Welcoming as a guest to our beautiful city on March 15th at the Esperanza Theater will be the energetic comedian, and the focus of this piece Laura Bolivar. A young and motivated Venezuelan immigrant, Laura lives in New York and has worked in comedy for several years. Laura’s work has taken her on tours around this country, allowing her to reach audiences of both English and Spanish speakers.
The culmination of a hardworking career in the arts, Laura exemplifies the meaning behind dedication. As an immigrant, woman, artist and rising celebrity, the Esperanza Theater is excited to welcome Laura Bolivar on its stage.
Born and raised in Venezuela and having lived there most of her life, Laura’s experience is the essence behind her desire to get ahead in life. Coming from a humble part of Venezuela, Laura’s exposure to the arts consisted mainly of watching Mexican comedian Cantinflas and the Three Stooges with her family. She tells of how when her family got together, they would get into chalequeos, or repeated and sometimes offensive jokes aimed at one another, and Laura describes herself from an early age as a chistadora, or joker.
It wasn’t until later in life when studying acting in school that Laura was exposed to more of the arts. Laura was given the assignment of writing a play and presenting the script to the class. Struggling to come up with anything, a young Laura settled on a creation infused with concepts that she’s all too familiar with today. Laura handed in an assignment that had a lot of humorous material. “The rest is history” as the saying goes, and this moment was the beginning of Laura’s successful career.
With her education behind her and her career waiting to take off, Laura found an opportunity to immigrate to the United States. Laura traveled with one of her most valuable possessions, her talent. Her resourcefulness unmatched, Laura easily made connections that opened opportunities for her, and one of those opportunities came as the last guest on a comedy show at the Broadway Comedy Club.
Unfamiliar with the honor of going last, Laura was a bit taken a back, but she was excited as the last comedian to present her characteristically energetic performance to keep the crowd’s attention and successfully wrap up the show; truly this was a high honor. With her five minutes of fame over, Laura was given more chances to do bits in other shows, usually involving seven “killer jokes” that a comedian can easily pull out of their back pocket.
At last, her opportunity came when she questioned why there was not a full Spanish-language comedy special in the city. After asking some associates, she was presented with the opportunity to come up with her own hour-long special “The Bochinche” that was fully in Spanish and would run for a short time at the comedy club.
Laura describes this experience as very eye-opening. Taking it upon herself to produce a special from scratch, Laura realized she was a todoero, or a person that can do everything. Laura began to publicize her show, going through the steps of recording herself, editing her own material, and offering a preview of her show through her online platforms. A quote that sticks out for Laura is that sometimes you have to “create your own opportunities” in life to succeed doing the things you love.
Reflecting on her young life and skyrocketing career, she is eager to return to Teatro Esperanza this season to share her gift for comedy with an all-Spanish comedy program on Friday March 15th at 7: 30.
Laura Bolivar is a Venezuelan Comedian – Actor – Journalist. Laura has fun producing funny sketches for Instagram and TikTok @SoyLauraBolivar where she has around 30K followers. Every month she runs her own show in Spanish named The Bochinche at the Broadway Comedy Club
Noche de risas en Esperanza Arts Center
Entrada general: $15
GRATIS para adultos mayores y estudiantes.
Los boletos también estaran en venta en la entrada de Teatro Esperanza.
Boletos: https://ow.ly/Z4c150QIoBY
