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The Comedy Bureau Field Report Ep. 145: Bobbie Oliver & Safe Space Upkeep

January 4, 2023

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Plenty is said about “safe spaces” and the effects they have on social discourse and, very specifically, comedy, but it isn’t often that you actual hear from a legitimate safe space and the folks that built something to directly address rampant, systemic issues in the art form and community of comedy such as misogyny, exclusion, and even hack writing.

Bobbie Oliver has spent several years taking on all such issues through her own classes and workshops as well as the venue she founded in LA, Tao Comedy Studio, dedicated to being as inclusive as can be and free of chauvinist and purely edgelord comedians. TCB’s Jake Kroeger kicks off 2023 with a deep chat with Bobbie Oliver about pushing the art form forward (as well as addressing Andrew Tate ever claiming he was being some sort of comedic character).

Find more about Tao Comedy Studio at taocomedystudio.com and follow @taocomedystudio across platforms and follow Bobbie @thebobbieoliver on Twitter on IG and watch her special, Bobbie Oliver’s Greatest Hits.

The Comedy Bureau @thecomedybureau across platforms and please, please support TCB via GoFundMe, Patreon, or on Venmo (@jakekroeger).

Produced by Jake Kroeger
Music by Brian Granillo
Artwork by Andrew Delman and KT

Tao Comedy Studio Officially Reopening in Koreatown in 2018 (Tomorrow)

December 31, 2017

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Originally located by The Grove, intimate comedy venue/workshop/classroom/open mic Tao Comedy Studio has moved to Koreatown and will be reopening at their new location, specifically at 131 Western Ave., Los Angeles, CA, on Jan. 1st, 2018.

Here’s the schedule for their first week:

Monday, January 1st 8PM: the first Laugh Riot Grrrl Women-Only Open Mic of the year!
Tuesday, January 2nd 7PM: Grand Re-Opening and 5th Anniversary Party! Come check out the new digs!
Wednesday, January 3rd 8PM: The first regular open mic at the new space!
Friday, January 5th 8PM: Another open mic!
Saturday, January 6th 8PM: You Had To Be There! The first booked show at the new space!
Sunday, January 7th 1PM: The first class of the new session of Bobbie Oliver’s Tao of Comedy Stand Up Workshop, followed by an open mic 5PM!
Thursday, January 11th 7:30PM: The first class of the Thursday night session of Bobbie’s stand up workshop!
Saturday, January 13th 2PM: The first class of John Fontaine’s improv and sketch workshop!
Saturday, January 13 8PM: You Had To Be There!

FYI, that’s not that far from the newly minted Dynasty Typewriter @ Hayworth Theater, so K-town is getting a big bump up for comedy in 2018.