YH-Burbanks Funniest Females Contest Starring: Melissa Villasenor AMERICA'S GOT TALENT, FAMILY GUY- FOX, FRANK TV -TBS, LATINO 101- SITV, JUST FOR LAUGHS MONTREAL April 8th, 2016 at 7:30PM
Additional Show Dates : 04/08/16 9PM | 04/09/16 7PM | 04/09/16 9PM
Melissa Villasenor is a stand-up comedian and is known for her impressions and singing impressions in her stand up. She performs in Los Angeles and is a regular at the Comedy Store, Improv's, and Comedy and Magic Club. She also performs in alternative rooms in town as well. She started stand up at 15 and continued at 20. Melissa was named one of the New Faces in the Montreal Comedy Festival and most recently did a voice on Family Guy on Fox. Melissa also just wrote and is starring in her one woman show, "I'm Not Myself" and will be out Summer 2011!
Flappers Comedy Club and Restaurant invite all female comedians to submit for an all-female comedy contest which takes place at our Burbank club. Preliminary rounds will be held at Flappers Burbank in the Yoo Hoo Room on Friday, April 8th & 9th at 7:30pm & 9:30pm both nights. Audience votes for favorite 3 comedians, top three comedians from each preliminary round will perform in the final round on Sunday, April 17th at 7pm in the Main Room at Flappers Burbank. Management decides in the case of a tie. Audience votes "3" points for your favorite comedian, "2" points for your second favorite, "1" point for your third favorite.
Then come back on April 17th for the Final Round featuring the best performers from the preliminary rounds. Again, the audience will choose the top 3 winners and this time, there will be a separate Judge's Pick as well. Judges for past Flappers Contests have been Claudia Cagan (booker for Arsenio, E!), Randi Siegel (Talent Manager), Michael Curran (Casting Agent at Warner Bros), Michael Cox (Booker for Tonight Show), Marc Scroggs (Agent, DSA), and more! All shows will feature special guest headliners as seen on Comedy Central, HBO, and MTV who will perform as the votes are being tallied.
If you've been to Flappers before, you've probably seen this person wandering around. Crystal Charee works in the office during the day and performs in and emcees shows at the club. WEBSITE |
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Comedian India Pearl WOMEN IN COMEDY FESTIVAL, ITV FEST 2013, RES. HOST MAHONEYS PUB, OPENER FOR DOUG STANHOPE, THE INHABITANTS
India Pearl was born and raised in Massachusetts. Her snarky Irish Catholic sense of humor has brought laughter to all sorts of crowds throughout New England. She performed in festivals and all over including, the Women in Comedy Festival, Boston's Nick's Comedy Stop, LA's Comedy Store, and opened for Doug Stanhope at the Wilbur Theatre. India was the resident host at Mahoney's Pub in Worcester, MA and has a comedy Youtube channel, "IndiaPearlTV". You can see her regularly around LA at Flappers, The Comedy Store, and Universal Bar and Grill. On her weekends off from comedy, she could be found playing a princess at little girl's birthday parties. But don't let her sweet face deceive you - anything ever said about this ex-sorority girl is probably true. WEBSITE | |
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Comedian Tracie Walker ATLANTA COMEDY AWARDS, TRACIE WALKER JUST TALKIN, ON THE WAY TO JESUS
A Native of Atlanta, GA. Tracie Walker was nominated Best New Female Comedian at the 1st Annual Atlanta Comedy Awards, performed her one-woman comedy show, "Tracie Walker Just Talking" at Knitting Factory in Hollywood, California, and the gospel comedy "On The Way To Jesus" at New Life Womens Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Tracie now performs stand-up comedy in Los Angeles, headlining comedy clubs, comedy competitions, and churches. INSTAGRAM |
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Ri performs stand up all over LA. She is an award winning comedy writer and has created two web series in the last year. "Lonely Lil" www.lonelylil.com and "30, debt-free & far from happy" www.farfromhappy.com BOOK
Born and raised in Flint, MI this talented and driven Stand-up Comedienne, Actress, Host and Hampton University graduate has been taking the Los Angeles entertainment scene by storm. Shortly after relocating from New York City, Kennelia Stradwick has performed all over Los Angeles, including venues such as Ice House Comedy Club, Hollywood & Brea Improv, The Comedy Store, Flappers Comedy Club and Jon Lovitz Comedy Club, just to name a few. She can also be seen hosting on AfterBuzz TV Network, an online broadcast network, created by Extra host Maria Menounos & Keven Undergaro.
