by Jason Hillman on Tuesday, September 14, 2010 at 11:33am
Last night at the open mic a really weird thing happened. Stacy Pawlowski was called to the stage and announced by Abu as “a member of Caste Of Killers,” but she said, “No, I work with the Caste of Killers, but I wouldn’t say I am a member.” So let’s address what we’ve kept sort of vague since our inception.
- If you’ve ever been invited to do a Caste of Killers show (and actually showed up)…consider yourself a member.
- If you want to help the Milwaukee comedy scene grow and won’t take NO for an answer….consider yourself a member.
- If you wrote your first joke yesterday and fell head-over-heels for comedy and want to be a stand-up comic…consider yourself a member.
- If all of of your life, you’ve known that you were seeing the world through a different pair of lenses than the rest of the people that you know, then you are a comic and you are welcome.
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The Caste of Killers is a Comedy Collective, which means Damon and I can’t do it alone, nor should we be expected to; we’re a group and it’s time we embrace what it means to be a “collective.” No home is raised by one person. It is the combined efforts of every single person that is invested in the home. This city can be the next great, thriving bastion for the best comedy in the midwest if not the entire country. We have so much talent sitting in the wings, waiting patiently for their chance, for their light. The goal is, and always has been, to create stage time so that comedians of every sort can develop their act, become polished, and to get the world to notice that there’s something magical going on here in the Milwaukee Comedy Scene.This is a renaissance. A new era of prosperity and enlightenment and we want you, yes you, to be a part of it. So it’s up to you whether or not you want to be a member. Choose for yourself. You have that right. Remember, though, that if you say YES, that if you want to be a KILLER, if you want to take a share of the credit for helping make this scene something special, that there is work to be done. FLIERS MUST BE MADE, NEW VENUES MUST BE SECURED AND BOOKED. EACH AND EVERYONE ONE OF YOU THAT CLAIMS TO BE HUNGRY MUST TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR PACKING PEOPLE INTO THE SEATS SO THAT WE CAN ALL HAVE OUR TIME IN THE LIGHT. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU WILL HOLD UP THE WARRAS STOOL. This is a promise, signed, sealed and laid at your doorstep.
NOW is the era of NO COMEDIAN LEFT BEHIND.
If you’re ready for the Good Fight, then you let us know.
Otherwise, step aside. We won’t bother you if you won’t bother us.
This is our time. This is your time.
IT’S TIME TO GO.