Meet Mitzzy Anne Picardo of Mitzzy Anne Stand-up Comic

Today we’d like to introduce you to Mitzzy Anne Picardo.

Mitzzy Anne, let’s start with your story. We’d love to hear how you got started and how the journey has been so far.
I am a transgender woman, who started doing comedy about 4 months ago. I was always afraid of speaking in public until about 8 years ago when I joined an LGBTQ speaking bureau, SpeakOut Boston. I trained and started speaking throughout Massachusetts telling my story of being transgender and talking about LGBTQ rights. I was playing in a pool tournament at Jacques Cabaret where they had an open mic stand up. After some encouragement from my friends and the hostess Penny Oswin I got the courage and went up on stage.

I received such an adrenaline rush hearing people laugh that I could not wait until I got on stage again the following Sunday. Soon after my first stand-up I was laid off from my job and got the opportunity to do open mics throughout the week. It did not take long for me to get addicted to the comedy life. I have always tried to find humor in life and enjoyed trying to make people laugh. I quickly learned there is a lot more than just going on stage grabbing a mic and telling jokes, it is a lot easier to make friends laugh at a party or in the bar.

Going on stage to make people laugh actually takes some work. It takes a lot of writing and practice to come up with a good set, not to mention learning how to deal with different crowds. It takes practice and patience, but the rewards are almost immediate you can tell very early on what will work and what will not. It has taken a very short time to discover something I was scared to do, now is something I could not imagine not doing.

Overall, has it been relatively smooth? If not, what were some of the struggles along the way?
I think no matter what you do in life you’re going to find bumps in the road, the key is to either avoid those bumps or get over them gracefully. I compare comedy to the sports I played as a youth, the more you dedicate to your craft the better you get at it. There are going to be games or sets that are going to knock you down, the trick is to get up dust yourself off and do it again.

Mitzzy Anne Stand-up Comic – what should we know? What do you guys do best? What sets you apart from the competition?
Being an older transgender person definitely sets me apart from a lot of the other comedians, I take a lot of my experiences of being transgender and the way society looks at us and tried to turn it into comedy.

Life is a lot easier when you could take a negative and turn it into something funny. Making people laugh is definitely self-rewarding.

What is “success” or “successful” for you?
If people are laughing you know you have done well, getting booked to do a show means others find you funny as well. The bigger the booking the better. as in any endeavor if it becomes Monterey successful, and you get to do what you love than you have succeeded

Contact Info:

• Email: mitzzymore@hotmail.com
• Instagram: Mitzzypicardo
• Facebook: MitzzyAnnePicardo

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