Putting Yourself Out There and Making Discoveries On Stage with Amanda Bonar

Amanda Bonar is an improv and sketch comedian based in Los Angeles. You can find her performing in the Sober Show and Do the Dumb shows at UCB, as well as other shows at the Clubhouse in LA. 

Amanda shares her improv journey and how she fell in love with improv around age 10 when her parents took her to a family-friendly improv show.  She performed on her high school and college improv teams, and she has been doing some form of improv for almost 20 years now! (That's amazing!)

In this episode, Amanda and Dayna get vulnerable and discuss the ups and downs of trying to improve as a performer.  Amanda gives some great tips and advice on reframing our mindsets and managing expectations as beginners and even experienced performers. Amanda also shares about her sobriety and how The Sober Show at UCB got started last year. 

We also discuss nerves and how nerves affect us before shows and during shows. Nerves are normal and may never go away, but there are ways to manage your nerves so that once you hit the stage, you start your performance confidently.

You'll definitely want to listen to hear all the crazy and wacky things that Amanda's team Dick Cannon has done on stage for the Do the Dumb Shows, thus making some fun and very interesting discoveries! :)
 
You can find out more about Amanda here: 

• https://ucbcomedy.com/people/amanda-bonar/
• IG - @amandabonar - https://www.instagram.com/amandabonar/
• IG - @the_sober_show - https://www.instagram.com/the_sober_show/
• IG - @dickcannonimprov - https://www.instagram.com/dickcannonimprov/

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