{"id":1310,"date":"2016-04-02T20:16:08","date_gmt":"2016-04-02T20:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tamalerocks.com\/2016\/?page_id=1310"},"modified":"2023-04-28T23:04:13","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T23:04:13","slug":"comedy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tamalerocks.com\/2016\/comedy\/","title":{"rendered":"Comedy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Voted runner-up for\u00a0Chicago\u2019s Best Stand Up Comedian for The Reader<\/a>, Tamale is a\u00a0regular at The Laugh Factory, Zanies Comedy Clubs, and countless local and national showcases. She\u2019s been featured in national Comedy festivals such as Gilda's Laughfest in Grand Rapids, the Chicago Women\u2019s Funny Festival, Chicago Improv Festival, Sketchfest, and Cleveland Comedy Festival, to name a few. Tamale has also been featured internationally, performing at comedy clubs like The Pint and the Comedy Cellar in Dublin, Ireland, and in festivals like the Dublin Lesbian Arts Festival, where she was the International Guest of Honor. She has been extensively trained in long form, short form, and experimental forms of improv, in addition to sketch, and stand up.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>A cast member of the groundbreaking R.E.A.C.H. (Risky Eclectic Artist Comedy Hour) at Second City, Tamale is an alumni of the Second City Conservatory Program. She\u2019s also a graduate of I.O. Chicago and Annoyance Theater and created a unique improvised show incorporating the creation, presentation, and performer interpretation of artistic tiny hats called\u00a0Tiny Hat Time<\/a>. An interdisciplinary performer,\u00a0Tamale created and produced the\u00a0popular comedic variety show,\u00a0Brass Chuckles Comedy<\/a>.\u00a0She\u00a0also helped to launch and proudly co-produced the popular\u00a0showcase and open mic, Just Dickin\u2019 Around.<\/p>\n

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Tamale has been performing comedy since she helped to start The Charles Darwin Experience improv troupe at the University of Arizona in 1997. Curve Magazine featured her when their readership voted her seventh funniest lesbian in America. At the end of grad school, she produced a series called Tamale Presents: LOL that featured both local and national talent including Julie Goldman, Vicky Shaw, Beth Stelling, Cameron Esposito, and many others.<\/p>\n

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