FAQs

The class is a six-week workshop to learn and practice speaking in a small group setting. There’s lots of feedback and a graduation show to get you started on your Banana Confident Journey.

Our Open Mic is open to anyone who would like to perform 2 min of stand-up, poetry, share a written work, a pitch, spoken word piece or what they had for dinner that night. Feedback comes through the chat feature on zoom. Anyone can participate or just come and watch until they are ready.

We believe learning better speaking skills should be fun, which is why we use improv, small group hands on lessons and laughter to help all our students to have fun while finding their voice.

Yes. Our zoom classes will be recorded and available for three months after our class ends.

This is a six week series and each session is 1.5 hours. We encourage you to attend all sessions to get the most out of the class.

Yes. She and various guest artists will be teaching the class. In case of emergency or sickness, another artist will teach the class.

Yes! This class will provide you with great skill sets, knowledge of your own speaking style and practice in a small setting but you need to get in front of people regularly. Open Mic is the perfect way to do that.

We employ real artists to host our open mics. Successful open mics require professionals to provide you the best possible outcomes. We employ working artists and our tech team to do that.

Our Open Mic is a subscription rate of $17.50/mo. With weekly meetings it costs between $3-$4 per Open Mic to attend. We think it’s a small fee to support our artist hosts, invest in yourself and make some new friends!

We will do our best to accommodate everyone by adding hosts and additional zoom rooms when we can.

Our hosts decide the order and we’ll most likely organize that through our Open Mic FB Page, so be sure to join.

You’ll have two minutes to perform anything you want. Some may do stand up, some may do a reading, Poetry, Spoken Word….it’s your time. You do you.

Links will be found in the members area site of your Subscription Page and on our Facebook Group Page.

We believe providing a safe place for women to practice public speaking is direly needed. Maybe you’ll watch people for a few months, but one day you’ll get up there and we’ll be so proud:)

Consider taking one of our classes. It’s a great way to get started and make some friends.

No. You’ll never be ready. Do it now.

Some yes, but not all. We have a wealth of talented artists that facilitate our open mics. You’ll love them.

We utilize zoom for our open mics. Feedback is encouraged in the “chat” section and we encourage “Camera’s ON” for all our participants, whether you’re performing or not. We do NOT provide feedback during open mics. If you’re looking for a more personalized experience, consider one of our classes.

Not at all. While we do offer a comedy class, our open mics are a place for you to perform any types of public speaking. Some ideas to consider are poetry, spoken word, an original piece about something you’re passionate about, comedy or written memoir.  If you’re not sure what to perform tell us about your day, tell us a story about your childhood, your secret wish, the craziest thing you’ve ever done.

Performers get two minutes to speak. You can’t go over but you can do less if you’d like. You can do thirty seconds if you’re just starting out.

We encourage everyone to stay, so there is an audience for when everyone goes up. Open Mic starts and ends promptly at 9:30pm-11pm EST.

Meet our hosts here.

You can join us from anywhere if you’ve got a good internet connection and zoom.

You don’t have to be an artist. We just believe there are some great skill sets artist practice every day that can help women become more confident speakers.We invite all levels, especially newbies , to be a part of our Open Mic Nights.

Registration is both non-refundable and non-transferable.