JAMES TISON
AEA

Appearing on NBC's New Amsterdam 

Airing April 6th 2021

So grateful to have booked work during the Pandemic (and my first legit TV gig). Great cast, great crew. I had one little line on this show and they treated me like a king. Are Tyler Labine and Daniel Dae Kim the nicest people in the business?? I'm just saying it's possible.

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TikTok Following

Reaches 45K

January, 2021

What an absurd thing to post about! But the cool thing about this is that it's my stand-up clips that have done particularly well (like 270K views). Honestly, I have found TikTok to be a great way to share jokes during the pandemic, and not a single commenter has been shitty about my gender identity!

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Featured in the New York Times

June 25th, 2020

Well this was pretty damn cool.  This article ran on the front page of the New York Times "Weekend Arts" section on Pride weekend, and it featured 5 nonbinary comics from the New York queer comedy scene. 

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PASSED @ Stand Up New York!!!

November 10th, 2019

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I am officially PASSED at Stand Up NY. For anyone not familiar with that term, that means I am on the roster at that comedy club, which also means I am officially a working stand-up comic in the NY Club scene.

FEATURED IN TINDER'S WEB SERIES "SWIPE LIFE" IN AN INTERVIEW ABOUT BEING GENDERQUEER

April 1st, 2019

As a part of their web series "Swipe Life," Tinder interviewed 5 Nonbinary /Genderqueer people about what it means to be gender non-conforming and how people can approach the issue. I am very proud to have been one of the 5 people in this video!  WATCH THE VIDEO HERE!

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BOOKED: OFF-BROADWAY SHOW SAFEWORD

April 15th, 2019

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I am very pleased to announce that I booked my first Off-Broadway show. I am working as an understudy for 2 of the plays 4 lead roles and am officially EQUITY!

STARTING A NEW OPEN MIC @ CLUB CUMMING!

September 1st 2019

Featured in Broadway World and the New York Times!! The Snowflake Mic @ Club Cumming is an open mic / show hybrid featuring the best and brightest of the LGBTQIA+ scene (in this context, the A also stands for allies). Priorities for open mic signups are given to BIPOC, Trans/Gender Conforming, LGBTQIA+ (in this context, the A does NOT stand for allies), and women comics.

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