Kung Pao Kosher ComedyTM Presents... And Yet Another Evening of Lie Down Comedy (at Mary’s Futons in San Rafael) Who: Lisa Geduldig, Mary Hughes, Ray Ferrer, Amy Boyd, Tissa Hami, Yayne Abeba When: Sunday, September 28, 2008 @ 7:30pm Where: Mary's Futons 4100 Redwood Hwy San Rafael (Right off Hwy 101 @ the Terra Linda exit) Click Here For Directions To Mary's

Our first two Lie Down Comedy events in March & June were such hits that we're doing And Yet Another Evening...! The audience lounges around on futons at a futon store while being entertained by half a dozen of the Bay Area's top stand up comedians. The latest Kung Pao Kosher ComedyTM Presents production is part of Mary's Futons' new Sunday evening entertainment series. The cost of your ticket includes entry into the door prize raffle! Prizes include a bean bag chair and throw pillows. And there's plenty of free parking! Tix: $15 Advance/$18 @ the door Tickets may be purchased in advance thru Brown Paper Tickets @ http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/41991 Or Call 1-800-838-3006 Or at Mary's Futons in San Rafael Click Here For Directions to Mary's

Email Lisa for more info Lisag@igc.org

Partial Proceeds Benefit: Spectrum LGBT Center Learn More about Spectrum

Amy Boyd is a Bay Area cop by day and a lesbian comic by night. While still just a teen, friends encouraged her onto an open mic stage in San Diego, and she hasn't stopped since. Amy began performing at comedy clubs, festivals, and colleges all over Southern California and made her mark with her very physical comedic style. She has been described as "a squirrel on crack" and "the lesbian Jim Carrey." In 1991, Amy was invited to San Francisco to participate in the comedy video "Out for Laughs" and soon became a performer at the legendary Josie's Cabaret. She started touring and became a favorite in clubs, colleges and pride events from California to Provincetown. She won first place and a lovely plaque in the national "Ladies of Laughter Comedy Competition." Amy Branched out into movies, theater and TV/radio voice-overs. After a gig as a cop in the Eddie Murphy film "Metro," she decided it was time to follow her life-long interest in a career in the field of law enforcement, and in 1999, Amy became a Bay Area police officer. She performs on Olivia Cruises and persists in her quest to master the ukulele. www.amyboyd.com

Lisa Geduldig is a local comic and comedy producer. She is the creator, producer, and MC of a variety of annual comedy shows including Kung Pao Kosher Comedy, Funny Girlz, Charo and Her Las Vegas Show,  A Muslim,  A Mormon, and A Jew Walk into a Bar and The George Bush Going Away Party (October 22-25 in SF, Berkeley, San Rafael and Santa Cruz.) www.koshercomedy.com Click here to learn more about Lisa

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 Click Here to Learn More about Mary
	Tissa Hami is an Iranian American Muslim stand up comic. She grew up in a traditional family in a predominantly white suburb of Boston. Her parents are thrilled that she is using her expensive Ivy League education to pursue a career in comedy. People who disapprove of her act will be taken hostage. Tissa performed for 10,000 people at First Night Boston 2005. She has been featured in the Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, Washington Post, BBC, NPR, the PBS documentary "Stand Up: Muslim American Comics Come of Age", and on ABC's "The View". www.tissahami.com
Ray Ferrer is a Bay Area based humorist and drag performer who has presented his work along the East Coast and in Puerto Rico. Locally, Ray has performed at QComedy, Writers with Drinks, The Castro Street Fair, Funny Girlz, and various other sundry comedy/spoken word venues. Ray is currently preparing a plot to unleash a juggernaut of glamor on our unsuspecting populace.
	Yayne Abeba is a native San Franciscan of Ethiopian descent. She began studying acting at the Jean Shelton Actor's Lab in 1995 and was bitten by the comedy bug four years later at The Luggage Store. Realizing that there was no cure, she accepted her fate and has since been touted as one of San Francisco's up and coming comedians. Her Style is fresh, innovative, cutting edge and just damn funny. She won The 2002 Russian River Comedy Competition and competed in several San Francisco International Comedy Competitions as well as the Seattle Comedy Competition. www.myspace.com/yayneabeba