H A Distributors presents Tahoe Comedy North on Wednesday, July 15th, at the River Ranch Lodge. Doors open at 7:00 and show starts at 8:30. Your headliner for the night is Emmy Award nominee, Mike Pace, featuring the wet-your-pants-funny Rocky Whatule, with multi-dimensional entertainer Rowie as your host and a guest appearance by lovable local, Aaron Wilson. Tickets are $15 and available online until the day of the show at www.tahoecomedynorth.com. You can also buy tickets at the River Ranch Lodge, Incline Cleaners, Grog & Grist Deli in Incline Village, Noah’s Video in Kings Beach, C B’s Pizza, and New Moon Natural Foods in Tahoe City and Truckee. For a complete Tahoe Comedy North schedule, go to www.tahoecomedynorth.com.

Headliner – Mike Pace
Michael Pace has been doing comedy since gas was $1.50 a gallon and he drove a Datsun. At the time he wore- a thrift store vintage tuxedo jacket, untied tennis shoes and a mullet. After raising three kids-he has learned to tie his shoes, got a haircut and buys clothes from a regular store and headlines all over.

Since his start Michael has been invited to the prestigious – Aspen Comedy Arts Festival , where he was a crowd favorite.  His relationship with HBO continued when he was on Larry David’s Emmy Award -Winning-“Curb Your Enthusiasm”.

Michael himself was nominated for an Emmy Award for his work –behind and in front of the camera “Comic Relief”.  Michael was most recently featured on “Comics Unleashed”. Over the years Michael has worked in front of –The United States Marine Corps, The United States Air Force, The United States Army and Navy.  Michael has done corporate shows for such fine American companies as, Apple, IBM, Anheuser Busch, Nintendo, Harley Davidson, American Airlines, The PGA, The Los Angeles Times, Qualcomm, Washington Mutual, The St. Louis Cardinals, Oakland Athletics and the NFL -just to name a few.

Michael has also been fortunate enough to have shared the stage-in concert with legends of music and comedy including-Jerry Seinfeld, Bob Dylan, B.B. King, Natalie Cole, Lou Rawls, Charo, Robin Williams, Chris Rock, Ellen DeGeneres, Rodney Dangerfield, Paul Rodriguez, The Smothers Brothers, Ron White, Kevin Nealon, Dennis Miller, Drew Carey, Richard Lewis, Milton Berle and Ray Romano- just to name a few.

Feature  – Rocky Whatule

How do you explain wetting your pants funny through impressions, comedy, improv, dancing, and so much more? Well combine that with a high-energy comic who reaches everyone and you have...ROCKY WHATULE. With Appearances on Friends, MTV, Showtime, Jamie Kennedy X-periment, and the new host of the TV show "Sunset Stripped," this ten-year veteran of television and stage will keep everyone in stitches with humor from all walks of life.  From dating to married life, friends to family, and observations to experiences, Rocky Whatule is an all around great entertainer.  Rocky has been in the entertaining business since he was five years old.  Being the youngest of five boys in an Italian family, he has the “Look at me Complex," but once he has your attention, you will never want the show to end.  Believe me, he knows what’s funny… and it’s him.  Although being a much-credited entertainer and an award winning martial artist, Rocky says the honor he holds in the highest regard was being named “class clown” in high school.  Out to prove his high school teachers wrong, he is showing the world:  “…that everything in life is funny."  He has performed across the country, in front of tens of thousands; bringing laughter to everyone he has ever met.  Although he takes comedy very seriously, he lives buy his own motto: “You have to mature; you don’t have to grow up."

Host – Rowie
Rowie has been entertaining audiences with his wit, material and impressions since birth. A multi-dimensional entertainer, Rowie takes the crowd on a ride delivering razor sharp lines of deadpan cynicism with things you’ve thought but never had the guts to say. His clean and current topics are truly a refreshing experience.

Born and raised in Sacramento, Rowie spent his winters skiing and racing in Tahoe at Alpine Meadows. Rowie left Sac for Lake Tahoe in the 80’s to coach for the Squaw Valley Ski Team and chase the extreme skiing scene which was just taking off.  Along with skiing he’s an avid golfer which keeps him busy year round.                                                                     

He has opened for some of America’s biggest comedians. With fans throughout the country, Rowie’s act grabs your attention, keeps it, and makes you want to hear more. 

Guest Spot – Aaron Wilson
Local funny man Aaron Wilson takes making people laugh seriously, "One thing I try to do is make people pee their pants, if I can do that I know I've done well.  Getting his start in Elko, Aaron hosted pig auctions then moved on to funerals and finally got his big break at an open mic in Sparks.  Since then he's appeared several times with Tahoe Comedy North in the Crown Room at the Crystal Bay Club and Tahoe Gal.  "Eventually I'm going to go back and buy that dang pig farm!!"  Look for Aaron on Comedy Central and HBO.