About this Event
Do you feel tense chatting with people you don’t know at parties? Despise networking events where everyone else seems to know each other? Wish you could meet new people without having to endure extensive small talk about work and the weather?
Try Humans Meeting Humans!
Here’s how it goes:
We begin with Heather’s Junk Drawer, an interactive comedy show that makes Heather the most awkward person in the room - so you don’t have to be. Rest assured, active participation is completely optional. Great news for introverts, the humorless, and anyone who enjoys silently judging others!
Next comes the mingling part. But fear not! You’ll now have plenty to talk about – starting with your shared experience witnessing that weird Junk Drawer show. And if you still don’t feel like chatting, that’s fine too. Play a game or grab a snack. Bard & Baker has plenty of both.
The bar is low: Just be a human in a room with other humans. You can do it!
Sunday, November 15, 2026
5:00 – 6:30 pm
$5 per person
Humans Meeting Humans welcomes people of all backgrounds, identities, abilities, and communication styles. Bring a friend - but more importantly, make a friend!
5:00 pm
Doors open.
Try to embrace your discomfort. Others feel it too (Heather included). This part is almost over!
5:15 pm (sharp!)
Junk Drawer begins.
Enjoy an interactive clean-and-kind comedy show that creates connections and a shared experience - even if you just watch.
5:35 pm
Mingle. Chat. Snack. Play.
Talk with fellow humans who no longer feel like complete and utter strangers.
6:30 pm
It’s over – your evening is your own!
Congratulate yourself for getting out there. Dwell only on what you did right tonight.
By the way, Heather’s Junk Drawer is different every time, so you can come to future Humans Meeting Humans events and build on your success!
About your host
Heather E. Schwartz creates interactive experiences that get people laughing, participating, and feeling a little more comfortable being their own version of human in the world. Through comedy, workshops, music, and children's performances, she's spent years discovering that an off-beat, funny, low-pressure shared experience can quickly bring people together.
She's the founder of Quiet Girl Comedy, creator of the Tame Your Stage Fright! workshop, and author of more than 200 children's books for publishers and brands including Scholastic, Disney, Sesame Street, Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group, Mayo Clinic Press Kids, The Jim Henson Company, Smithsonian, and many more. For more information, visit QuietGirlComedy.com.
Event venue & nearby stays
Bard and Baker Board Game Cafe, 501 Broadway, Troy, United States
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