Zabrina Douglas
Zabrina Douglas, also previously known as Zabrina Chevannes, is a Canadian stand-up comedian.Glenn Sumi, [https://nowtoronto.com/culture/comedy/healthcare-workers-get-the-last-laugh-at-new-comedy-club/ "Health care workers get the last laugh at new comedy club"]. Now, July 6, 2021. Her comedy album Things Black Girls Say: The Album received a Juno Award nomination for Comedy Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2023.[https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/news/here-are-all-the-2023-juno-nominees-1.6724343 "Here are all the 2023 Juno nominees"]. CBC Music, January 31, 2023.
Douglas, a registered nurse, performed occasional stand-up comedy sets at Kenny Robinson's Nubian Disciples nights for Black Canadian comedians in the 2000s, and was a nominee for the Tim Sims Award in 2008.
She broke through to wider success in 2020 as the headliner of Laughter from the Frontlines, a virtual comedy show organized by Daniel Woodrow's Unknown Comedy Club featuring frontline health care workers performing comedy and storytelling about coping with the COVID-19 pandemic. She subsequently organized Things Black Girls Say, a regular show at Toronto's Comedy Bar, and recorded her sets at the April 15 and 16, 2022, shows for release as an album.Glenn Sumi, [https://nowtoronto.com/culture/the-best-things-to-do-in-toronto-on-easter-weekend-april-14-17/ "The best things to do in Toronto on Easter weekend: April 14-17"]. Now, April 14, 2022.
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