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Comedy News: Laugh in the New Year!
Seattle, Tacoma, Kirkland Everett and Bremerton.
Comedy Underground brings you a New Year's Eve Comedy Spectacular!
No matter where you are in the Puget Sound region, you can see the New Year in with a laugh (and see the old one out with a boot to the booty – good riddance!).
We're presenting Winners of the Seattle International Comedy Competition and a finalist from Last Comic Standing - 2007 Seattle Comedy Competition Winner Marcus in Bremerton, “Last Comic Standing” star Kristin Key in Kirkland and more to come.
Vince Valenzuela - Seattle
"JUST PLAIN FUNNY!" - is a phrase Vince uses to describe his unique style. His fast paced, witty, and delightfully edgy blend of "lovable sarcasm and cynicism" keeps audiences laughing across the nation. An east coast tenacity with a west coast sensibility, all delivered through big Donnie Osmond/Eric Estrada pearly-white teeth.
Vince is noted for revealing the hypocrisies, double standards and dysfunction's of human behavior ranging from ethnic stereotypes, George W. vs. Hitler, Osama Bin Laden, Pepe Le Pew, "The Religion of NASCAR", to antidepressants, Vegans, The Suicide Traffic Report, and of course….relationships and sex.
Vince has gained national recognition from several television appearances including: Comedy Central's Make Me Laugh and A&E's An Evening at the Improv, HBO's Loco Slam, USA's Up All Night, Entertainment Tonight and has just released his new DVD "Vin Shui"!! His nationally released comedy CD entitled "DERAINDAMAGED" has received enormous praise. His second CD "Verbal Vigilante" continues his honest and direct views on life and society and is sure to be a huge success as well. Both his CD's are heard regularly on "Satellite Radio" where he's capturing new audiences. Vince believes that traditional, straight, no frills, stand-up comedy is what his fans appreciate and what he delivers.
Travis Simmons - Tacoma
Travis Simmons was born thinking too hard about the world around him. Now he's grown up to tell audiences everywhere what he thinks about the world around him. Travis is best known for his impressions.
Travis is based in the Pacific Northwest but travels the world over to bring this genius funny to people just like you. Take one listen and you too will know, this is one different kind of brother!
Kristin Key - Kirkland
Kristin Key started her comedy career at the tender age of 19 in the small west Texas town of Amarillo. As soon as her feet hit the stage, she took off running and never looked back. Small shows in the Texas panhandle turned into 35 states worth of comedy over the next 5 years as she climbed the comedy ladder one rung at a time. Audiences couldn't help but love the rapid-fire style of comedy coming from the "Preacher's Kid", and though female comics struggled to find work she was booked not for being a woman, but for simply being funny.
In 2005 Last Comic Standing held their auditions in Austin Texas. Like every other Texas comic she stood in line hoping for a chance to be seen and to advance, and after 7 hours of waiting, she got her chance. She also got the "red envelope" and thus, got her ticket to Hollywood. Of her audition Kristin said, "...my Goal was to get one joke on TV, just one joke!" She got more than just one joke, advancing to the semi-finals and beyond becoming the youngest person ever to make it into the house. Her years as a road comic paid off, and as the episodes aired, her fan base exploded.
Kristin plays Los Angeles comedy clubs often, tours Colleges and Comedy clubs across the country and has taken up surfing in her down time. Much has changed moving from small town in the Texas panhandle to Los Angeles California, but the one thing that hasn't changed is that rapid fire comedy that has kept audiences rolling in the aisles from the beginning, and keeps getting better.
Billy Wayne Davis - Everett
Billy Wayne Davis was a finalist in the 2010 Seattle International Comedy Competition.
Billy Wayne Davis is the thinking man's hillbilly. With a combination of subtle, disarming intelligence and an unmistakable comfort on stage, he has the rare ability to win over every kind of comedy audience imaginable. After making a name for himself in his homeland of Nashville, TN, he has gone on to perform in virtually every corner of the United States, from the deep south to the “alternative comedy” hotbed of Seatte, WA, which he now calls home.
He has performed festivals, comedy clubs and theaters as diverse as Seattle’s Bumbershoot, The Ryman in Nashville, Comedy Works in Denver and the LA Improv.
Marcus - Bremerton
Marcus is a unique talent who has quickly become one of the fastest rising young comedians around. His high energy, rock n’ roll based style captured the attention of America and propelled him all the way to 2nd place on the 2008 season of NBC's hit television series, "LAST COMIC STANDING".
Marcus began his comedy career in radio, voicing hundreds of radio commercials and putting in thousands of hours of live radio doing celebrity impressions for stations all over the country before making the move to the comedy stage. He quickly gained a following with his live shows that combined his talent for voices, his razor sharp wit and unique writing into a show that kept audiences asking for more!