Double Your Fun(ny) with Alex Kumin and Julia Shiplett
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Live from New York — it’s Alex Kumin and Julia Shiplett! The brilliant comediennes join us to talk about an essential part of the creative process: experimentation.
Alex and Julia share their comedy journey (including The Second City and Lincoln Lodge), discuss the inception of their monthly-ish Brooklyn show, Highwaisted (the name Hags was already taken), and talk about workshopping and experimenting with a joke.
We also dig into the modern pressure to be a master of all — content creator, Twitter expert, sketch writer, video producer, character actor (thanks, capitalism) — and how to tap into the zeitgeist while maintaining your own voice.
Plus, Alex delivers a gut-punch of a realization: stand-up is the only art form where you fail publicly. Oof. We’ll think about that the next time we’re working through our own creative process.
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