Lesser Known Characters is a weekly podcast hosted by Shapel Lacey and Joel Jimenez as they go on a journey with each guest, learning about their lives through their musical choices. They ask everything from songs guests play in their car to the songs they play at the gym, songs that remind them of love, sadness, youth and more.
On this week’s episode, Brittany Brave brings her Miami flavor to the studio. She shares her love for Hanson with Joel. Explains why Fat Bottom Girls is a killer Karaoke song and why Flo-Rida is a real one and had bangers.
Brittany Brave: Brittany Brave is a NYC-based comedian, actress, writer, producer and host with line of comedy that is as animated as it is cerebral. Having both trained and performed at Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB), iO, Second City, The People’s Improv Theater, Magnet Theatre, SAK Comedy Lab, Impromedy Miami and more of the world’s leading schools, Brave has accumulated more than 15 years of on-stage experience with a focus on improv and sketch comedy. In 2017, Brave began to perform stand-up and was quickly named an Emerging Talent by TBS Network at the New York Comedy Festival, and two short years later (2019), the festival selects Brave to perform on their Best New Talent showcase at Caroline’s on Broadway. Brave has made appearances on TBS, MTV, Sirius XM, Quibi, The Jerry O. Show and The Wendy Williams Show, and local networks like NYC’s BRIC TV and BalconyTV, in which she was the on-camera personality for the Manhattan and Brooklyn branches of the series from 2016-2018.Her comedy, specifically her material on gender dynamics and abuse, has been praised by ELLE Magazine, Ashton Kutcher’s A-Plus, sheBOOM and Ciao Magazine. Not only an acclaimed performer, but an accomplished producer, Brave runs three critically acclaimed comedy shows: Rock Candy at Rockwood Music Hall is the venue’s only original stand-up comedy series and has welcomed the likes of Mark Normand, Harrison Greenbaum, Sean Donnelly and more, as well as praise from The New York Times for being a must-see weekend comedy event. The Friday Special at Brooklyn’s The Tiny Cupboard is a weekly showcase and Improvised Tarot, an interactive show blending comedy and psychic arts runs virtually every other Sunday. Brave, a survivor and open advocate for domestic violence awareness, co-hosted and produced the podcast, Violently Funny. She also launched and runs Cat Call (@wearecatcall), a live platform and organization committed to advancing female leadership and camaraderie. The organization produces the podcast, Bad Women, a weekly show featuring interviews with females-to-know, and has partnered with Sofar Sounds, Deep Eddy Vodka, Bumble, Sassclass and more. Brave is also a regular ambassador for 305 Fitness, Ladybox Boutique, Satifsyer.com.In 2021, Brave will release and star in The Disastrous Dating Life of Diane Damone, an original comedic web series she also helped write and produce with Amerikana Media. Brave does all this and is still somehow only 4’11? What a crime.
Checkout previous episodes of Lesser Known Characters featuring Tahir Moore, Kim Congdon, Chris Riggins, and many more HERE
