Steel City Spotlight: Ashton Plascencia
Published by Sareth Ney on Aug. 21, 2015 at 7:38 a,m,
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PUEBLO, Colo.—Ashton Plascencia described himself as a driven and driven stand-up comedian. He cited if he was not evolving as a person, he was as good as dead. He considered himself versatile in almost every sense of the word because he called himself the “Jack of all trades”.
Plascencia grew up in what he described as a “very sheltered Catholic household”. No other genre of music was heard, unless it involved church. It was not until he reached middle school, where he listened to a Stephen Lynch comedy album. He remembered it was downloaded by one of his childhood friends.
When Plascencia’s household became a cable subscriber—he watched the cable network, Comedy Central. With the combination of the network and “Saturday Night Live”, he was hooked on the visual aspect of comedy.
It was at Iron Horse, where Plascencia first attempted stand-up comedy. He delivered one liners and at times, he forgot where his stories where going and delivering the punchlines. He experienced bombing but it helped make him better.
If Plascencia was to go on tour with several comics, he chose: Garfunkel and Oates, Anthony Jeselnik, Stephen Lynch, Steve Martin, Charley McMullen, Wade Ridley, Clint Stewart and Garrett Waller. In the tradition of comedy roasts, he would love to get roasted by past and present comics: George Carlin, Tina Fey, Anthony Jeselnik, Stephen Lynch, Steve Martin and Steven Wright.
At the moment, Plascencia is in the process of venturing into musical comedy and voice work. It gives him the opportunity to get more personal because it allows him to talk about his love life. He has performed twice in the vein of “SNL”’s “Weekend Update”.
Paleontology is what Plascencia is reading about, now. He is in the process of obtaining a paleobiology certificate. He enjoys people watching, filling their heads with his own thoughts and making up their daily routines. He is diverse in the arts including: sculpting, woodworking and martial arts.
In five years, Plascencia hopes to find himself in New York and to be known for his comic art. He wants to perform in front of a much tougher crowd. He hopes to share stage time, with comedians whom are hungry such as he is. In his years of participating in the Pueblo, Colo. comedy scene, he sees it tripling in size. Only if it gets promoted through advertisement and receives the exposure it deserves.
Plascencia grew up in what he described as a “very sheltered Catholic household”. No other genre of music was heard, unless it involved church. It was not until he reached middle school, where he listened to a Stephen Lynch comedy album. He remembered it was downloaded by one of his childhood friends.
When Plascencia’s household became a cable subscriber—he watched the cable network, Comedy Central. With the combination of the network and “Saturday Night Live”, he was hooked on the visual aspect of comedy.
It was at Iron Horse, where Plascencia first attempted stand-up comedy. He delivered one liners and at times, he forgot where his stories where going and delivering the punchlines. He experienced bombing but it helped make him better.
If Plascencia was to go on tour with several comics, he chose: Garfunkel and Oates, Anthony Jeselnik, Stephen Lynch, Steve Martin, Charley McMullen, Wade Ridley, Clint Stewart and Garrett Waller. In the tradition of comedy roasts, he would love to get roasted by past and present comics: George Carlin, Tina Fey, Anthony Jeselnik, Stephen Lynch, Steve Martin and Steven Wright.
At the moment, Plascencia is in the process of venturing into musical comedy and voice work. It gives him the opportunity to get more personal because it allows him to talk about his love life. He has performed twice in the vein of “SNL”’s “Weekend Update”.
Paleontology is what Plascencia is reading about, now. He is in the process of obtaining a paleobiology certificate. He enjoys people watching, filling their heads with his own thoughts and making up their daily routines. He is diverse in the arts including: sculpting, woodworking and martial arts.
In five years, Plascencia hopes to find himself in New York and to be known for his comic art. He wants to perform in front of a much tougher crowd. He hopes to share stage time, with comedians whom are hungry such as he is. In his years of participating in the Pueblo, Colo. comedy scene, he sees it tripling in size. Only if it gets promoted through advertisement and receives the exposure it deserves.
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Sareth Ney is the entertainment journalist for A Quarter and Dream Pictures. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Mass Communications and Center for New Media from Colorado State University-Pueblo. After graduating—he continued his apprenticeship with master of horror, Clive Barker. After he met members of the Wu-Tang Clan, he became the journalist/superhero known as Wu-Man Chu. He inducts everyone into his hall of fame, his goal is to write 150 articles in select time zones, he is the founder and co-host of No Cover Podcast and the festival director for Sareth-Fest Music, Comedy and Short Film Festival.