User talk:JSonDinant

J.Son Dinant's Biography:

J.Son Dinant was born Jason Dinant on July 31st, 1981 in Syracuse, NY. He never thought he'd be doing comedy but here he is. He grew up playing baseball, tennis and golf and was on ever after school activity one could be on.. student council, yearbook, explorers.. you name it J.Son was involved. He saw himself growing up and being President one day... boy was he wrong... J.Son started his career in entertainment while attending UNLV for political science. It all started as a bet with a friend over who could get a better grade in an acting class. J.Son won the bet and got an A in the class! He added theatre on as a second major. He continued to take acting classes and also started to write. His first short play "The Night That Changed my Life" was produced in 2001 at UNLV as part of the JN Women's Center annual dinner theater event. After September 11th, 2001 J.Son wanted to move back to New York to be with family. While there he lived in both Syracuse and Brooklyn. His stay in Brooklyn led him to write his second play "Fish Talk" which he completed in 2003. J.Son tried to get the play produced yet no theater would... he then took matters into his own hands. In August of 2003 he self produced the play and opened up the Got Theater? Project, local theatre production company. The premise behind the Got Theater? Project... help undiscovered writers get their break and at the same time raise money for charity through theatrical events. In 2004 J.Son recieved the coveted Jefferson Award for Outstanding Community Service for starting the project. In May of 2004 he moved back to Las Vegas for entertainment and was hired on at the Celine Dion show. He first worked doing guest services and then moved on to the box office at the show. While back in Vegas a friend was reading some of his new plays and commented on how they seemed to be one man stand up acts. That was the spark that changed the face of comedy... From that day on J.Son has been doing comedy and loving it.