Starting Over

Join these comedians as they recount stories of new journeys where they had to start over and make something out of nothing.

Hosted and Produced by Harriet Rose

Featuring:

Michèle Haines

Francene Selkirk

Joe Hernandez-Kolski

Stan Sellers

Carole Ita White

Harriet Rose

From night clubs to Netflix, New Jersey native Harriet Rose is an actress, storyteller and comedian whose comedy — whether self deprecating or elevating electrifies the room.

She appears in the festival-winning short film, Barefoot, which went to Cannes, as the scene stealing OCD medical receptionist. The Netflix feature, Fred and Vinnie, directed and produced by Steve Skrovan, is still a fan favorite - where she plays the nightmare date.

Her national commercials include Aldi, Nike, McDonald’s, NyQuil and Pepsi to name a few.

Harriet is a Scriptapalooza winner. She will be signing and selling her funny short story book,” I'm Easy, You're Lucky”, after the show and she loves producing and performing at the beautiful Electric Lodge.

Michèle Haines

A Los Angeles based comedian and MC, the producer of the monthly Habitat for Insanity comedy show, host of the weekly Kibitz Room open mic and she hosts the accidental comedy podcast with her mom called, “On the line with Babsy.” She has performed at Jimmy Kimmel's Comedy Club in Las Vegas and all over Los Angeles, including at The Comedy Store and Ice house Comedy Club and she always loves performing out at Electric Lodge.

Francene Selkirk

Francene Selkirk is thrilled to make her storytelling debut at the Electric Lodge. She came to LA in 1977 as an actress and became the Virginia slims 1900s “Old-fashioned Girl” for 10 years, later founding Francene Selkirk casting for 30 years. Now a series regular as “Dot” on the hit show, Retirement House," with 12 million followers. Her new venture is consulting and advising, The Industry Advisor for Actors"-- taking all those jobs in the film business to the next level.

Joe Hernandez-Kolski

Emmy Award-winning, two-time HBO Def Poet. Has opened for many interesting figures from John Mellencamp to Hillary Clinton. Co-founder of Downbeat 720, a teen open-mic now in its 25th year.

Stan Sellers

Washington DC bread actor comic writer and producer Stan Sellers is thrilled to be back at the Electric Lodge. He tells stories at venues throughout the Los Angeles area with The Story Salon in NoHo being one of his favorites. Stan recently completed writing, and shooting a five part comedy webseries, "Canoga Park Light and Fixture," and an animated short, "The Trailer," an official selection of the San Diego Kids International Film Festival.

Carole Ita White

Born into a Show Business family Carole had no choice of careers. Her father, beloved character actor, Jesse White, was welcomed everywhere, and would tell her “Wait till you're seven!” At 21, she landed her first gig with Garry Marshall, which led to her iconic role as ‘Big Rosie Greenbaum, bimbo with the bucks’ on Laverne and Shirl. The rest is history.