Our mission
We believe that comedy is a gateway to acquiring essential life-skills from confidence to resilience.
Our commitment to comedy education extends beyond traditional teaching methods by using a hands-on, demonstrative and interactive approach.
We strive to make comedy approachable and accessible, showcasing its practical applications, we empower students to discover their unique comedic voice.
By challenging norms, we meaningful dialogues, turning laughter into healing and enacting social progress along the way. We offer an essential, contemporary and healthy guide for any comedian wherever they’re at.
The HER in The LaughtHER Collective is because we are led by womxn+, but we are working for anyone who's felt overlooked and underrepresented, which requires us all.
Bottom Line: EVERYONE IS WELCOME!
Our pillars
WOMXN+
We are womxn+ led and focused on amplifying the underrepresented comedian. We equip people with tools, resources and opportunities to narrow the gender gap in every industry, but in stand up specifically.
Womxn+ and diversity make up less than 25% of the stand up industry. A disparity we will disrupt.
Healing
Laughter is the best medicine which makes stand up comedians, doctor. It may sound ridiculous, but humor has been proven to heal and extend your life. Don't believe us take a look at these studies from the Mayo Clinic, American University and the Stanford Business School.
Authenticity
Like carbon emissions, we are offsetting an imbalance that should not exist to ensure that each and every voice can be heard shared and developed.
We refuse to lose another unique perspective, joke or delivery because it's from someone other than a person identifying as a man.
Tenacity
Through guidance, support and opportunities we are preparing and elevating everyone to exist, persist and lead with conviction. The road has already been paved thanks to collective persistence from those before us. But we're far from done. Now we're painting lines, putting up signs and building community that lasts.
Intentionality
Everything about us is intentional. There is consideration put into everything we do from our curriculum to our pillars. We are driven by purpose and supported by tenacity.