedy in 1976. She began performing improv with The Original Cast troupe before starting in stand-up comedy. Performing had an allure for her.