| Comedy Show (with a little music)  Right Here at Mary's Futons Future Show Dates 2009 Feb 8th, 6 pm --- Aug 9th, 7 pm May 3rd, 7 pm --- Nov 8th, 6 pm More info to come... Sign up here for more info: futoncomedy94903@aol.com February 8, 2008 @ 6 p.m.
 Tickets: $15 Advance; $18 at the door Raffle Tickets available at the store $2 each or 3 for $5 See Prizes and Directions Below |
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Karen Ripley, Queer Comic and Improv MasterRecently featured in episode two of LOGO TV’s “wisecracks”. Keep your eye on RIPLEY. Her comedy comes from her life experiences.
From the “bluest lesbian jokes” to the most thought provoking political insights. Ripley's laid back style will relax and then surprise with a one liner that will cause your head to fly back and your mouth will open. Intense sounds of laughter will rise up from your diaphragm and you will be loaded with endorphins. Effects have been know to last for days. And when you repeat Ripley's jokes to your friends the effects start all over again.
Ripley began her comedy career in the heyday of glbt comedy movement in San Francisco and now appears regularly at clubs, colleges, cruises, and festivals around the country. Karen has written two musical comedies with her long time theater friend Annie Larson. In 2005, “Show Me Where It Hurts” won best musical comedy at the San Francisco Fringe Festival, and 2006 “Waiting For Fema," was selected as new faces on the scene for the Diva Fest Theater Project. Ripley’s master improv teaching techniques will turn audience members into Emmy winning actors and comics. karenripley.com
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Mary Hughes, owner of Mary's Futons, first worked out of her garage, hand stitching every futon herself. She opened her first store in 1983 and has been in business for 25 years.
Mary, who was featured in the coffee table book 100 Faces of Marin, is also a budding stand up comic and uses her more than 25 years in retail in Marin County and a few ex girlfriends as material.
www.marysfutons.com
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Comedian, writer, director, and actress, Zahra Noorbakhsh is busting out of Berkeley, CA as a recent Cal graduate.
You can catch her all over the bay area, performing at San Francisco’s own Punchline Comedy Club. She’s a part of the National Comedy Tour Five Funny Females, performing at the Seattle Underground and in San Francisco’s Purple Onion in North Beach.
Her acting credits range from the lovable Russian maid, Sophie of George F. Walker’s offbeat comedy, “Suburban Motel” at the Zellerbach Playhouse, to her own original work, “Cycle of Idiots” a one-woman show that debuted at the Counterpulse Theater in San Francisco.
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Nick Leonard performs comedy all over the US and UK, from the Hollywood Improv to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with oodles of LGBT events in between. He started comedy while a baker at the legendary Josie's Cabaret in the Castro, and for the last 8 years he has produced the SF gay comedy showcase Qcomedy.
He now co-produces and performs regularly at "Harvey's Funny Tuesdays" at Harvey's Bar in the Castro.
www.nickcomic.com
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Shelley Doty
Labeled "a future legend" by one reviewer and a "guitar goddess" by
another, Shelley Doty is considered one the best independent performers in the business. Watching her perform is awe-inspiring due to her masterful guitar licks, soulful voice and charismatic stage presence.
As a songwriter, she creates articulate songs for today by sprinkling them with respect for the music of her youth (rock, R&B, jazz, funk). Shelley sings with passion and plays with an authentic raw energy that cuts through the air with jubilant imagination and freshness. In addition to fronting her band, the Shelley Doty X-tet, Shelley
also often performs solo acoustic. When Shelley plays electric guitar she rips into it like no other woman ever has - she has a
swagger and confidence to play lead guitar that is as rare as it is
electrifying. But she also has the subtlety and tenderness to cause
an audience to shiver at the elegance of her voice and insightful
lyrics. Don't be fooled though - she can bring the same intensity
she's known for when playing electric to an acoustic setting.
"...the complete performer in her use of cranked up emotions in her
singing, edgy rock energy and swinging jazz guitar rhythms." www.shelleydoty.com
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Simone Campbell produces a monthly comedy show at the White Horse Inn the 4th Sunday of every month. Each show benefits either a charity of some sort or an individual who is working for change. The general vibe of the show is honoring good intention and holding people accountable for how they think.After only a year back on the comedy circuit she has kept audiences laughing with her rapid-fire wit, while challenging you to not believe everything you think. Her high voltage, in your face style is matched only by her commitment to community and the idea that anyone can create positive change.
Simone has performed at: The White Horse; The Deco Lounge; Harvey's; Q Comedy @ the Women's Building Brainwash Cafe; Rooster T. Feathers; Wild Side West; DNA Lounge; Russian River Resort; Vacaville Performing Arts Theatre ...and more.
Her radio work is at: www.piratecatradio.com under podcasts / "Morning Show" November 21 and her website is www.myspace.com/funnyladysimone
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Susan Z, Bay Area Theater Critics Circle Awards nominee, singer/songwriter/musician/actor, Susan, is "a knockout", says Don McConnel of the Berkeley Voice. Robert Hurwitt of the SF Examiner calls her a "bewitching, full-throated nightingale." The San Francisco Chronicle touts her talent saying, "...her voice blooms warmly...then catches fire..." and calls her "spunky...!" Her first CD, "Believe", ('00) received a "four star" review from fans at cdbaby.com, and was the one of the top 20 listened to cds on radio MILO, (103.1 ), Belgium in 2000.
Susan has placed several of her songs in movies, and she has starred in three independent films. Susan has a featured role in the film "Sweet November" ('01), with Keanu Reeves, and she continues doing musical theater whenever her schedule permits, earning her respect and rave reviews from her peers, critics, and audiences. She has performed at The Fillmore, Great American Music Hall, Slims, Bimbo's, Freight and Salvage, Sweetwater Saloon, and numerous other Bay Area venues.
Susan's naturalness on stage and in the studio reflects a confident young woman, who is playful and avid about her art, ready to bring her music and acting to new heights. www.susanz.com/
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