Make Me Laugh to include Oklahoma City, Albuquerque, N.M., St. Louis and Albany, N.Y.
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Published by Sareth Ney on March, 9, 2017 at 7:53 p.m.
Updated on March 9, 2017 at 11:15 p.m. |
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Photo credit: laughusa.org
OKLAHOMA CITY – Make Me Laugh will be taking place in four cities: Oklahoma City (March 7 through March 12), Albuquerque, N.M. (March 15 through March 19), St. Louis (March 29 through April 2) and Albany, N.Y. (Nov. 2 through Nov. 18). Their goal is to encourage comedians nationwide, support their dreams, provide opportunities nationwide for a lifetime.
Submission deadlines for Make Me Laugh are the following: Albuquerque, N.M. is March 15, St. Louis is March 25 and Albany, N.Y. is Nov. 1. The entry fee is $20, non-refundable and be processed through Paypal. Along with the submission fee, a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) link to a recent six minute live performance must be submitted.
Judges of Make Me Laugh are: Dan Frigolette, Andrew Frank, Usama Siddiquee, Erik Anker, Brett Druck, Lawrence Deloach, Ben Luschen, Mecca Rayne, Katie Wicks, Kristy Boone, Michael Hallisey, Lauren Halligan, Ali Hibbs, Nick Barber, Darcy Spears, Josh Sallee, Ryan Drake, Ferris O’Brien, Waylon Clark, Casey Nolen, Meghan Danahey, Lucas Tetrault and Sandy Guiterrez.
Winning comedians in each city will receive the following: paid spots, free website, free headshots, feature on the laughusa.org website, free business cards and bragging rights. Paid spots will include the Comedy’s Best Kept Secret Tour, NJFunnyfest, Make Me Laugh (in the other cities) and Hoboken Comedy Festival. Only those who win in Oklahoma City, Albuquerque, N.M. and St. Louis will embark on the Comedy’s Best Kept Secret Tour. The free website will be designed by Jim Dorondo of rainfallmedia.com. It includes a free domain purchase, free hosting for one year, free website design and optimization. No cost headshots will be provided by Sandy Gutierrez of sandyguiterrez.com (St. Louis), Trace Thomas of tracethomas.us (Oklahoma City), Crystal Allen of crystalallenphotography.com (Denver), Dean Lipoff of deanlipoff.com (Oakland, Calif.), Bethany Barton of bethanybartonphoto.com (Anchorage, Alaska), Windy Nicely Photography of windynicelyphotography.com (Binghamton, N.Y.) and Christian Laursen of laursenphoto.com (Albany, N.Y.). They will receive 1000 professionally designed business cards and bragging rights which will last forever.
Past winners of Make Me Laugh were: Siddique, Anker, Frank, Leo Hodson, Kyle Shire, Jim Mencel, Joel Shoenbach, Zach Milvo, Spencer Tegtmeyer, Adam Gabel and Matt Burgoon.
Tickets to attend the Make Me Laugh dates range from $1 to $12 and they exclude fees. Payments through Paypal, bank account and major credit cards (American Express, Visa, Mastercard and Discover) are accepted.
Fitz’s Root Beer is the official sponsor of Make Me Laugh.
Submission deadlines for Make Me Laugh are the following: Albuquerque, N.M. is March 15, St. Louis is March 25 and Albany, N.Y. is Nov. 1. The entry fee is $20, non-refundable and be processed through Paypal. Along with the submission fee, a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) link to a recent six minute live performance must be submitted.
Judges of Make Me Laugh are: Dan Frigolette, Andrew Frank, Usama Siddiquee, Erik Anker, Brett Druck, Lawrence Deloach, Ben Luschen, Mecca Rayne, Katie Wicks, Kristy Boone, Michael Hallisey, Lauren Halligan, Ali Hibbs, Nick Barber, Darcy Spears, Josh Sallee, Ryan Drake, Ferris O’Brien, Waylon Clark, Casey Nolen, Meghan Danahey, Lucas Tetrault and Sandy Guiterrez.
Winning comedians in each city will receive the following: paid spots, free website, free headshots, feature on the laughusa.org website, free business cards and bragging rights. Paid spots will include the Comedy’s Best Kept Secret Tour, NJFunnyfest, Make Me Laugh (in the other cities) and Hoboken Comedy Festival. Only those who win in Oklahoma City, Albuquerque, N.M. and St. Louis will embark on the Comedy’s Best Kept Secret Tour. The free website will be designed by Jim Dorondo of rainfallmedia.com. It includes a free domain purchase, free hosting for one year, free website design and optimization. No cost headshots will be provided by Sandy Gutierrez of sandyguiterrez.com (St. Louis), Trace Thomas of tracethomas.us (Oklahoma City), Crystal Allen of crystalallenphotography.com (Denver), Dean Lipoff of deanlipoff.com (Oakland, Calif.), Bethany Barton of bethanybartonphoto.com (Anchorage, Alaska), Windy Nicely Photography of windynicelyphotography.com (Binghamton, N.Y.) and Christian Laursen of laursenphoto.com (Albany, N.Y.). They will receive 1000 professionally designed business cards and bragging rights which will last forever.
Past winners of Make Me Laugh were: Siddique, Anker, Frank, Leo Hodson, Kyle Shire, Jim Mencel, Joel Shoenbach, Zach Milvo, Spencer Tegtmeyer, Adam Gabel and Matt Burgoon.
Tickets to attend the Make Me Laugh dates range from $1 to $12 and they exclude fees. Payments through Paypal, bank account and major credit cards (American Express, Visa, Mastercard and Discover) are accepted.
Fitz’s Root Beer is the official sponsor of Make Me Laugh.
Make Me Laugh dates:
March 7 through March 12 - Oklahoma City
March 15 through March 19 - Albuquerque, N.M.
March 29 through April 2 - St. Louis
Nov. 2 through Nov. 18 - Albany, N.Y.
March 7 through March 12 - Oklahoma City
March 15 through March 19 - Albuquerque, N.M.
March 29 through April 2 - St. Louis
Nov. 2 through Nov. 18 - Albany, N.Y.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sareth Ney is the journalist for A Quarter and Dream Pictures. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mass Communications and Center for New Media from Colorado State University-Pueblo. He is a former apprentice to master of horror, Clive Barker. He is a Wu-Tang Clan inspired superhero, Wu-Man Chu. He is an award-winning short filmmaker; his goal is to write 150 articles in select time zones, inducts every article into his hall of fame, is a stand-up comedian, motivational speaker, founder and co-host of Pueblo's Independent Multimedia Podcast and is the festival director at Sareth-Fest Music and Comedy Festival.
