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ON TV: Dana Jay Bein was on an episode of MTV's MADE in July 2008! He worked as a Stand-Up Comedy coach for a Massachusetts high-schooler with Asperger's Syndrome. If you missed it live, you can see the episode online: http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=1590985&vid=258089!
IN THE NEWS: Read Dana's interview with The Weekly Dig here.
ON THE INTERNETS: Henry Jenkins, the Director of the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program and the Peter de Florez Professor of Humanities, posted an interview about Dana! Read the interview, put together by student, Andres Alberto Lombana.
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Dana Jay Bein is a comedian originally from West
Springfield, Massachusetts. There, in 1997, he began doing stand up
comedy and developed a cult following who dubbed him the Bastard
Son of Comedy.
He is currently performing stand up around New England and is the stand-up comedy instructor at the
Boston Center for Adult Education. He began his improv career at Boston College with the Committee for Creative Enactments
where he was involved in
both acting and directing murder mystery shows. ImprovBoston has known Dana since 2001 where he began performing in the Micetro/UnNatural Selection cast
on Thursday nights. He has been a cast member in ImprovBoston showcase shows such as Quest, Action
Comix, Felt, In the Garage, Gorefest 4 and Fort Awesome (which was
selected to perform in comedy festivals in Toronto and DC). Dana's stand up was also featured in the
Lowell Comedy Festival in 2006.
You can find Dana in all of his graces at ImprovBoston on Friday nights at
10PM in the TheatreSports cast. Check out the schedule for details!
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