10/12/2018
The Second City Hollywood celebrates their 3rd annual Los Angeles Diversity in Comedy Festival!
This event will take place October 11th - 14th and feature over 400 performers from across the country who are gathering in Hollywood to celebrate diverse up-and-coming comedic talent. The 2018 LADCF is sponsored by NBC, 3 Arts Entertainment, Thruline Entertainment, and Nickelodeon.
To kick off the festival on Thursday October 11th at 9pm, we will be hosting a very special showcase of our 2018 Bob Curry Fellows. Bob Curry was the first African-American performer on a resident Second City Stage, and this fellowship brings together exceptionally talented actors from multicultural backgrounds for a ten week fellowship culminating in this performance.
If you are looking for diverse talent, or looking to shine a light on diversity efforts in the comedy community, then I truly believe you need to look no further than the LADCF. Second City Hollywood is committed to seeking out and continuing to showcase diverse and multicultural voices, and I have personally been impressed at the level of talent this festival attracts.
We have industry and press comps available for all performances, and I would love to arrange tickets for you. I’ve attached our press release,
but our 2018 LADCF Website is the best resource to view the entire festival lineup as well as our sizzle reel. We will be hosting a closing night reception on Sunday October 14th from 7-10pm at Lono on Hollywood Boulevard if you would like to network with any of the performers or just join us to celebrate the end of the festival.
If you are interested in attending any of these events, please email me back at this address. We would love to have you.
LOS ANGELES DIVERSITY IN COMEDY FESTIVAL October 11-14 2018, The Second City Hollywood continues to celebrate diversity in comedy. After their inaugural success in 2016, with over 400 performers from all over the country, they’re solidified in their ongoing efforts to celebrate diversity in Los Angeles and beyond through bringing artists together, having panel discussions and workshops, as well as continuing to help change the landscape of the community through diversity scholarships. LADCF is very proud to be sponsored by NBC, 3 Arts Entertainment, Thruline Entertainment, and Nickelodeon.
Returning for their third year, The Black Version will be headlining our Friday night on our Nickelodeon Stage. See the entire scheduled lineup of shows, panels, and workshops at ladiversityfestival.com.
The goal of this festival is to offer a platform for celebrating the unique points of view that come from diverse talent in Los Angeles and beyond. This festival will offer performers of diverse backgrounds an opportunity to explore issues of diversity across race, gender, disability, sexual orientation, and gender identity through performances, panels, and workshops. Who qualifies as “diverse”? We feel that diversity extends to any group of underrepresented cultural voices- this could be based on gender, race, sexual orientation, gender identity, etc.
BOB CURRY FELLOWSHIP The Second City Hollywood has announced the 2018 Bob Curry Fellows. The Bob Curry Fellowship is a one-of-a-kind professional development master program, named for the first African-American performer on a resident stage. The highly competitive fellowship is tuition-free and awarded to exceptional talent selected by auditions and adjudicated by Second City directors and producers. These actors and improvisers from diverse multicultural backgrounds will train and study at The Second City Hollywood.
The fellows are (in alphabetical order) Shukri R. Abdi, Jose Acain, B Anderson, Jorge Emanuel Berrios, Mario Barra, Idil Bray, Braxton Brooks, Rochele Gutierrez, Kalilah Harris, Chase Ingrande, Donzell Lewis, Rashaun Perry, Joy Regullano, Claudio Saavedra, JP Siruno, and Jacklyn Uweh. During this ten-week program, fellows meet twice weekly with a variety of Second City instructors and alumni to cover topics like Finding Your Voice, Acting, Improv, Writing, Satire, Musical Improv, Scripted Material, Material Generation, The Second City Archive, History, and Lore.
The program will culminate with a performance during the Los Angeles Diversity in Comedy Festival on Thursday, October 11 at 9pm. Tickets can be purchased at ladiversityfestival.com. Industry and press comps are available.
LADCF THRULINE SCHOLARSHIP Scholarship awarded is good for one year of study in improvisation, musical improvisation, or sketch comedy writing. The awarded applicant will receive one full length class per term in the year 2019, based on what applicant is eligible to take by Second City Hollywood’s training standards and prerequisites. This Scholarship is sponsored by Thruline Entertainment and is at Second City Hollywood location only.
THEATRE LOCATIONS DURING THE FESTIVAL
• The Second City Studio Theatre, 6560 Hollywood Blvd LA CA 90028 • 323.464.8542
• 3 Arts Stage, 6560 Hollywood Blvd LA CA 90028 • 323.464.8542
• Nickelodeon Stage, 6555 Hollywood Blvd, LA, CA 90028 • 323.464.8542