I have always been on stage. I grew up singing in choirs. From the 3rd grade on, I was in every choir available to me, even being a paid singer in a church while only 17. However, I ended up working as in IT for 17+ years while only performing for fun. That all changed in 2012 when I was in the audience at Saturday Night Live!
While watching the show, I realized the work they were doing wasn’t very different from the performances I was doing with the Dumpsta Players. The difference was budget and “polish” when it came to makeup and costuming. I had this overwhelming feeling of “I can do that.” So, after a bit of research, I found out that many performers on SNL are scouted from various comedy schools. That’s when I enrolled in sketch writing and improv at the Upright Citizens Brigade in NYC.
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