Develop Your Own Comedy Scene In Your Small, Podunk Town Using These Easy 48 Or So Steps

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It can be frustrating being a comedian or comedy lover in a small town. You may feel that you have to travel upwards of an hour or more to go see a headlining comedian anyone has ever heard of or to perform at a venue that feels worthy of your hilarity.

But fear not.

In this post, I will share some tips and tricks to developing your own smokin’ hot comedy scene in even the most podunky of podunk towns.

Benefits of Developing A Comedy Scene in Your Hamlet

There are many pros to starting up a comedy scene in your teeny, tiny town. Doing so will:

• Create an influx and movement of local dollars into a particular area
• Build a community with a similar interest
• Strengthen your own interests and skills
• Raise your stock / build your own popularity
• Open the creative minds of your friends and neighbors
• Give folks an excuse to get out
• and more! (That’s my favorite benefit, by the way)

There are also cons, always, to starting a comedy community in your itsy, bitsy villa, which include:

• You will probably…