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Can you educate with comedy? Jokes from The Comedians With Disabilities Act

Published May 19, 2015 at 8:07 PM PDT

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Jeremy Dalmas
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Nina G at SOMArts

It’s Thursday night and Nina G is about to get on stage for a comedy set.

“I’m a little too overwhelmed to be anxious,” she tells me before taking the stage.

Normally she performs in clubs and bars, but tonight she’s at SOMArts – a cultural center in San Francisco. The gallery is crowded with people and with art. A sign language interpreter is on stage signing her whole performance. Nina G introduces herself.

“I am America’s only female stuttering stand up comedian.”

And then, she gets [...]

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