Kris McDermott

[...] every damn time I see it. I look forward to growing old with Chicago. Kris: What’s your favorite type of gig? Peter: One where a roaring crowd carries me out on its shoulders. That happens [...]

[...] same style can be found in my comedy and other modes of expression. Kris: What’s your favorite type of gig? Tamale: A successful one. I love when everything falls into place- people are [...]

[...] be able to do the same working the club and independent scene in Chicago. What’s your favorite type of gig? Hmmm …. Anything with a good comic I respect. Whether that’s a club, theater [...]

[...] thats what I’m doing in Chicago, then Chicago is where I’ll be. Kris: What’s your favorite type of gig? Alex: I like any gig where the audience actually wants to be at the show. [...]

[...] of success wax and wane? This question might be too hard for me. Kris: Who are your comedic inspirations? Who/what are you loving right now? Alexandra: Narrowing this down was a quite a task! [...]

[...] strangers in remote locations, and earn my laughs from scratch. Kris: Who are your comedic inspirations? Who/what are you loving right now? Peter: My biggest comic inspiration is George Carlin, [...]

[...] for me to live, love, and explore in.  I will just never get over it. Kris: Who are your comedic inspirations? Who/what are you loving right now? Tamale: I love Eddie Izzard for his unique POV and [...]

[...] west so looking forward to it) and also trying to stop breaking my glasses. Who are your comedic inspirations? Who/what are you loving right now? Richard Pryor (raw honesty, storytelling), Brian Regan [...]

[...] I always point them to Put Your Hands Together—and I was lucky enough to talk to Cameron Esposito, one of the show’s producers and one of my favorite working comics—about it. What should you [...]

[...] again at age 42. I went to a show at the Wilmette Theatre which had a slate of Adam Burke, Cameron Esposito, and Dan Telfer. They opened my eyes to a very different comedy scene in Chicago than what I [...]

[...] it ended up being the best launching pad I could have ever imagined. We took the class when Cameron Esposito was teaching it and in our class was none other than current Fem Com teacher, Kelsie Huff. [...]

Peter-John Byrnes, Charmer. I first met Peter-john Byrnes when I did the (now-defunct) Double-Shot Showcase here in Chicago and I was so blown away b [...]

Tamale Sepp (Is Fierce and Sickening) Tamale Sepp is a force to be reckoned with. I first met her through friends who were all part of IDKE (The Inte [...]

Ramon Rivas, Emminent Latino If you’ve been to any kind of live comedy in Cleveland in the past few years, Ramon Rivas has probably had a hand in i [...]

Alex Stone (Supervillain) Alex Stone is relatively new to the Chicago comedy scene– he’s only been here a year, but he’s quickly becoming a mus [...]

[...] Fest– and has been working the road a lot in the past year. I first met him when I did Accidental Comedy Fest in Cleveland this year. Ramon’s a super, super nice guy and talked to me about his [...]

[...] -up call to try again at age 42. I went to a show at the Wilmette Theatre which had a slate of Adam Burke, Cameron Esposito, and Dan Telfer. They opened my eyes to a very different comedy scene in [...]

[...] so consistently? Cameron: I started doing new host sets every week when I hosted Cole’s with Adam Burke in Chicago. He and I would both bring in about ten new minutes a week. Adam’s a great writer [...]

[...] wanted to do. So, one day my mom sat down with me at our computer and we just googled “Comedy clubs in Ohio.” It turned out Go Bananas was only about a mile from where I lived. So I [...]

[...] moving to Chicago soon. What inspired the move? A mix of having already working at 3/7 comedy clubs there, being established and known enough to do independent shows easily and the never [...]

[...] everyone this: is it weird when strangers friend you on facebook? Do you maintain some social profiles for personal use only and some more public? Tamale: Not at all. Over the years, I have [...]

[...] asking everyone this: is it weird when strangers friend you on facebook? Do you maintain some social profiles for personal use only and some more public? Eh , I use Facebook for promoting mostly so [...]

[...] everyone this: is it weird when strangers friend you on facebook? Do you maintain some social profiles for personal use only and some more public? Alex: It was weird at first but now it [...]

Comedy Baby Kris: The Sad Clown This week marks one year of my doing stand-up, and because I love milestones and I especially love lists, I thought I [...]