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‘Love Isn’t Blind’ by Allison Goldberg comes to Denver Improv

By June 12, 2025 | updated 8 months ago

Allison Goldberg wants dating to be fun again. 

The Los Angeles based comedian and creator will bring her “Love Isn’t Blind,” to the Denver Improv comedy club June 19. 

It’s a less-than-conventional dating show poking fun at how relationships start. The show features a bachelorette and four male contestants who, for the majority of the show, aren’t allowed to speak.

Goldberg and her single girlfriends came up with the concept after too many bad dates in which men wouldn’t ask them anything about themselves.

“A very standard complaint that would happen all the time is that we’d go on dates with men, and they would just monologue about themselves and not ask us a single question,” she said.

Goldberg created the show in 2022, post-pandemic, in a time where people were starved for in-person connection.

Since then, dating in person has had a bit of a renaissance, and live events are back in the minds of singles.

“I think people are just so tired of dating apps,” Goldberg said.

During the show, the contestants go through five rounds of questions and games. The bachelorette and a friend of her choosing weigh their options and eliminate men throughout the evening.

It starts off with basic “yes” or “no” questions, but progresses as Goldberg has the men write limericks, draw their perfect date, call their mothers, search their phones and more.

In the final round, the last two men standing finally get to talk.

“They have to ask the bachelorette a question based on something they learned about her throughout the show,” she said.

The show isn’t just for singles though. Goldberg has every audience member wear a wristband that indicates their relationship status, or sexual orientation and even encourages couples to get in on the fun by introducing others.

“Whether or not you’re single, dating shows lend themselves to chaos and people talking to each other,” she said.

Goldberg has taken the show to multiple cities across the U.S. including Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York City.

Throughout the years, she has seen a variety of success stories, with contestants and audience members finding relationships — and even one marriage.

The process made Goldberg feel better about dating.

“I created the show from a sort of negative place regarding men, but the really happy accident is that the show has made me so much more positive about men.”

She’s proud of the friendships that come out of the show as well.

“We live in a world where it’s so weird to say ‘hi’ to a stranger, so I just try to create the atmosphere where you can.”

In terms of the show’s name, a reference to the Netflix show “Love Is Blind,” Goldberg wasn’t a fan of that concept.

“If they would do a normal reality dating show I don’t want them,” said Goldberg, “I want this to be a show for smart, nice people with jobs and hobbies.”

Those interested in participating in an upcoming show can apply on the show’s website or nominate a friend.

This is the show’s first time in Denver, but Goldberg plans to come back every few months for a new rendition if the demand is there.

She is also looking for a couple to be the “official wing people” of the night. This couple joins the show, in actual angel wings, and helps handle the contestants. They also get free tickets.

“I’m looking for a shameless couple who wants to join the shenanigans,” she said.

Those who are interested can reach out to her on Instagram or apply online.

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