Analog Theater

   Tonight I am performing on a little show at the analogue theatre, right down the street from helium comedy club. There's 5 of us on this show and I get there a bit early to check out of the venue, Its nice. the crowd shows 10 minutes to showtime and there's about 20 people in the audience.
   I go up second to last and do about 10 minutes. It felt really solid. I got a lot of laughs and got to work out my new material. This was definitely a fun show.

Helium

Tonight I am performing at the helium open mic as usual on Tuesday. I am up 16th. I'm a little bummed to only do 3 minutes instead of 5, I wrote a bunch of new stuff I wanted to try out.
   I went up with some new material about my social anxiety and lacking confidence. I got some good reads on it and really just freestyled the last 40 seconds or so. I'll work on that material and I think it'll be pretty good.
   I closed with a little preview from my next Dirty Dozen set and the crowd liked it

Funhouse Lounge

   Tonight I am the featured/opening act of a vs Improv showdown. There is a nice sizable crowd in the room tonight. Everyone is in good spirits and sitting up front.
   I go on stage and do about 14 minutes. Everything seemed alright. I feel like I lost them a little bit near the end and closed on my homeless joke which I'm starting to get tired of using as a closer so often. It's a very solid joke, but I wrote it over a year ago. I have other material which I feel comfortable closing on but I just felt the tone of the room shift down a little and wanted to make sure I ended on something I know would work.
  And it did.
 
   Afterwards I stuck around for Midnight Mass. My favorite once a month showcase that is not the Dirty Dozen. The show was fantastic as usual. Great guest set from Dan Soder. Amy killed it with a story I had never heard before proving her white trashness

Helium and the Lamp

    Tonight I double dip at Helium and The Lamp. Helium was pretty rough, small audience that was hard to crack. I did a few newest bits and nothing really landed.          Afterwards I hit up The Lamp down the street, and did another 5 minutes set to a small audience. I did get to try out a new Dirty Dozen joke at the lamp and it got a decent response so I'm sure it'll work well at the showcase.

Wichita Bar and Grill

Tonight I am in Oregon City to do a feature set at the Wichita Bar and Grill. This is a pretty large bar and they have a nice sitting arrangement for the show. No TVs are on and all the lights are off, they really put the effort to focus attention to the stage. Wood paneling on everything...feels like Virginia.
   I do about 15 minutes and most of it hit pretty well. The crowd was on board from start to finish. Everyone was laughing at the punch lines and quiet during the setups, I could not ask for more. This was a great way to spend my Saturday night!

Jai Thai

Tonight I got to perform in Seattle and a little 10 minutes at a Thai restaurant. It's a really nice venue on Capitol Hill, nice neighborhood. The restaurant has a large back room with a stage built into the corner. Good sound system and lighting, really nice setup.
   My set felt less than stellar. Kind of sucks cuz it was three hour drive but still it was nice to perform out of town. They also recorded this for rooftop Comedy submission so maybe I'll get on.