With her fun, energetic and witty style of comedy, Kennelia Stradwick is showing that she is definitely a person to watch out for, as this Comedienne is on the rise. WEBSITE | |
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Comedian Kelly Shanley COMEDY STORE BELLY ROOM, THE ICE HOUSE, THE CROW
Kelly is a comedian and actor based in Los Angeles best known for being a Skimedian - doing standup comedy on skis. She produces and hosts the Star Baker Comedy Show in Santa Monica, Shred the Mic podcast, and Shred the Mic live shows in Tahoe City. She performs all over Los Angeles and the Reno-Tahoe area. Offstage, Kelly creates content for her YouTube channel and once had a pretty successful dating column about her unsuccessful dating life, which will be coming to a screen near you soon! (Well, her YouTube channel anyway, where you can also find her Skimedian content @KellyShanley) Kelly also loves to surf, ski, play adult kickball (yeah, seriously), and will travel anywhere with great food and a beautiful view. WEBSITE | |
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Comedian Janice Silver FLAPPERS, COMEDY STORE, ACME COMEDY, BURBANK COMEDY FESTIVAL, BEST OF FEST 2019
Started doing stand up at the age of 70. My, "What do I have to lose?" project. To my surprise people responded warmly and enthusiastically to my sets (who knew?) I do some bit on aging for sure, but also a lot of cutting edge material. (Not remotely your typical senior!) TWITTER |
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Comedian Megan Kelly Dunn COMEDY CENTRAL, FUNNY OR DIE, THE COMEDY NETWORK, THE TRAVEL CHANNEL, BUZZFEED
Megan Kelly Dunn is a comedian hailing from Austin, Texas. She's appeared on Comedy Central, The Travel Channel, the Comedy Time Network, and featured on Funny Or Die, Mandatory, and Buzzfeed. Megan has also performed all around the US including world famous venues such as The Comedy Store, Laugh Factory, Carolines on Broadway, and many more. Twitter: @megankcomedy WEBSITE | |
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Comedian Camilla Cleese @MIDNIGHT (COMEDYCENTRAL), STAND UP & DELIVER (NUVO), BACHELORETTE WEEKEND , EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL,
KERRI HAS BEEN WRITING AN PERFORMING CHARMINLGLY INAPPROPRIATE COMEDY FOR YEARS. RAISED IN SEATTLE AND WORKED IN CHICAGO, SHE CAME TO LA WITH THE INTENTION OF MAKING PEOPLE LAUGH AND BEING WARM. ALSO, A COOK AND EDUCATOR TO KIDS, TWITTER |
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Comedian Sapna Kumar ABC: FRESH OFF THE BOAT, I THINK YOU SHOULD LEAVE, NBC: LAST COMIC STANDING, LOGOTV: ONE-NIGHT STANDUP, OLIVIA CRUISELINES
Comedian Tory Shulman FOX 11 LA, MSN.COM, REELZCHANNEL, BITESIZETV, MIND OF MENCIA
Tory Shulman is a UCB Improviser, Stand-Up, TV/ Web Host and Animal Assisted Therapy Partner originally from Washington DC. She hosted "Movie Up" and "Movie Mob" at ReelzChannel and "Last Night on TV" at MSN.com. She's rugged, yet vulnerable...like a nice bottle of Pinot. WEBSITE | |
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Comedian Susan Louise OConnor HOLLYWOOD IMPROV, COMEDY STORE, BROADWAY, ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK, LAW & ORDER: SVU
Proving that quirky can be cool, Susan has appeared on Broadway with Angela Lansbury. Her TV credits include Orange is the New Black, Law & Orders & Boardwalk Empire. She stars in the the daily mantra web series Infinity and Betsy and has appeared at the Hollywood Improv & the Comedy Store and studies at The Groundlings. WEBSITE | |
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Brittany Samson is not the father, despite what Maury says. She grew up binge watching Mad Tv and The Wedding Singer, and thus has a healthy obsession with Ms. Swan and Adam Sandler. Potential Hollywood power couple? Originally from Chicago, she is a graduate of The Second City and a professional actress/voice artist/stand up comedian/writer. Brittany has starred in award winning feature films, National Commercials, sketch shows, television, and can even be found on the cover of a book. A real handheld book! Her inspiration for comedy stems from the odd occurrences that plague her everyday life, as the bizarre, the peculiar and the elderly are all strangely attracted to her. Acting credits available on IMDB. Brittany Samson-When will you realize Vienna waits for you? WEBSITE | |
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Richelle Meiss is an actor, improvisor, writer, and standup in Los Angeles. She created the web series Issues, LA WEBFEST 2014 Winner. She has completed the improv training at UCB and performs on the indie team SORRY and musical improv teams MUSICAL! The MUSICAL! and KABOOMBOX. Richelle can regular be seen doing stand up at The Comedy Store. In addition to comedy, she is a Strasberg trained actor, has a BFA in musical theater, and is currently studying at John Rosenfeld Studios. www.richellemeiss.com WEBSITE | |
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