May
3
11:00pm
Erma's Got Talent: The Stand-Up Auditions
By Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop
Erma’s Got Talent, loosely formatted along the lines of America’s Got Talent, will offer 12 randomly selected contestants the opportunity to perform two minutes of their original stand-up material in front of three celebrity judges — acclaimed comedians Brian Kiley, Wendy Liebman and Joel Madison. Nancy Berk, host of the podcast “Entertaining Insights,” will serve as emcee. It's free and open to the public.
The winning contestant and runners up will perform on stage at Attendee Stand-Up Comedy Night on Saturday, Oct. 22, at the in-person Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop. Other performers for that evening will be selected randomly later this summer.
Entertaining and educational, Erma's Got Talent is an instructional opportunity for participants as well as the audience. The judges will highlight the strengths and weaknesses of performance/material and offer expert suggestions. Here are the performers:
Here are the performers, in alphabetical order:
John Branning, Winthrop, Maine
Patti Caroli, Naples, Florida
Jessica Coleman, Columbus, Georgia
Ivy Eisenberg, White Plains, New York
Kate Mock Elliott, Cincinnati, Ohio
Nikki Goldman, Poway, California
Ed Hosbach, Coldwater, Ohio
Karen Jaffe, Dayton, Ohio
Kim Reynolds, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Lisa Rossi, Des Moines, Iowa
Kim Weitkamp, Mount Vernon, Ohio
Helen Werner, Bronx, New York
To learn more about the Oct. 20-22 in-person Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop and to register, visit https://udayton.edu/artssciences/initiatives/erma/workshop/
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