Event: Tahoe Comedy North
Location: Crystal Bay Casino / 14 State Hwy 28, Crystal Bay, NV
Date: Thursday, April 1st 2010
Time: Doors @ 7, Show @ 8
Cost: $10 pre-sale, $15 Day of Show
Ticket Information: (775) 833-6333 or (530) 546-5880
Additional Info: www.tahoecomedynorth.com
Press Release for April 1st, 2010
For Immediate Release:
H A Distributors presents our third ‘Ladies of Laughter’ on April Fool’s Day with Tahoe Comedy North, Thursday, April 1st at the Crystal Bay Casino Crown Room. Doors open at 7:00 and show starts at 8:00. Headlining the show is star of the stage and screen, Susan Rice. Hosting for the evening is the lovable and twisted Candy Churilla. The guest spot for the evening is filled by the relevant and exciting comedy of Mari coming to you as Sarah Palin. Everyone can enjoy 2-for-1 entrees at the Steak & Lobster House for dinner before the show. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 the day of the show and are available at the Crystal Bay Casino, Incline Cleaners, Grog & Grist, Noah’s Video and New Moon Natural Foods. For a complete Tahoe Comedy North schedule, go to www.tahoecomedynorth.com.
Susan Rice – Headliner
Susan stepped on a stage as a comic in 1983 and it changed her life. The third child of an architect and a homemaker, she grew up in Longview WA and had a typical small town childhood. Susan majored in theater in college and attended USIU School of Performing Arts in San Diego CA. Returning to the Pacific North West after college and settling in Portland, she performed in the local theater scene until finding comedy. Working with some great comics during her first few years of comedy such as; Jerry Seinfeld, Paula Poundstone, Robert Wuhl and Bob Saget, Susan listened and tried to learn everything she could from these "seasoned pros" that were still young to the business.
After about two years she felt ready for Hollywood and packed up her 74' Super Beetle and moved to Los Angeles. The first years in LA were grueling but Susan got busy and in 1988 was invited to perform on ABC for the prestigious producer George Schlatter of "Laugh In" fame. Schlatter encouraged and used her on several of his, "Comedy Club" shows on ABC. Those shows led to others such as; “Evening at the Improv”, Showtime's, “Comedy on the Road” and the “Reunion Show” and Comedy Express for Fox.
Candy Churilla – Host
Candy Churilla's dark, edgy act includes topics ranging from men, her love of cocktails, pop culture, and more. What this lovably twisted comic lacks in self-control she makes up for in self-involvement.
Candy's life started humbly enough in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where she learned to drink. As a little girl, she dreamed of escaping Scranton to make a better life for herself and she finally has--in Oakland, of all places, where she hosts the monthly Backroom Comedy at McNally’s Irish Pub.
Before moving to foggy Northern California, she made a pit stop in sweaty North Carolina, where she studied acting and improv with the Transactors Improv Co. She wrote, produced, and starred in her play Sex, Drugs, & Dinner. Once in the Bay Area, she switched from improv to stand-up, won third place in CA’s Funniest Female Contest, and appeared on season six of NBC's Last Comic Standing.
Mari – Guest Spot
Mari-Esther Kaplan beat out 140 comics to be the first female winner in the history of the Rooster T. Feather’s Comedy Competition in Sunnyvale, CA! She was also a finalist in the national Las Vegas Laugh Across America Comedy Competition. Her likeable nature and Habanero-hot, Mexican-American perspective make her a relevant and exciting comic. Mari takes the audience with her on a surprising and zany ride through her many experiences as a mother, a wife, and as a misunderstood member of her Jewish husband’s family. She adds wonderful dimension to her act by seamlessly zipping between character work and good old fashioned comic story telling. Mari is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in NYC and has trained with William Esper and with Obie Award winning Stephen Rosenfield at the American Comedy Institute in NYC. Her TV credits include, Law & Order and a national commercial for Seagate.
