The Comedy Womb and the Northwest Network Present Karinda Dobbins!
Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 7pm
The Comedy Womb Presents: Karinda Dobbins!
The fourth instalment of the 2015 Comedy Womb Presents series happens at Theatre Off Jackson on Sunday, April 26th, 2015.
Our headliner for April: Karinda Dobbins!
Plus phenomenal local host: Andy Iwancio (Bumbershoot's 'In and Out', the Comedy Womb Tour) and feature: Brett Hamil (Producer of Bundt Cake, writer for City Arts).
Doors open at 7pm, Show stars at 7:30pm sharp!
at Theater Off Jackson
409 7th Avenue South, Seattle, WA 98104
$20 in advance, $25 at the door
Bio for Karinda Dobbins:
Motor City native Karinda Dobbins was born into a politically active family of skilled storytellers and sharp wits. Her worldview was shaped by their accounts of protest, civil rights and empowerment, weighty subjects that were always leavened with humor. Whenever she heard the grownups laughing long past her bedtime, she took that as her cue to sneak out of her room and eavesdrop while they entertained themselves with Richard Pryor records. She not only listened, she learned, and grew up to hold her own as a keen comedic commentator.
Dobbins moved from Michigan to California’s Bay Area and responding to repeated dares from a girlfriend who challenged her to try making the crowd laugh at an open mic, Karinda finally took the stage at Woody’s Café, and killed. Sure, she tried to fill the seats with supportive family and friends, and true, she had no competition since nobody else had signed up for stage time, but everybody, from the show’s host to strangers in the audience, was amazed that she was able to do 10 funny minutes of stand-up material her first time onstage. (She’d shrewdly spent a month writing her act in preparation, never anticipating she’d be put under pressure to perform all of it at once.)
Spurred on by the enthusiastic feedback, Karinda decided to see where comedy would take her and began honing her craft at more venues. To date, she has appeared at the Bridgetown Comedy Festival; featured at Bay Area comedy clubs the Punch Line and Cobb’s; opened for Michael Che, Greg Proops and W. Kamau Bell. Karinda made her primetime national television debut on Coast-to-Coast Episode 1 on NickMom Night Out.
Why is the Comedy Womb Presents series so exciting?!
The Comedy Womb is a safer space for everyone, with hate-free (no misogyny, racism, homophobia, transphobia, etc...)material guidelines. We focus on getting more diversity of voice into stand up comedy and celebrating the hilarious work of comics who punch up and not down. We will be bringing in an exciting out of town headliner every month from now until June, and showcasing some of the wonderful comics on the national scene including: Heather Thomson, Karinda Dobbins, Rye Silverman, and Aparna Nancherla! Plus on each show there will be local talent as well, both hosts and featured acts plus a short sampling of new, excited up and coming comics drawn from the talented curated mic every Tuesday night at the Rendezvous, at 7pm and 9pm!
