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Co-Producing A Comedy Show: The Ups & Downs
Is it better to just produce alone?
I keep trying to start comedy shows with co-producers and feel like I get derailed every time. I had a limited show series called ‘Hot Girl Summer’ with another woman for a female-only lineup, and she just couldn’t pull her weight.
If I didn’t get people to come out, nobody came.
She made a flyer the day before the show, that was in a different style and color scheme as the flyer I had designed for the same show weeks earlier. She didn’t tell me in advance, I found out because she tagged me and all the comics in the same Instagram story post.
When I asked her why she said, “I’m trying to pull my weight”.
Comedy Show or Therapy Session?
I created a group chat on Instagram that included the lineup, how much time each person got, what they wanted their credit to be (i.e. was on The Tonight Show), when they get brought on stage, and other details about the show—basic information to make the show run more smoothly.
In that same group chat, my co-producer told people that she was probably going to get served during the show, by her ex’s lawyer.
