Invisible Disabilities Comedy Show
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| Industry | Non-Profit |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Stand-up Comedy |
| Location | Sacramento, CA, United States |
| Introduction | As stand-up comedians with invisible disabilities, Aliada and Drew Kimzey wanted to create a comedy environment where comedians with invisible disabilities could discuss and make jokes about their disability and how it affected their lives, without feeling like they need to defend their condition as a disability. They want to de-stigmatize the discussion of invisible disabilities in comedy and in general conversation. The Invisible Disabilities Comedy Show was a monthly success at Luna’s Cafe in Sacramento since September 2017, and has brought an increasingly diverse lineup of comedians from throughout Northern California to talk about their disabilities. It was called “provocative”, “moving”, “intimate” and “enlightening” by audience members. The show’s growing audience soon required that the show move to a larger venue, and it has been held at Punch Line Sacramento, Sacramento Comedy Spot, and soon at Punch Line San Francisco (March 2020). The show has collaborated with Signs of Pride Interpreting in order to provide ASL interpreting since mid-2019. |
| Interests | standup comedy, stand-up comedy, comedy disability, disabilities, comedian, invisible disability, invisible disabilities, hidden disability, hidden disabilities |