HOW I QUIT MY DAY JOB….

30 years ago I was fresh out of school ONLY focused on auditioning for musicals. 20 years ago I quit my day job because… 23 years ago I started opening my mind to possibilities. 17 years ago I finally got an manager. I had already gotten myself work on Letterman, NICK, MTV, WE and a few commercials and industrials. BUT by 2008 I finally broke through doing my first SAG commerical. A few years later, SAG / AFTRA CoStar rolls. ALL OF THE ABOVE is a direct result of being in the clubs, doing comedy. I was a trained opera singer and Shakespeare actor. But being in the clubs every night doing improv comedy and some stand-up, I landed on the radar of a few folks that introduced me to a few folks etc etc etc.

The past two weeks I had ZERO days off, until… the past three days I had NO GIGS. I spent 10-12 hours each day blogging, emailing old and potential new clients, posting content etc etc etc. I came home today from a professional development program, teaching teachers to use Improv comedy in the classroom, and had 6 new invoice requests for future gigs. Sping / Summer 2025 are going to be SO busy….

Since becoming a self produced artist….

CORPORATE CLIENTS include Google, Mercedes Benz, META /Facebook, TikTok, JP Morgan Chase, Accenture, Morgan Stanley, Twitter, Roblox, Rimowa, EI Digital, Accenture, Datadog HQ, Milbank, BING/Microsoft, Band of America – Merrill Lynch, Home Depot, Ernst & Young, Johnson & Johnson, Louis Vuitton, Coach, UBS, BDO, AMEX, Master Card, Macy’s, 360i, IBM, GM, Kraft, UNILEAVER, HBO, Prudential, Convene, Conference Board and many more… 

COLLEGE / UNIVERSITY CLIENTS include Harvard, Syracuse, Seton Hall, Princeton, Georgetown, Vaughn, Molloy, Montclair State, Bloomberg College, High Point, Williams College, Lynchburg College, Southern New Hampshire University, Ferris State, Mount Isa, Misericordia, Sacred Heart, Hastings, Pace, Vaughn, College Misericordia, University of Vermont, Stone Hill, Yeshiva, Columbia, NYU, Hofstra, Cooper Union, John Jay, Fordham, Sacred Heart, Seton Hall, and more.

Additionally, 1000s of public and private events at The Smithsonian Portrait Gallery, Wolf Trap, The Argyle Theater, Emelin Theater, Gerold Opera House, 72nd Street Pier, Cherry Point Marine Base, Disney Resorts, Ohio National Guard, Connecticut DCF, First Nights Winchester VA, Binghamton First Night, Haddonfield First Night, Chateau Briand, Babylon Carriage House, retirement homes, numerous libraries, YMCA, JCC, Parks and Recreation, 1000s of k12 schools and summer camps in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Florida, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Nebraska.

MY GIGS in the past 30 years – things that have paid the bills using my talents:

VIA AUDITIONS – more traditional options for actors coming out of college….

• Theater Performer: actor/singer off-Broadway, national tour, opera, regional theater, dinner theater
• TV: NBC, CBS, USA, HBO, SHO, MTC, NETFLIX, WE, NICK
• Commercials & Industrials: Union & Non Union
• Indy films

SELF PRODUCED or Booked via Party Booker etc at schools, events, clubs, theaters etc

• Improv Comedy
• Stand-Up Comedy
• Sketch Comedy
• Murder Mystery
• Abbott & Costello
• Blues Brothers
• John Belushi (in a toga, Animal House)
• Elvis
• Michael Moore (For an industrial)
• Piano Singer
• Hippies
• Roman Gladiator

EDUCATOR / DIRECTOR

• Singing Lessons
• Piano Lessons
• Comedy Classes – Improv, Stand-Up, Sketch – Corporate, Professional Development, College, K12 schools etc
• Comedy Shows
• Theater Director for High Schools, Middle Schools.
• Music Director / Accompanist
• Cabaret

AUTHOR

You could argue this section belongs in a section about marketing, as the below list has done more to create the work above than generate income.

• Books, Self Published – 7 books about comedy, acting, business, etc AND 1 collection of short stories.
• BLOG, Self Published
• Murder Mystery Shows
• Sketches
• Song Parodies

• Comedy 4 Life Series
• Improv Comedy: No Script? No Problem! “YES! And…”
• Improv for Business Success
• Stand Up Comedy
• Sketch Comedy
• Quit Your Day Job

Artistic Director, Walt Frasier has 25+ years of professional credits in comedy, Theater and music. He got his big break in TV performing comedy sketches on MTV’s Stankervision, Late Nite with David Letterman, TruTV’s Friends of the People, and most recently on HBO’s Pause with Sam Jay. As an actor, Frasier has appeared on NBC’s Blacklist, CBS’s Blue Bloods, USA’s Royal Pains (Filmed in Puerto Rico), Netflix’s Lilyhammer (filmed in Norway) and NICK’s Naked Brothers Band. In addition to 1000s of live performances around the world, Frasier has also appeared in numerous commercials, industrials, webisodes and reality TV shows.