Each show is a fundraiser benefiting a local non-profit organization.
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Mary Hughes
Emcee and Owner of Mary's Futons
Your Host & Emcee is the owner of Mary's Futons. She first worked out of her garage, hand stitching each futon. She
opened her first store in 1983 and has been in business for over 26 years.
Mary was recently featured in a New York Times article about how
small businesses are surviving the recession. Mary's idea...putting on comedy shows in her futon store as a way to bring people into her store and raise money for local organizations.
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Daniel Leary
Daniel Leary is an actor and stand up comic from New York CIty now living in LA. He was featured in the one hour comedy special, "Laughing Matters...Next Gen" and is the creator and host of LOGO's "Mores for Gays with Daniel Leary". He is a regular at The Improv and performs with them across the country. He is also a featured comic for Celebrity Cruises and performs with them around the world.
www.danielleary.net
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Julie Goldman
"Kick-Ass Comedian" Julie Goldman is bringing her high-octane, no-holds-barred brand of comedy to Futon land. She has been called "A Master of Irreverent Cultural Criticism" and "Charmingly Deviant." You've seen Julie on LOGO's “Big Gay Sketch Show” and Comedy Central's “Live At Gotham.” She is the winner of the 2008 Brink of Fame Comic Award and NYC's Best Female Headlining Comedian. Julie Goldman is a comedian on the rise. Currently, Julie is on the fundraising trail to make the world’s greatest lesbian romantic comedy called “Nicest Thing” with her extraordinary writing partner, Brandy Howard. Julie Goldman is giving you Executive Lesbian Realness, Honey! Get into it.
www.julie-goldman.com
www.nicestthingthemovie.com
http://itsnotgayitsfashion.blogspot.com
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From Our Previous Show: November 8th, 2009:
Karen Ripley, Queer Comic and Improv Master
Laid back; deadpan, sometimes unsure of what's coming out of her mouth, her audiences keep coming back for more. Ripley has performed all over North America and across international waters. Silverthreads in St. Petersburg, FL had Karen back three years in a row. They couldn't get enough.
Ripley has performed for KGO, KQED, and Comedy in the Park, Wisecracks for Logo and Out Laugh on Netflix. Karen has performed and taught improv for over 25 years. A founding member of “Over Our Heads” women's improv troupe, Karen is also a playwright and songwriter.
www.karenripley.com
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Teresa Chandler
An accomplished singer, songwriter, actor and producer of great music, Teresa is a founding member of "Over Our Heads." Over Our Heads, the well-loved, groundbreaking improv troupe returns for a hilarious set of improv, sketch comedy and music. If you were lucky enough to have seen them, you remember how good it feels to laugh that hard.If you haven't (maybe you weren't born yet) you won't want to miss this - "We're not dead yet, and life just gets funnier!" She co-wrote, performed, engineered and produced Over Our Head's cassette, “I survived a Fem.” Her solo work “Druthers” received RAVE reviews nationally. Check it out online!
She has performed on many albums of other talented performer and has written and performed several solo show's. She is currently a resident of Wisconsin.
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Annie Larson
This Bay Area native, is a founding member of the world's longest running women's improv comedy troupe, "Over Our Heads." Beyond improv, Annie's other work includes solo performance, roles performed on Bay Area stages as well as numerous voice-over and independent films.
She writes original material, which she has performed at the San Francisco and Vancouver Fringe Festivals, the San Francisco Diva Fest, Venue Nine, the Marsh among many others. Annie and fellow comic, Karen Ripley received a “Best Musical Comedy” award at the 2005 SF Fringe Festival, for their piece: “Show me where it hurts.”