The Calm Comedy Hour
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Hello!
My name is Jonathan Blake and once a month I host a show called "The Calm Comedy Hour". I begin each show by breathing with the audience and saying, "You are enough."
On Saturday, I taught my first Calm Comedy Workshop and it was everything I had hoped it would be and more. Afterwards, my friend messaged me and said, "I had one of those days where I doubted myself and felt very negative feelings and then I remembered the workshop on Saturday and reminded myself I was enough." I felt so honored that she messaged me and thankful she was able to remember that she is enough.
Organizing and leading these workshops, I feel like my MS in Counseling, my 12 years performing stand up, and my one year as a Buddhist Minister’s Assistant are all coming together into something I can offer the world.
The original intention of this GoFundMe Campaign was to fund a documentary about my Calm Comedy Hour show but I’ve now decided that I’m going to focus more on the Workshops and allow the documentary to grow out of that. I’m going to organize and lead groups/workshops for people who experience anxiety and depression around performing and social interaction and we’ll work on addressing those experiences through stand up! And I’m going to offer that whoever would like to host the workshop will receive the workshop for free. I’m going to buy a cordless microphone and stand so that I can lead the workshop in a living room, back yard, community center, etc.
There are people who are very talented at teaching the technical aspects of stand up. I would like to focus more on what goes on in the space and silence before and after you tell the joke. So much can occur in those moments and it’s those thoughts and experiences I would like to address.
I believe where there is great fear, there is also great power and stand up comedy is an incredible opportunity to work with our fears and experience healing for both and ourselves and our audiences.
Your donation will go toward the following:
Cordless Microphone
Microphone Stand
Hosting fees for my website to share about the workshops
The Documentary that will focus on the workshops and my personal comedic journey this year
My general living expenses which will allow me the time and freedom to travel and offer these workshops
Offset the cost of the groups and workshops so that I can offer scholarships and reduced rates depending on the needs and ability of the participants
I am also applying for grants and other funding opportunities!
I am currently writing a Calm Comedy Hour Workbook which will be available to all who donate. Also, everyone who donates will receive discounts on future workshops and recognition in the documentary and the workbook! Your help and support means so much and the support I've received already has meant the world and has allowed me the opportunity to have my first workshop, something for which I am eternally grateful.
Thank you for reading.
Here is my Facebook page: www.facebook.com/thecalmcomedyhour
And here's a clip of a recent set I performed to give you an idea of my comedy. Thank you!
https://youtu.be/PbOaM9oL4sw
My name is Jonathan Blake and once a month I host a show called "The Calm Comedy Hour". I begin each show by breathing with the audience and saying, "You are enough."
On Saturday, I taught my first Calm Comedy Workshop and it was everything I had hoped it would be and more. Afterwards, my friend messaged me and said, "I had one of those days where I doubted myself and felt very negative feelings and then I remembered the workshop on Saturday and reminded myself I was enough." I felt so honored that she messaged me and thankful she was able to remember that she is enough.
Organizing and leading these workshops, I feel like my MS in Counseling, my 12 years performing stand up, and my one year as a Buddhist Minister’s Assistant are all coming together into something I can offer the world.
The original intention of this GoFundMe Campaign was to fund a documentary about my Calm Comedy Hour show but I’ve now decided that I’m going to focus more on the Workshops and allow the documentary to grow out of that. I’m going to organize and lead groups/workshops for people who experience anxiety and depression around performing and social interaction and we’ll work on addressing those experiences through stand up! And I’m going to offer that whoever would like to host the workshop will receive the workshop for free. I’m going to buy a cordless microphone and stand so that I can lead the workshop in a living room, back yard, community center, etc.
There are people who are very talented at teaching the technical aspects of stand up. I would like to focus more on what goes on in the space and silence before and after you tell the joke. So much can occur in those moments and it’s those thoughts and experiences I would like to address.
I believe where there is great fear, there is also great power and stand up comedy is an incredible opportunity to work with our fears and experience healing for both and ourselves and our audiences.
Your donation will go toward the following:
Cordless Microphone
Microphone Stand
Hosting fees for my website to share about the workshops
The Documentary that will focus on the workshops and my personal comedic journey this year
My general living expenses which will allow me the time and freedom to travel and offer these workshops
Offset the cost of the groups and workshops so that I can offer scholarships and reduced rates depending on the needs and ability of the participants
I am also applying for grants and other funding opportunities!
I am currently writing a Calm Comedy Hour Workbook which will be available to all who donate. Also, everyone who donates will receive discounts on future workshops and recognition in the documentary and the workbook! Your help and support means so much and the support I've received already has meant the world and has allowed me the opportunity to have my first workshop, something for which I am eternally grateful.
Thank you for reading.
Here is my Facebook page: www.facebook.com/thecalmcomedyhour
And here's a clip of a recent set I performed to give you an idea of my comedy. Thank you!
https://youtu.be/PbOaM9oL4sw
Organizer
Jonathan Blake
Organizer
Monterey Park, CA
