About Mina Liccione
Mina Liccione (born Christina M. Liccione) is an American performing artist, stand-up comedian, writer, and arts educator. She is the co-founder of Dubomedy, a comedy training school and performance platform established in 2008.
Liccione was born in Rochester, New York, and later moved to New York City as a teenager. At the age of three, she was enrolled in dance classes and continued studying dance throughout her childhood and adolescence. She studied dance and theatre in college, attending Marymount Manhattan College on a dance scholarship, and later earned a master's degree in experimental performance from the New College of California. In October 1998, she was cast in the Off-Broadway show Stomp, performing with the New York cast and later touring, and while in San Francisco she attended the Clown Conservatory as part of the San Francisco School of Circus Arts.
Liccione also performed comedy throughout her career, starting with improv comedy as a teen before stumbling into stand-up comedy. In 2008, she moved to Dubai to cofound Dubomedy alongside comedian and producer Ali Al Sayed and pioneer a local comedy scene. She filmed her first one-hour stand-up comedy special entitled "Araby by Nature" in Dubai in 2017, becoming the first female comedian to do so in the MENA region. She is married to Emirati comedian Ali Al Sayed.
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Who is Mina Liccione?
Mina Liccione (born Christina M. Liccione) is an American performing artist, stand-up comedian, writer, and arts educator. She is the co-founder of Dubomedy, a comedy training school and performance platform established in 2008.
What was Mina Liccione's background before comedy?
Liccione studied dance and theatre in college, attending Marymount Manhattan College on a dance scholarship. She performed in the Off-Broadway production Stomp and worked in circus and physical theatre, attending the Clown Conservatory as part of the San Francisco School of Circus Arts.
When did Mina Liccione move to Dubai?
In 2008, Mina moved to Dubai to cofound Dubomedy (home to the MENA Region's first Comedy School) and pioneer a local comedy scene alongside comedian and producer Ali Al Sayed.
What was notable about Mina Liccione's first stand-up special?
She filmed her first one-hour stand-up comedy special entitled "Araby by Nature" in Dubai in 2017, becoming the first female comedian to do so in the MENA region.
Who is Mina Liccione married to?
Liccione is married to Emirati comedian Ali Al Sayed. They reside in Dubai, where she works as a professional comedian and professor at the American University of Sharjah.