March 18, 2008

Fighting Irish

"Humor is the opposite of fight-or-flight emotions, especially fear and anger. I can't be laughing with you and angry or afraid of you at the same time." - John Morreall, College of William and Mary.

Last month marked a major change for comedy in North Carolina. Some people fight change. Some people run away from change. But maybe if we're ALL laughing, change can be amazing. 

DSI announced the production of the North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival effective February 2009. This won't be a new event, but rather an expansion of the annual Dirty South Improv Festival (an event that has grown to include almost 500 participants and reach over 3000 audience members per year since 2001). Because of the growth and new focus, and the work of producing a comedy festival, I have been sadly absent from the Blog O'Sphere, but I'm back.

Btw, Happy belated St Patrick's Day. Blog O'Sphere. Funny.

1 comment:

Alyssa said...

Oh! I love the name. North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival. Sounds awesome!