How Do You Hustle with Kami Dimitrova

How Do You Hustle with Kami Dimitrova

How Do You Hustle with Kami Dimitrova is a series of interviews with comedians about their day jobs. Dog walking, freelance gigs, or corporate 9-5's... we’re all sleep-deprived and hustling to make our dreams come true. Tune in every week for a new episode! Follow Kami on Instagram (@kamiindahouse) and Twitter (@kami_tweets) Kami Dimitrova is a comedian based in Brooklyn. You can see her perform original characters monthly at the UCB theater in Hell’s Kitchen as a member of Characters Welcome. She has created comedy content featured on Funny or Die’s homepage and hosted shows featured in The New York Times. She was the host of Scary Mommy’s live trivia show game show on Facebook and was last seen on a national spot for Popeyes. She studied improv and sketch at The Upright Citizens Brigade in New York and Second City in Chicago. In her past life, she was a journalist at ABC News.

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John Trowbridge

July 19, 2021 • 110 mins
John talks about his Saturday Night Live audition, and his journey that led him there. He ultimately didn't get it and talks about what it's like to bounce back and keep doing comedy. He's a writer and actor in New York and was recently a writer for All That. He also recently sold a mountain....that he inherited from his father. No big deal. Follow John on Instagram and Tiktok @jetrowbridge and Twitter @johntrowbridge. Learn more...
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Tom Thakkar

July 12, 2021 • 51 mins
Tom Thakkar is standup featured on Conan and Comedy Central's Stand Up Presents. He talks about growing up in Indiana and moving to Chicago and New York to pursue stand up full time. He also talks about his relationship to social media and using it as a promotional tool, debunking the "safe route" myth and why it's important to pursue your dreams. Check out Tom on Twitter @TomAThakkar where you can find links to his Conan set and h...
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Chrissy Shackelford

March 15, 2021 • 82 mins
Chrissy Shackelford is a writer for the Emmy award winning late night series Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. Before that she was an actor/writer/producer for 30 episodes of the Disney+ series, The Big Fib hosted by Yvette Nicole Brown. From 2017-2019, she spent two seasons as a staff writer on the HBO late night series, Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas. While writing for the show she also appeared on-camera and in multiple voiceover...
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Laura Lyons

March 8, 2021 • 84 mins
Laura Lyons talks about her near-death experience with COVID-19 and her ongoing path to recovery. She is a comedian and actress and has performed at theaters including the Magnet Theater and the Pit as a member of BoogieManja. She hosts a podcast called Not Killing It and has been featured in Quickie Fest, Time Out and Comedy Cake. Visit her website for more info at www.lauralyonscomedy.com and follow her on Twitter at @LauraLyonss...
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Michael Hartney

July 20, 2020 • 121 mins
Michael Hartney is a New York based actor, writer and comedian. He has been featured on JFL New Faces, Comedy Central Comic to Watch and on School of Rock's original cast on Broadway. He was also the Artistic Director for UCB in New York. Follow Michael on Twitter (@MichaelHartney) and Instagram (@hartneymichael) for more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Mike Cabellon

May 4, 2020 • 60 mins
Mike Cabellon is a Los Angeles-based Filipino-American actor (Orange Is The New Black, Crashing, et al.) and writer (Comedy Central, Story Pirates Podcast). He was trained at the UCB and is currently an active performer, director, and writer for the Story Pirates. He co-wrote and co-starred Night Crew which landed him a development deal with Comedy Central. He recently booked a pilot as series regular written by Tina Fey and Robert...
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Glo Tavarez

April 27, 2020 • 86 mins
Glo is in an improviser, comic and actor in New York. She is UCB's Harold Team “Reva” and was previously an actor on the UCB Maude Team Pretty Boys. She can be seen in Mindy Kaling’s movie LATE NIGHT and SAFE SPACES, starring Justin Long and Kate Berlant. Glo Tavarez also cohosts he bi-weekly podcast Second Best: A DnD Adventure. All over the internet. She most recently booked a series regular role on a Showtime pilot called “Rita”...
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Andrea Coleman

April 13, 2020 • 73 mins
Andrea is a Virginia gal living in Brooklyn. She’s been featured in the New York Times, NPR and TimeOut. Coleman is an Actor on Maude Team Young Douglas. She’s a standup who’s performed at Women in Comedy Festival, Austin Sketchfest and San Francisco Sketchfest. Andrea has acted at Orlando Shakespeare Festival and The Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington DC. She’s a sketch writer, playwriter, screenwriter and her Medium articl...
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Shem Pennant

March 30, 2020 • 66 mins
Shem is a writer/director/martial artist from South London and based in Brooklyn. He has written for the BBC Radio 4 News Quiz, Ava Vidal, Sketch Cram and is currently a member of UCBT Weekend Sketch Team THE FOUNDATION. He writes and directs all sorts of video content, the first 60 seconds of which you can see on Instagram (@myshowcalledlife) and he can be seen faking a Brooklyn accent all over New York with "Trash" and the POC co...
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Octavia Leona Kohner

