Door Girlz
Get Your Foot In The Door!
The Door Girlz Development Program is a community-focused initiative designed to give up-and-coming comics a foot in the door of the Los Angeles comedy scene through The Crow, Santa Monica’s newest comedy club! Our goal is to offer meaningful stage opportunities that truly help comedians develop professionally with advancement in their careers, while building a strong, supportive culture around live comedy and club operations.
At its most simple iteration: Door Girlz do just that! They volunteer for no more than a 3-hour shift, assisting with check-in for audience members at the door and performing basic opening & closing duties alongside Crow staff. They get to perform the “Cold Open” sets at the shifts they work.
Door Girlz will meet every quarter for stage advancement opportunities, feedback sessions with the club owner/booker, and will be eligible to audition for an official cold open for Bergamot Comedy Fest, along with being promoted as a passed comic at The Crow.
Door Girlz are the BACKBONE and leaders of our community of The Crow. We will come together to celebrate each other's wins, help each other grow, and share hugs, tears, and beers. Social hangs included!
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Who We’re Looking For
Comedians who we have seen working on their craft for a while through our open mics, or who have submitted a tape that reflects they have been working on standup for years before arriving at The Crow.
The Crow’s mission is to uplift voices that have historically not been given equal opportunities for stage time and development, but ALL are welcome to apply.
Executive
Producers
Nicole Blaine
(she/her)
COMEDIAN
Nicole Blaine is the owner and founder of The Crow, a comedy club and education center that is a safe space for all to laugh, learn, and evolve as humans using comedy, writing, music and the performing arts. The Crow's mission is to use storytelling to forward social justice and create more opportunities for all ages, abilities, genders, BIPOC, LGBTQIA2S+ humans performing, studying, and watching. In 2023 The Crow was awarded “Best New Business” and “Best Entertainment Venue” in Santa Monica by the Santa Monica Daily Press.
The Los Angeles Times reports on Nicole and The Crow, “Whether you’re on the stage or you’re in the audience, sometimes this is the art form that changes everybody’s life for better.” As a stand-up comedian, writer, producer, and mom, she loves teaching storytelling, curating comedy and elevated shows at The Crow!
Blaine grew up in Santa Monica and currently lives a few minutes away from The Crow with her husband and two kids. They all suck so she has great material.
Christine Casagrande (she/her)
Christine Casagrande is the Co-President of the Ladies of Comedy Association, a nationwide networking organization dedicated to advancing the careers of women in comedy.
Professionally, Christine is a producer and talent booker who has been producing live comedy shows with the biggest names in stand-up comedy since 2008 at all of the major comedy clubs in Los Angeles, and has produced live shows that have been accepted into the Moontower Comedy Festival, New York Comedy Festival, and Netflix Is A Joke Festival.
Christine has an extensive background in producing TV shows (both scripted and unscripted), podcasts, and digital content, in film and TV development, and in A-list talent management and personal publicity. Christine is also the Co-Chair of Boston University's Los Angeles Entertainment, Film, & TV Alumni Network.
Heather Pasternak (she/hers)
COMEDIAN
Los Angeles comedian Heather Pasternak has a residency at The Jimmy Kimmel Comedy Club in Las Vegas “Up Late with Heather” and is a content producer for Funny You Should Ask. She had her network debut on The Late Show with Steven Colbert. You’ve seen her CBS, Netflix, Fox, and heard her on Sirius XM. Her special ‘Slay at Home Mom’ is out now on 800pgm and she just taped a Don't Tell Comedy Special that has yet to be released. Stay tuned!
w. www.HelloPasternak.com or https://linktr.ee/heatherpasternak
ig. @hellopasternak
Create the comedy world you want to live in.
You know, one with more female identifying,
nonbinary, LGBTQIA+, & POC comics running things!
Let’s come together as part of this community, offering resources & education and providing real opportunity to be seen by top industry.
Nicole Blaine, owner of The Crow, is partnering with the Ladies of Comedy Association to launch ongoing education nights, audition mics, and industry showcases for female and nonbinary comics.
Audition mics will be held at The Crow every 3rd Sunday from 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM followed by an educational Q&A with a guest comic speaker from 8:30 - 9:30 PM.
PAST SPEAKERS
Laurie Kilmartin, Jessica Michelle Singleton, Danielle Sanchez-Witzel, Jenny Zigrino, Alice Wetterlund, Valerie Tosi, Jackie Kashian
PAST INDUSTRY PANEL
Michael Cox (Booker for Fallon), Ryan Moran (Development at Comedy Central), Michael Bertolina (CEO of All Things Comedy), Jen Trofa (Range Media)