“I’m not just a nerd,” proclaims a bespectacled 13-year-old named Thea, speaking into a microphone on stage. “I’m also a geek.” The audience laughs. She’s performing a set as part of a workshop run by ...

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"Teaching Practice: Idiot Girls and School Ghost" is a horror comedy that combines supernatural elements with a message of encouragement for teachers, its director Kim Min-ha said Wednesday. "I want ...

Cory Michaelis honed his skills in front of one of the most difficult audiences a burgeoning stand-up comedian can: teenagers. Michaelis, a former Cascade (of Everett) High School history teacher who ...

Olivia Taylor hopes to combine teaching, comedy to encourage girls Fourth-year comedian Olivia Taylor has tutored children through the Incarcerated Youth Tutorial Project at UCLA. After graduation, ...

I quietly dreamed of performing stand-up comedy for 10 years before I got up the courage to go to an open mic night, and it was by far the most nervous I have ever been in my life. If you also dream ...

The comedy group Bored Teachers will be performing at the Florida Theatre on January 16 for their “Is it Friday Yet Tour.” The group consists of teacher-comedians who take their experience in the ...

Corey Martin Craig wants your kid to be a troublemaker. Well, sort of. Craig believes in the philosophy of good trouble, and teaching children to harness that energy and turn it into punchlines. The ...

When a public school couldn't attract a theater teacher, it hired a stand-up comedian. School lunch is taking a ribbing, but the school says the students are learning useful academic skills. Public ...