Club Owner and Bookers Panel.

Club Owner and Bookers Panel
August 13th, 2018 at 2:00PM
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Flappers Comedy Club Burbank - Main Room
102 East Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA 91502

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Sit down with Club Owners and Bookers from clubs all over the world - glean insights into how best to communicate with clubs and what kinds of materials you'll need to have ready. Panel will include a Q&A and a brief meet & greet afterwards. This is a free panel for participants of the Burbank Comedy Festival with a pre-registration.

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Panelist Zach Miller
COMEDY BOOKER, COMEDY PALACE,
Bangin in the game since '03, Zach has found himself the host/booker of over 2,500 stand-up shows in 8 years, Host/Producer of the cult smash webseries Burn Booth, and Host/Producer of the stand up series Punchline Posse.
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Panelist Pat Wilson
COMEDY BOOKER, COMEDY WEST ,
Pat Wilson has represented comedians as their agent and manager for clubs, casinos, colleges, corporate and cruise/military work. In the 30 years Comedy West & Pat Wilson have been in the business of comedy, they have worked with Star Search, the Las Vegas Comedy Festival, and with the talents of BRAD GARRETT, HOWIE MANDEL, CAROLINE RHEA, BILL ENGVALL, FRANK CALIENDO & CARLOS MENCIA.

In addition, Pat has produced fundraisers for abused and neglected children, raised money for Katrina survivors, and has proudly brought the Operation Laughter Comedy Tour to several military bases throughout the country and into Iraq.

Pat is also proud to have been chosen as two-time Agent of the Year at the NW NACA regional college conference.

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Panelist Richard Barrett
ENTERTAINMENT DIRECTOR, COMEDY & MAGIC CLUB,
Richard has been with The Comedy & Magic Club in Hermosa Beach CA for over 20 years. He's been a judge at numerous festivals including Boston, Big Sky, & Great American. He also consults & produces shows around the country.
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Panelist Dave Dennison
CO-OWNER, LAUGHS COMEDY CLUB ,
David is both a stand-up comic himself and an experienced restaurant manager, and he puts that winning combination to use every day. After attending UCLA and California Polytechnic, David earned his degree in Restaurant and Travel Management. He then managed a series of restaurants and comedy clubs in California and Utah. David has performed stand-up comedy in every state west of the Mississippi. David moved to Seattle in 1998 and was the manager of Laughs at the Bellevue Double Tree. In 2007, David partnered with his wife Angela to open Laughs Comedy Spot in Kirkland. In 2016 the business closed and Laughs Comedy Club was opened in Seattle. David is in charge of booking the acts, and uses his extensive contacts with nationally known comedians, agents and managers to bring the great headliners to the stage.
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Panelist Cyrus Mehrfar
MANAGER OF LIVE EVENTS, LEVITY ENTERTAINMENT, THE IMPROV
Cyrus started his career working at YouTube Nation, the only official YouTube daily show produced by DreamWorks Animation. Cyrus came to Levity booking YouTubers and digital influencers throughout Levity's network of venues across the country. After a few successful digital tours, Cyrus joined the Improv booking office where he oversees the booking and logistics for the off-night programming in the Southern California rooms, along with the booking of support for the weekend headliners.
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Panelist Angela Dennison
OWNER/BOOKER, LAUGHS COMEDY CLUB,
Angela Dennison is a Seattle native and comedy connoisseur. In 2002, Angela met David Dennison at a comedy show. The two soon married and opened Laughs Comedy Spot in Kirkland in June 2007. Laughs Comedy Spot hosted national touring headliners for 9 years with one of the hottest open mics in the Seattle area. In 2011 Angela was named as one of the â€"Eastside Women Entrepreneur’s Leading Ladies” by 425 Magazine. In September of 2016, David and Angela partnered with Terry Taylor to open Laughs Comedy Club in Seattle’s University District. 2018, Terry retired and David and Angela are now sole owners of the business.

Angela enjoys mentoring new comics and show producers. David and Angela scout talent at Montreal JFL and Bridgetown comedy festival as well as New York and Los Angeles.

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Panelist Chris DiPetta
OWNER/TALENT MANAGER , PUNCHLINE COMEDY CLUB,
Chris DiPetta is one of the originators of the Comedy Club business! He was one of the founders of the Punchline in Atlanta, and later went on to New York City to run Catch a Rising Star Comedy Clubs. Over the years, Chris has opened and booked over 25 rooms across the country!
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Panelist Jessica Pilot
TALENT BOOKER, THE LATE SHOW ,
Jessica Pilot is a television producer and writer from New York City. She works tirelessly as a talent booker for CBS, selecting the high-caliber stand up comics that appear on the #1 late night talk show, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Jessica is widely considered to be a leading expert in the art form of stand up.

â€"Pilot” is Jessica’s surname and is not to be confused with piloting an aircraft, or a television pilot (although she’s working on several of those).

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