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In a minute we’ll call upon @LauraLevites , whose show is How Did I Get Here? [end- #FringeFamily portion) http://bit.ly/kzwozj#interTwt
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Hello @LauraLevites - Welcome! please give a short intro to yourself & your Fringe show #InterTwt
LauraLevites Laura Levites
@LABitterLemons I am a stand up comedian, my show is called How Did I Get Here? Its about bizarre moments with men and my life #interTwt
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Q2: Why did you want to do your show at this year's Fringe? #InterTwt
LauraLevites Laura Levites
@LABitterLemons I found out about the fringe accidently, on the internet had this piece and thought I can do this, hope I'm right#InterTwt
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Q3: When did you start doing stand-up? Where do you want to take your stories? #InterTwt
LauraLevites Laura Levites
10 years ago. I want to tell a full story, and not worry about getting to a punchline. To the grave or onstage #InterTwt
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Q4: You're brutally honest in your blog and site. Is that what people can expect from your show?#interTwt
LauraLevites Laura Levites
@@LABitterLemons YES! I don't know how to censor myself, I have the ability to say and do the wrong thing all the time #interTwt
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Q5: I'm more familiar with the theatre world than stand-up. What's been interesting/challenging/different/fun about #HFF11 ?#InterTwt
LauraLevites Laura Levites
@LABitterLemons challenging to stick with a script, I tend to go off the cuff, I have terrible ADD, and remembering lines I wrote#InterTwt
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Q6: That's interesting, you don't want to worry about getting to a punchline. Anything else abt stand-up you find restricting?#InterTwt
LauraLevites Laura Levites
@LABitterLemons Its all about the joke, thats why I'm doing this I want to show the joke, instead of tell it #InterTwt
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Q7: Is all of your show truth, is some stretched truth, is some outright fiction ? #InterTwt
LauraLevites Laura Levites
@LABitterLemons Nope, all true. All of it, cults, fires, overdoses, craiglist adds all true. I couldn't make this up #InterTwt
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Told you no longer #FamilyFriendly ! @LauraLevites: Nope, all true.cults, fires, overdoses, craiglist adds couldn't make this up#InterTwt
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Q8: Have you self-produced before? #InterTwt
LauraLevites Laura Levites
@LABitterLemons No, and I never want to do it again. I want a person with a lot of money and patience, without ADD behind me#InterTwt
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Q9: What do you find exciting about performing? #InterTwt
LauraLevites Laura Levites
@LABitterLemons Never the same experience twice, always different, always something to learn, figure out, you never know#InterTwt
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Q10: Where are you finding support and where could artists use more help with self-producing? #InterTwt
LauraLevites Laura Levites
@LABitterLemons Support, email blasts to everyone I know, more visits to shrink, increase in medication. Help with Pr.#InterTwt
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Q11: Who are your artistic inspirations? #InterTwt
LauraLevites Laura Levites
@LABitterLemons Comedians, Joan Rivers, Roseanne, Laura Knightlinger, Shakespeare, Porn #InterTwt
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@LauraLevites [follow-up to Q9] What’s been the strangest live experience you’ve had with audience? #InterTwt
LauraLevites Laura Levites
@LABitterLemons Valentines day, did a show with all couples and I am single, ouch, too honest for them #InterTwt
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Can see that being touchy….. @LauraLevites Valentines day, did a show with all couples & I am single, ouch, too honest for them#InterTwt
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@LauraLevites [follow up to Q10] What do you find works in getting an audience & what is useless to you? #InterTwt
LauraLevites Laura Levites
@LABitterLemons You have to feel/see the audience, pay attention to what they are laughing at, its useless to force anything#InterTwt
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Q12: Did you read Roseanne’s editorial? What did you think? #InterTwt
LauraLevites Laura Levites
@LABitterLemons Not yet, heard she said, things haven’t changed, I admire her greatly, she did it, she fought and won, I want that#InterTwt
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Q13: What do you want to get out of this summer and this run of your show? #InterTwt
LauraLevites Laura Levites
@LABitterLemons I’d like to stay out of the psyche ward and go to the beach, I’d like my show to be a really good piece of work#InterTwt
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@LauraLevites [follow up to Q12]: What challenges do you see in getting the career you want & how are you overcoming?#InterTwt
LauraLevites Laura Levites
@LABitterLemons I see the truth in things before others do, I’m always ahead, I believe in what I do say, I don’t believe in rules#InterTwt
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Gr8 send-off! @LauraLevites: I see truth in things before others do, always ahead,believe in what I do say,don’t believe in rules#InterTwt
LauraLevites Laura Levites
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Thank you so much @LauraLevites for your time and sharing some stories with us! Take a look at her show! http://bit.ly/kAH6Rd#InterTwt
LauraLevites Laura Levites
@LABitterLemons thank you LaBitterLemons #InterTwt
