Dickinson winters don't just affect comedy—they define it. Sub-zero nights pack Downtown rooms with audiences who braved the cold for entertainment, and they expect you to earn that effort. Summer brings oil-field workers with different rhythms, different material that lands. West River hosts year-round grinders. South Heart Fringe draws the seasonal crowds. Villard Street and Prairie Hills fill the gaps. North Dakota's extremes teach survival comedy: blizzard-night audiences have nowhere else to go and nothing to lose. Give them something worth the frostbite.