How to Be Serious

Zilu Wang, Beatriz Pugeda, and Tooky Kavanagh sit down with Amy Chu to discuss humor as a form of communication, why getting a laugh is not the point, and how getting specific and serious in your comedy is the first step to being funny.More about the guestsZilu Wang is an improviser and board-certified music therapist (MT-BC). She founded Let's/Zheng⁠, a Chinese improv group that also holds bilingual improv workshops.Beatriz Pugeda is a writer and the editor-in-chief of Little Old Lady (LOL), a literary humor and comics site.Tooky Kavanagh is a stand-up comedian and performer. She's headlined shows all over New England and was a comic-in-residence at the Comedy Studio.More about the hostAmy Chu is a cartoonist and writer in Boston. Her work can be found on camoot.weebly.com.