March 23, 2020 • 60 mins
Octavia Leona Kohner is a Brooklyn born and based performer. Octavia has worked primarily in queer art in the underground, experimental and indie world. This is her second season with BoogieManja. She’s a comedian, bouffon, actor, model and adult human female. She’s performed at UCB, The PIT, Magnet Theatre, the Krane Theatre, The Tank, and random gay dive bars around town. She had a talk show simulcast to Facebook and Chaturbate w...
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Eric Feurer

March 9, 2020 • 100 mins
Eric Feurer is a writer and performer based out of Brooklyn. He teaches at The Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, where he is the co-director of the house team Character Welcome. Mostly he works at a bar. He teaches and performs characters, writes and directs sketch, and takes baths. His sketches have been featured on TruTV and Collegehumor, and you might have seen him in season one of Desus & Mero if you didn't blink once. More at ...
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Woody Fu

February 24, 2020 • 57 mins
Woody is a regular performer at UCB NY on Maude Night and Characters Welcome. He was a castmember of Boom Chicago (Amsterdam), and Thrones! The Musical Parody (Edinburgh Fringe). He’s been featured by Vulture, Comedy Central, FX, Amazon, TBS, and The New York Times. His one-(China)man show Asian Gracefully toured New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Toronto. You can learn more at woodyfu.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
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Jesse Roth

February 17, 2020 • 68 mins
Jesse Roth was born in New York City, but grew up in Los Angeles, and now she lives in New York City. Though she is unrepped she does consider herself bicoastal! She’s also Jewish and an “auburnette”. Jesse produces and performs comedy all over New York, including the acclaimed “Sup!” open mic for women, LGBTQ & gender-non conforming voices, every 2nd & 4th Tuesday at 7pm at C’mon Everybody in Brooklyn. She will be performing her s...
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Sarah Smallwood Parsons

February 10, 2020 • 99 mins
Sarah Smallwood Parsons is a performer at UCB Theater. She created the series F*CKING, Personal Business, and Forgotten Animals (in production) and wrote The Song [In Every Musical] That No One Likes. Sarah was a JFL New Face in 2018, a resident at Above Average, and head writer of TOS Comedy. See her the last two Thursdays of every month hosting Characters Welcome at UCBT NY.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices...
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Emma Vernon

February 3, 2020 • 51 mins
Emma Vernon is an NYC-based comedian, actor, and writer. She's been a featured comic on shows at Caroline's, The Comic Strip, Broadway Comedy Club and NY Comedy Club and was a contestant in Caroline's March Madness competition. She hosts a monthly variety show the 4th Friday of every month called "Better Than Your Bed" and produces an *almost* monthly dating comedy show at the Pit Loft called "In A World: The Dating Show" where she...
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Corin Wells

January 27, 2020 • 79 mins
Corin is an actor, comedian, and writer based in New York City. If you've been to UCB Hell’s Kitchen you've probably seen her performing on Characters Welcome or every Saturday night with "Goat," or with Rumpleteaser every Monday night. You visit her website at www.corinwells.com for more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Patrick Keene

January 20, 2020 • 95 mins
Patrick is an improviser/actor based in Brooklyn, NY. You can see him on the road with UCB's TourCo or at UCBT Hell's Kitchen in Here & Queer and every Friday on The Law Firm. Maybe you can also catch him around NYC with his indie groups Moof and PLUR. He is a Pisces and is on Twitter (@doo_kee) and Instagram (@pad00d2.0). Can you believe? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Mike Zakarian

January 13, 2020 • 68 mins
Mike Zakarian is a New York based improviser, writer and comedian. He is the creator of Humans of Higher Ed, a satire platform for professionals in higher education.He talks about his experience working in hire ed, quitting a full time job in a space that he worked in his whole life to pursue comedy, and what it felt like returning an engagement ring. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Mimi Hayes

December 9, 2019 • 62 mins
Mimi Hayes is a New York-based comedian and author of "I'll Be OK, It's Just a Hole in My Head." A former high school teacher and brain injury survivor, Hayes wrote her first memoir while recovering from a traumatic head injury at the age of twenty-two. In this episode she talks about juggling day jobs while also carving out a successful creative career driven by her own story. You can follow her on Instagram at @mimihayesbrain and...
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Joseph Lymous

December 2, 2019 • 57 mins
Native to New Orleans but Brooklyn based, Joseph Lymous is a Black, gay, interdisciplinary artist with emphasis in comedy and self-liberation. Joseph studied Performing Arts at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and sketch comedy writing at the Upright Citizens Brigade. He is the co-artistic director of Mass Transit Theater where he performs and facilities workshops in social/emotional literacy, racial equity, and conflict re...
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