Event: Tahoe Comedy North 
Location: PlumpJack Conference Center, in Squaw Valley, CA 
Dates: Wednesday, October 22nd, 8:00pm

Ticket Info: $20 - Order online through October 21st with Visa/MC. www.squawvalleyinstitute.com/ (Click ‘Events’). $25 at the door. 

Squaw Valley Institute presents Tahoe Comedy North on October 22nd, 2008 with a no-host bar at 7:00pm and show at 8:00pm. Join us for Squaw Valley Institute’s first comedy event! Political satirist Will Durst is your headliner and Stephen B will be your host. Don’t miss the chance to see the nation's foremost political comic, WILL DURST, review and comment on the November 4th election as only he can do it. He transcends party ties and is exceptionally adept at swatting both parties upsides their heads! Durst is a five time Emmy nominee and has racked up more than 400 television appearances in 14 different countries. You may have seen him on TV and perhaps in comedy clubs, but now you will see him up close right here in Squaw Valley! Tickets are $20 in advance, available online at www.squawvalleyinstitute.com and $25 at the door. For a complete Tahoe Comedy North schedule go to www.tahoecomedynorth.com.  

Will Durst - Headliner  
As the sacred cows routinely paint targets on their foreheads practically begging for someone to puncture their pomposity, America cries out for a man with the aim, strength, and style to hit them where it hurts the funniest. Will Durst is that man. Sweeping both sides of the aisle with a quiver full of arrows dipped in common sense, Durst transcends party ties, having performed at events honoring former Presidents Bill Clinton and George HW Bush as well as acclaimed appearances at both a Mayors Convention and Governors Conference.

Outraged and outrageous, Durst is as current as today’s headlines, as accurate as a sniper, and universally acknowledged by even his peers as the nation’s foremost political comic.

A Midwestern baby boomer with a media-induced identity crisis, Durst, according to the New York Times is “quite possibly the best political satirist working in the country today.” This equal opportunity offender is exceptionally adept at swatting both partisan political piñatas upside their heads.

Although a prolific writer, he professes little need for material, having it regularly delivered at 7:00 a.m. every morning in the five papers he reads daily. Busier than a blind squirrel neck deep in an almond sorting warehouse, Durst is a regular commentator for audible.com, Air America, CNN and NPR, writes a nationally syndicated op-ed column, daily website jokes—yet still finds time to perform hundreds of comedy shows every year—at clubs, corporate events, theaters and benefits…not to mention the occasional acting and voice-over role.

Reigning as C-SPAN’s favorite comic (8 appearances,) Durst is a 5-time Emmy nominee and recipient of 7 consecutive nominations for the American Comedy Awards Stand Up of the Year. He is the first comic invited to perform at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and the first American to be nominated for the prestigious Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for the show “Myth America.” He has racked up more than 400 television appearances in 14 different countries while slinging jokes around the globe in his one man crusade to make people laugh out loud on purpose against their will. Hobbies include the never-ending quest for the perfect cheeseburger, while his heroes remain the same as when he was twelve—Thomas Jefferson and Bugs Bunny.

Will Durst’s performances are made possible by the First Amendment. 
 

Stephen B – Host

Stephen B began his comedy career in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1982. Within a few years, he was featuring in comedy clubs up and down the West Coast and by 1990; he was headlining clubs across the country and developing a reputation for being a clean, high energy act. 

After the birth of their fist son in 1991 and their twin boys in 1992 Stephen and his wife agreed that being on the road wasn't the best choice for their new family. He continued performing in local clubs and for corporate clients as he put the comedy career on the back burner. 

He worked in Silicon Valley as a recruiter until the dot-com bust of 2000 found him without a job. It was time to get back to comedy.

Now some 23 years after he first took the comedy stage, Stephen B. continues bringing his clean, high-energy comedy to clubs, corporate and Christian audiences nationwide. His material ranges from the comical to the absurd, from silly to poignant and always hysterically funny! Stephen's show is based on real life experiences that as an audience we can all relate to and enjoy.  

Stephen B has opened for headlining musical acts such as Manhattan Transfer, Al Di Meola, Weird Al Yankovic, Leon Redbone and Michael Bolton. 

A finalist in both the San Francisco and the Seattle Stand-Up Comedy Competitions Stephen B. has performed on a variety of Comedy Central's Stand-Up Comedy shows and was featured on America's Funniest People. Stephen B. lives with his wife Jane and their three boys in Elk Grove, California.