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Joe
Richard
Saunders

Consulting for Film, TV, Healthcare, Non-Profits & Higher Academia

booking@joerichardsaunders.com | Managed by Nine Minus Two, LLC

THE PITCH

I am a working comedian and 2x life-threatening cancer survivor as a young adult who produces indie comedy shows in Baltimore and Washington DC. I consult for writers' rooms, non-profits, healthcare organizations, and universities that need dark humor, technical accuracy, and a reality check on cancer "resilience." As a standup comedian, I have performed on shows with Mary Beth Barone, Chris Kattan, Luke Severeid, Dan St. Germain, Felicia Folkes, and more. I can be seen regularly performing in Baltimore, Washington DC, Viriginia, and Pennslyvania.

FILM & TV SERVICES

  • Script Accuracy Pass: Reviewing scripts for authentic depiction of academia, hospitals, oncology wards, Baltimore and Washington DC life, shipyard operations, and engineering factories.
  • Room Punch-Up: Adding "Smartest Idiot" dialogue and "Middle Class" perspective to character arcs.
  • Character Backstory: Developing realistic "Engineering/PhD burnout" or "Young Adult Survivor" archetypes that avoid Hollywood tropes.

HIGHER ED & SPEAKING

  • Talk: "No One Cares, Man" – An invited keynote on the realities of surviving cancer as a young adult. Ulman Foundation: Screw Cancer, Brew Hope event 2025
  • Workshop: Humor in Healthcare – For medical students and nursing programs on bedside manner and the young adult cancer patient reality.
  • Video Series: HOW TO GET INTO STANDUP COMEDY: No One Cares, Man – A comedian's outlook applied to a modern tutorial for newcomers.

CREDENTIALS

Standup Comedy
Current. Notable performances include:
Shriver Auditorium at Johns Hopkins University (Mary Beth Barone)
Capital One Hall (Tysons, VA)
Black Box Theater (Silver Spring, MD)
Baltimore Comedy Festival, 2025
Winner: Magoobys Comedy Competition, December 2025
Invitation-only: Magooby's Comedian of the Year Competition 2023, 2024, 2025
Wrtiting Program
Upright Citizens Brigade LA/NYC Training Center (inst. Monique Moses)
Improv Comedy
Levels 1-2: Washington Improv Theater (inst. Nikki Frias, Eddison Wilkenson)

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • Young Adult Oncology
  • Higher Ed Bureaucracy & Shipyard Humor
  • Writing for Standup Comedy and Pilots
  • Alternative Comedy
  • 2010s Music Lore