This is my daily (or semi-daily) recap of my adventures in Indianapolis. I've been here since Saturday evening. This week is my spring break from school, and I've been itching to get out of town for a while to do some shows. So I got in touch with Courtney Kay Meyers (who can be found online at ckmcomedy.com), who is an old friend of mine--we actually started doing comedy in Nashville within mere weeks of each other. She's since moved to Indianapolis and knows the scene very well, so she gave me all the info on the shows around town. I sent around a few emails, and got me 8 sets in a 5-day stretch.
I got in Saturday evening. Took some time to unwind from the long drive, and then Courtney and I hit up Morty's Comedy Joint to check out the club and watch the show. I was scheduled to perform there the following night, so I thought it'd be a good opportunity to see the room and meet some of the folks in the club. After the shows, we turned in fairly early--a 6-hour drive will do that to you.
Today--Sunday--I was scheduled to do two sets: one at Morty's and another drop-in set later on at a music open mic at a bar called Locals Only (where, coincidentally enough, I was neither music nor local). Before that, I found out that by mere coincidence, fellow Nashville comic Chad Riden (found online at ChadRiden.com) was in a neighboring city the night before on a road gig, so he and I met up in the Broadripple area to hang out and shoot the shit on his way home. Later on, I headed over to Morty's for my first show of the Indianapolis run. I had gotten the gig somewhat last-minute--maybe just a couple days' advance notice. Fine by me. If I'm in town and a club wants to throw me a gig, I'm not gonna turn it down.
Unfortunately, the gig ended up getting canceled due to only four comics and zero audience members showing up. Little bit of a bummer, as I was hoping to make my Indy debut in a nice club in the area. However, I'm scheduled to do another set there on Wednesday, so it wasn't hugely disappointing in the end. Later, Courtney and I went to Locals Only to drop some jokes amidst odd country and folk songs.
By the time I went up, there were about seven people in the audience. But they were into it, and I ended up doing a solid 20 minutes--including a couple of new jokes that I threw in just for the hell of it. That certainly made up for the canceled club gig earlier in the evening, and also made more sense for me on a karmic level. The first time I ever performed stand-up was at a music show, so it's only appropriate that my first time performing stand-up in a new city was also at a music show.
Tonight, I'm just doing an open mic at a local coffeehouse. Looking forward to seeing some of the local talent here, and I'll have a report for you guys sometime tomorrow.
Until next time,
--Riley
I got in Saturday evening. Took some time to unwind from the long drive, and then Courtney and I hit up Morty's Comedy Joint to check out the club and watch the show. I was scheduled to perform there the following night, so I thought it'd be a good opportunity to see the room and meet some of the folks in the club. After the shows, we turned in fairly early--a 6-hour drive will do that to you.
Today--Sunday--I was scheduled to do two sets: one at Morty's and another drop-in set later on at a music open mic at a bar called Locals Only (where, coincidentally enough, I was neither music nor local). Before that, I found out that by mere coincidence, fellow Nashville comic Chad Riden (found online at ChadRiden.com) was in a neighboring city the night before on a road gig, so he and I met up in the Broadripple area to hang out and shoot the shit on his way home. Later on, I headed over to Morty's for my first show of the Indianapolis run. I had gotten the gig somewhat last-minute--maybe just a couple days' advance notice. Fine by me. If I'm in town and a club wants to throw me a gig, I'm not gonna turn it down.
Unfortunately, the gig ended up getting canceled due to only four comics and zero audience members showing up. Little bit of a bummer, as I was hoping to make my Indy debut in a nice club in the area. However, I'm scheduled to do another set there on Wednesday, so it wasn't hugely disappointing in the end. Later, Courtney and I went to Locals Only to drop some jokes amidst odd country and folk songs.
By the time I went up, there were about seven people in the audience. But they were into it, and I ended up doing a solid 20 minutes--including a couple of new jokes that I threw in just for the hell of it. That certainly made up for the canceled club gig earlier in the evening, and also made more sense for me on a karmic level. The first time I ever performed stand-up was at a music show, so it's only appropriate that my first time performing stand-up in a new city was also at a music show.
Tonight, I'm just doing an open mic at a local coffeehouse. Looking forward to seeing some of the local talent here, and I'll have a report for you guys sometime tomorrow.
Until next time,
--Riley
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