Say what you want about crowd work as a trend, but for Jaylene Tran it led to an artistic breakthrough. When she started comedy in 2019, she found that the most insightful parts of her sets came to her when speaking to the crowd. “People are always very at ease when they talk to me, sharing intimate, horny, chaotic details,” she noticed. As she started thinking about a show to build on her own, she followed that lead and transformed from a stand-up into a host. Her brainchild, “It’s a Date,” encourages four volunteer audience members to take part in a setup – live on stage. Tran coaxes conversation out of them with the help and energy of a live audience in a space she curates so “everyone feels safe and comfortable enough to be themselves.” If you’re a Cambridge single in search of a new way to date, or an audience member who’s simply excited to see it all go down, you’ll have your first chance to see it in town at Just a Date’s new monthly show at the Comedy Studio. 5 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, 10pm. $27.
“It’s a Date,” 10 p.m. Saturday at The Comedy Studio, 5 John F. Kennedy St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. $27
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