Conducted by Gary Miller — Originally Published January 27, 2016 on BestComedyTickets.com I n January 2016, I had the opportunity to...

Originally posted in 2021. Updated in 2025. At the time, I was leaning toward a career pivot — I even entered a Master’s program thinking teaching might be the new path. But the creative bug never left.

Two of my puppet regulars, Robert & Julie, from Storytime with Gary took the stage to improvise their own version of Die Hard. I'm not sure either of them had actually seen Die Hard, but they were both desperate for stage time.

I’m stepping into the high socks of American hero and Duke legend Christian Laettner in The '92 Dream Team: A Completely Fictional True Sports History at Grafenberg Sketch Comedy and Improv Theater.

Back in Denver, I joined Grafenberg Theater as a writer and performer in a show called 303’s & Heartbreaks. It was my first actual sketch writing job at a dedicated comedy theater — not something I made with friends or solo. Up until then, all the writing I’d done had been just me. I was used to seeing my ideas through from beginning to end, without needing to answer to anyone else. For better or worse, it was just my voice. But this was different. This was a show. With co