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Theater |
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I have been performing since childhood, having appeared in numerous plays in Chicago and New York. |
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Most recently I was featured in the Drama Desk Award nominated "Cut to the Chase" produced by Parallel Exit, |
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written by my former husband Joel Jeske. Onstage I have done everything from opera, musical comedy and |
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non-musical roles, children's theater, sketch comedy and solo performance. In addition to performing |
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I have also worked as a costume designer for several Off Off Broadway productions. |
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| I am a self taught seamstress and designer, a habit I picked up out of frugality and for the love of costumes. | ||
| I Recently directed comedian Jen Kwok's solo show as part of Ant Fest at Ars Nova | ||
Writer |
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I wrote and produced my first script, "Franz & Zelda's Happy Time Cabaret Hour" at age 27. |
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The following year I wrote and produced "Zelda Darling's Super Happy Fun Show". But the show that is closest to my heart |
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would be my 2007 New York International Fringe Festival entry, "Princess Sunshine's Bitter Pill of Truth Funhouse" |
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| The show pretty much sold out its run, and got overwhelmingly positive press. | ||
| I have also written three solo shows performed at the People's Improv Theater. | ||
| All of the content in my videos is written either by myself or in collaboration with another comedian. | ||
| My first ever written submission to the Huffington Post "Dating After Divorce in a City of Sluts" has become an international | ||
| phenomenom. I have been asked to do interviews on Canadian radio and Australian television so far, and the story has | ||
| spread all over the internet. I am completely in shock over its success! | ||
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Comedy | |
| I perform as one of nine different characters as an emcee in variety and burlesque | ||
| I have also worked with the political sketch comedy group, Turn Left and was featured | ||
| as Hillary Clinton in other latest film, "Turn Left at Pennsylvania Ave" which was just accepted in the Action on Film, film festival. | ||
| I have also studied improvisation at the Annoyance Theater in Chicago, IL and the Upright Citizens Brigade in New York city. | ||
| And you can sometimes see me impersonating various politicians or political pundits with Laughing Liberally at The Tank. | ||
| I perform stand-up in several venues around the city usually with my ukulele. Basically I will perform at almost any stage | ||
| that will have me. | ||
| On Camera | ||
| I have created and produced several video shorts and I am a frequent video blogger at | ||
| The Huffington Post. One of my parodies of Octo-Mom, Nadya Suleman was featured in CNN's the Situation Room | ||
| I was also featured in the SEIU sponsored web series haarm.org produced and written by | ||
| Laughing Liberally NY which included Lee Camp, Katie Halper, Justin Krebs and Negin Farsad. | ||
| Over the years I have worked on several independent and industrial films and I am a proud | ||
| member of AFTRA and SAG | ||
| Burlesque and Variety | ||
| Around New York I hosts various Burlesque and Variety Shows and up until recently produced two of my own, | ||
| "Wham, Slam, Bam Variety Hour" and "Hard Candy Burlesque" at The Delancey in the Lower East side of Manhattan. | ||
| I am onstage as any number of my various alter egos my most recognized being | ||
| Princess Sunshine - The Burnt out performer for kids, but also as | ||
| Contessa Mocha - Former European Pop Star | ||
| Mistress U-Betcha - A Dominatrix from Minnesota | ||
| Cutlass Supreme - The Original Minsky Girl! | ||
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The Gloomy Goth Girl - An angry youth poet from the Upper East Side | |
| The 1950's Drunken Housewife - The title says it all | ||
| Frenchie - A Lusty Frenchman | ||
| Fraulein Shtup - The Weimar Badass | ||
| Lovely Lonelyhearts - A chanteuse | ||
| Poor Klown - A German Clown | ||
| The Angry Irish Lass - She's Angry she is Irish | ||
| Jersey Girl - A Tacky Gal from The Garden State in a Gold Jumpsuit! | ||
| And I am constantly coming up with new ones! | ||
| I enjoy writing satire songs for my various characters and usually accompany myself on accordion or ukulele. | ||
| Special Skills | ||
| I have been known to walk on three foot painter stilts for money! | ||
| I also paint children's faces, from cat to batman to mummy...you name it, I paint it. | ||
| Music | ||
| A classically trained soprano, I have twice toured the country as a paid singer with the Cornerstone | ||
| Chorale and Brass. And for about a second I fronted a Goth/Punk band in my hometown of | ||
| St. Louis. I was terrible at music theory in college but for some reason I still work with music from writing | ||
| show tunes, children's music, satire songs, or arranging three part harmony. | ||
| I am constantly writing new songs, but most of them never see the light of the stage. Some of my more popular songs are | ||
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"Backup Plan" | |
| "Younger Piece of Ass" | ||
| "Man Whore" | ||
| "If you want to F*ck a Skank" and many more | ||
| Random Fun Facts | ||
| My father was an auto mechanic. He worked for the Gas Company and was UNION. He wore a blue shirt with his name on it. | ||
| My mother was a French teacher, she taught at my junior high, three of my best friends had her as a teacher. | ||
| I told my mother when I was 8 years old that I wanted to be a nun. I think she is still hoping that will happen. | ||
| In my first grade entrance exam to Catholic School I scored the highest in my class. Sadly, I didn't finish top of my class. | ||
| My favorite comedian without question, is the late great Bill Hicks. He was a man without fear and with amazing artistic integrity. | ||
| I have been a vegetarian for my entire adult life and I enjoy cooking and baking. | ||
| I Bake both Vegan and Traditional baked goods and sometimes sell them for profit!!! | ||
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| And I work as a clown and children's performer to pay the rent. www.rednosesnyc.com | ||
| I have had a LOT of survival jobs such as: | ||
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| Hobbies and Loves | ||
| I love to bake, and I am known for making the best damn cookies you have ever eaten. And I mean actual cookies. | ||
| I adore Sci-Fi movies from the seventies, the cheesier the better | ||
| The Warriors, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Anchorman and Brazil are some of my favorite movies EVER! | ||
| I read mainly non-ficition and I am obsessed with books about biology, neuroscience, human behavior, politics and economics | ||
| I also love reading about religion but I am not religious | ||
| I once got to play Sarah Palin at a book signing and all I wanted to do was to ask Naomi Klein for her autograph | ||
| I am horribly unathletic, name the sport and I am bad at it. | ||
| I love reading and I pride myself in the speed in which I can rip through a book | ||
| I also spend way too much time with Facebook, and the internet in general | ||
| I am a master cyber stalker, I can find out just about anything about anyone...it is kind of a problem | ||
| I can't stand the beach or anything tropical | ||
| I rarely drink alcohol and would consider myself straight edge - no drugs prescription or otherwise | ||
| All photos on this website are not for reproduction with out permission | ||
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