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The Concierge Comedian
For the first time in his career, Zak Toscani is making a living doing comedy by performing in people’s backyards, basements, and unfinished kitchens.
In August 2022, Zak Toscani was in the middle of performing a stand-up show in a fan’s Boulder, Colorado, backyard when, suddenly, an audience member’s hyperactive dog began running laps around the house like it had been possessed. Since then, he’s toured nonstop across the U.S. and Canada, booking enough house shows that, for the first time in his career, he’s been able to quit working day jobs and carve out a living as “a middle-class comedian.” Portland, Oregon: This woman messaged me about a week ago, and she wrote, “We have three kids, and our oldest was killed at 19 as a passenger in a car accident last April 18th.
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