Open mic at Trinitea goes from 7pm to 9pm, sometimes 9:30pm. The business has its own parking lot, and inside the place seats just over 30. They serve tea, coffee, smoothies and more, and to eat they offer popcorn chicken, wings, fries, bagels, muffins and some other pastries on display. Johnny runs the open mic and has been doing so since November of 2014. There is no signup sheet. You just show up and tell Johnny you want to go up, and that’s that. There was one other talent already there when I arrived, and sure enough, Johnny opened with 15 to 20 minutes starting at 6:33pm, then the talent before me joined in, ‘cause he was first and wanted a duet. Then Johnny from the mic looks to where I sat in the back of the room and asks if I’m ready to come up, which I did. Then the next musician to come in after me earlier that evening went up next. Time on stage varies, depending on how many people show up to perform. The night I went up, it was a slow night. I could even have gone up again and done a second set. Another musician played well over 20 minutes. Yes, that’s how informal this room is. There is no stage. Johnny sets up 2 mics to one corner of the place, but still anyone who wants to see the show can. All genres of talent are welcome, but this place is mostly known for music. When I went up, Johnny announced I was the first comedian they had had in months. There are language restrictions when children are present. I did get in a joke with “sh*t” in it, and that went over well. Actually, my whole set went well. When the evening started, there were 20 people in the audience. Sure enough, it thinned as the evening went. Frankly, some people were not there for open mic, either to watch or participate. Instead they wore headphones, absorbed in their computers. But those who were listening really enjoyed my set. The host said afterwards into the mic that I was the best comedian they had had in the history of open mic at Trinitea, which put me on cloud nine (although I hear cloud 8 is where it’s really happening.) A couple people in the audience came up to me afterwards and thanked me, told me how much they enjoyed my material. I went up at about 7:05pm and played for 12 people. While on stage I was competing heavily with noise from behind the counter, all that blending and grinding. Still, the audience was with me. I did about 12 minutes and stopped my set at that time. Guys, the fact that Johnny allows comedy, and you can do a large chunk of time on stage, or a second set later in the evening, as I was offered, and the fact that they don’t get that much standup here, is all the more reason to come do this room. Plus, it forces you to work on clean material, which all comedians should be doing anyway, giving themselves more opportunities in the future.
Open mic at Trinitea goes from 7pm to 9pm, sometimes 9:30pm. The business has its own parking lot, and inside the place seats just over 30. They serve tea, coffee, smoothies and more, and to eat they offer popcorn chicken, wings, fries, bagels, muffins and some other pastries on display.
ReplyDeleteJohnny runs the open mic and has been doing so since November of 2014. There is no signup sheet. You just show up and tell Johnny you want to go up, and that’s that. There was one other talent already there when I arrived, and sure enough, Johnny opened with 15 to 20 minutes starting at 6:33pm, then the talent before me joined in, ‘cause he was first and wanted a duet. Then Johnny from the mic looks to where I sat in the back of the room and asks if I’m ready to come up, which I did. Then the next musician to come in after me earlier that evening went up next. Time on stage varies, depending on how many people show up to perform. The night I went up, it was a slow night. I could even have gone up again and done a second set. Another musician played well over 20 minutes. Yes, that’s how informal this room is.
There is no stage. Johnny sets up 2 mics to one corner of the place, but still anyone who wants to see the show can. All genres of talent are welcome, but this place is mostly known for music. When I went up, Johnny announced I was the first comedian they had had in months. There are language restrictions when children are present. I did get in a joke with “sh*t” in it, and that went over well. Actually, my whole set went well.
When the evening started, there were 20 people in the audience. Sure enough, it thinned as the evening went. Frankly, some people were not there for open mic, either to watch or participate. Instead they wore headphones, absorbed in their computers. But those who were listening really enjoyed my set. The host said afterwards into the mic that I was the best comedian they had had in the history of open mic at Trinitea, which put me on cloud nine (although I hear cloud 8 is where it’s really happening.) A couple people in the audience came up to me afterwards and thanked me, told me how much they enjoyed my material.
I went up at about 7:05pm and played for 12 people. While on stage I was competing heavily with noise from behind the counter, all that blending and grinding. Still, the audience was with me. I did about 12 minutes and stopped my set at that time.
Guys, the fact that Johnny allows comedy, and you can do a large chunk of time on stage, or a second set later in the evening, as I was offered, and the fact that they don’t get that much standup here, is all the more reason to come do this room. Plus, it forces you to work on clean material, which all comedians should be doing anyway, giving themselves more opportunities in the future.