Madelaine Melcher
Story Advocate
Comedy
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My Story
I began performing stand-up comedy while living in San Francisco in 2018. Every week I'd make my way up the dusty steps of the Edinburgh Castle to get my tiny 3 minutes behind the mic with infamous SF Comedian and host TK Moyer. Comedy became an important way I thought about the world; the more I learned about how ridiculous it was the more rewarding it became to make fun of it. To top it all off, there's no better way to put your writing and quick wit to the test than a sweaty spotlight and 25 stone-cold 20-somethings who might rather be on TikTok.
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After San Francisco, I moved back to LA from 2019-2020 and then to Reno Nevada from 2020-2022. With less than 50 regular comedians in the area, I was able to get in real time behind the mic. I started to get booked on shows and had a great time performing in front of the very lovely truckers and casino goers of Nevada.