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YALL Impact Highlights Report 2022

Impact Report highlights for YALL 2022 now available!

2021 Pitch Showcases - September 17 & September 30

NYC Showcase – September 17th, 2021

Event footage shot and edited by Amir Hamja

Laughter Lab co-founders Mik Moore & Caty Borum Chattoo kick things off at the NYC Showcase at Caveat in NYC

MC for the show, Negin Farsad introduces the six performers

2019 Laughter Lab Winner Joey Clift shares his journey as a comedian and writer

Laughter Lab Leadership Committee member Erika Soto Lamb speaks on behalf of Comedy Central, a Headline Sponsor of the event

Chris De La Cruz presents his pitch for the satirical talk show "Getting Schooled with Chris De La Cruz"

Jackie Keliiaa presents her pitch for the live show and documentary "Native Comedy at the Rock"

Air Durnell & Maddie Smith present their pitch for the series "Camp"

Sheri Bradford presents her pitch for the series "CameronTown"

Adrianne Chalepah presents her pitch for the feature film "Running"

Woody Fu & SJ Son present their pitch for the sketch, variety show "Asian In Public"

Pitch table participant Miriam Fogleson (Harness) responds to a pitch performance

Leaders in entertainment and social justice watch pitch performances

LA Showcase – September 30th, 2021

Co-founder Caty Borum Chattoo opens the LA Showcase at Dynasty Typewriter

MC for the show, Keisha Zollar introduces the six showcase projects and performers

Ayman Samman, Abdallah Nabil, & Yusef Zeidan present their pitch for the animated series "Momo's America"

Alex Song-Xia presents her pitch for the feature film "Asian Women Can't Drive"

Julieta Messmer & Marianne Amelinckx present their pitch for the series "Bendecidas y Afortunadas (Blessed and Highly Favored)"

Meredith Casey presents her pitch for the series "Lifeline"

The AzN PoP group presents their pitch for the musical comedy series "The AzN PoP! Show"

Entertainment and social justice leaders look on to watch pitch performances

Dynasty Typewriter theater hosts the first ever Laughter Lab Showcase in Los Angeles

2020 Pitch Days - September 16 - 17

Event footage shot, produced, and edited by YEA! Impact

Pitch Day 1 – September 16th, 2020

Co-founders, Caty Borum Chattoo and Mik Moore, introduce the second annual, and first digital, pitch day event.

Actor and comedian, Baron Vaughn, offers some opening remarks.

MC for the day, comedian and 2019 winner, Negin Farsad, introduces the six winners presenting that day.

Sasha Stewart and Keisha Zollar with "Let's Get Physical" a comedic women’s health docuseries.

Jeff Hiller with "The Designing Women Monologues," an hour long stand-up show.

Fawzia Mirza with "ZENITH," a scripted, feature-length, narrative comedic film.

Thaddeus McCants with "Lit Lounge," a single camera workplace comedy.

Marie Cheng with "Everybody Screams at Me," an adult-animated odd couple comedy.

Emma Ramos with "HANGRY," a single-camera comedy series.

One our 11 fantastic pitch tables featuring representatives from entertainment, NGOs, and beyond.

Our fearless MC helps to wrap up the first digital pitch day.

Executive committee member and comedian, Bethany Hall, concludes the day with viewer comments.

Pitch Day 2 – September 17th, 2020

Co-founder, Caty Borum Chattoo, introduces the second pitch day.

Co-founder, Mik Moore, offers additional opening remarks.

MC for the day, comedian and 2019 winner, Gabe González introduces the five projects presenting.

Aizzah Fatima and Atheer Yacoub with "Muslim Girls DTF," a sketch comedy series.

Noam Shuster Eliassi with "Coexistence My Ass" a solo comedy show.

Molly Gaebe and Sally Rashid with "Darling," a dark comedy series.

Niles Abston and Chaz Carter with "Apartment of Solitude," an adult animated series.

Lorena Russi with "Hilo," a high-concept, action-packed dramedy series.

Executive Committee member and comedian, Bethany Hall, shows up viewer comments from the day as she concludes the pitch days.

2019 Pitch Day - June 10

All footage shot and edited by Bia Jurema, Souki Mehdaoui, and Michael Faller

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Co-founders, Caty Borum Chattoo and Mik Moore, introduce first annual pitch day event.

Bringing together members of the world of comedy, social justice, and entertainment.

CMSI's Comedian-in-Residence, Bethany Hall introduces the Writers' Room demo.

Panel with Define America representatives and Jordan Carlos.

Panel with Amanda Nguyen, Erika Soto Lamb, Kashif Shaikh, and Zahra.

PCC fellow and MC for the day, Zahra Noorbakhsh introduces the six pitch winners.

Leah Bonnema, Negin Farsad, and Ophira Eisenberg with stand up show, "Average Women with Average Rage."

Gabe Gonzalez and Marcos Gonzalez with, "Los Blancos" a narrative comedy series.

Joey Clift with "Going Native," a series of comedic animated PSAs.

Carla Lee and her team with "Nice Tan," a POC lead sketch comedy series.

Mamoudou N'Diaye with "Franklin"; a scripted animated comedy series.

Murf Meyer with "Murf Meyer is Self Medicated"; a story-based stand-up tour and special.

The pitch winners of the inaugural Yes And Laughter Lab! Next stop: making the world a better (and funnier) place!

The leadership team behind the 2019 event: Mik Moore, Caty Borum Chattoo, Erika Soto Lamb, Bethany Hall, Varsha Ramani and Sarah Vitti.

All photos by Amir Hamza

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