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Tia Ayers on
September 6, 2011
The next installment of the show I co-produce with my sister is on Monday, September 12th. Come join us for an evening of standup comedy and short films. There will be drink specials in the bar at The Improv from 6-8pm, with the show at 8:30 in the Lab.
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Tia Ayers on
June 7, 2011
Next Tuesday night, my sister and I will be hosting The Mixer at The Improv Lab. It’s our third show and we’d be honored to have you in our audience!
Standup performances by: Rich Pierrelouis, Allison Leber, Stacey Scowley, Josh Cheney and Eddie Pepitone
Short films by: Ben Berman and Stoney Sharp
Hosted by: Tia & Shannon Ayers
June [...]
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Tia Ayers on
May 20, 2011
The short film I wrote and directed “Dine & Dash” will be at the Indie Incubator Film Fest in Chicago on May 24th!
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Tia Ayers on
September 20, 2010
It seems that I’ve been doing nothing, but that’s the irony of blogs. The less you’re writing, the more you’re doing! Here are some things going on!
MONDAY NIGHTS: I co-host an open mike with Junior Stopka called the Depression Hour. Instead of a traditional comedy open mike, we ask performers to share the saddest, most [...]
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Tia Ayers on
August 21, 2010
By the way, here’s the e-mail I sent to Katie (the producer of the Gorilla Tango Standup Show) to let her know that I’d be having Jamie Campbell as my understudy in tonight’s comedy contest:
Hi Katie,
This is tia. Hope you are doing great. I’m writing you to give you a heads [...]
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Tia Ayers on
August 21, 2010
I don’t really like standup comedy contests. First of all, no one can ever really win comedy no matter how many trophies and wads of cash you’re awarded by subjective judges.
Secondly, they tend to mess with the fragile minds of comedians — you worry you’re not good enough, then you think you’re too good, then [...]
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Tia Ayers on
August 3, 2010
I have some shows this week, but I’m most excited for my shows next week!
Next Monday, Junior Stopka and I will be co-hosting our Open Mike Comedy Depression Party at 10:30pm at the Underground Lounge. We’ve been doing a running play-by-play of the facebook event page. Join up to see the colorful commentary! (Mon., Aug. [...]
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Tia Ayers on
July 13, 2010
I have no time to write today. I just finished shooting a video for The Late Live Show (brainchild of CJ Toledano and Joe Kwaczala.) Anyway, I have to finish editing it tonight. If you want to see the video (and more), come to The Late Live Show at The Second City Martin Da Maat [...]
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Tia Ayers on
July 9, 2010
On Monday night, I performed standup at the You, Me, Them, Everybody Live Podcast Show. Afterwards, Brandon Wetherbee and Esmeralda Leon “interviewed” me and I even got some prizes!
It was a blast and the podcast is now available on their website and iTunes.
Listen if you like. Or tell me you listened and that you really [...]
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Tia Ayers on
March 17, 2010
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