Bartlett Bio
As the daughter of a plastic surgeon and sibling to two future doctors, it was assumed Laura Bartlett would make medicine a career. Due to a rare genetic disorder (she was apparently born missing the "I-want-to-be-around-sick-people gene"), she instead raced off to college and majored in Radio-TV-Film.
Bartlett realized she had been born with the “funny gene” and -- at age 36 -- leapt into the world of stand-up comedy, where she quickly became a popular and regular face on the Dallas comedy scene.
A single mom of two school-age boys, she put her comedy career on hold to see her children through their formative years. She now keeps her comedy close to home, working at comedy venues throughout the Dallas/Ft. Worth area.
Her love of the absurd notwithstanding, Bartlett often draws on her personal experiences for her comedy: Her struggles with stage fright, surviving cancer, raising boys as a single mom and what it means to be a stand-up comic in a family of physicians.
Her bright wit and likeable onstage demeanor mixes the wacky and sublime to brilliant effect. The Dallas Morning News wrote that audiences “may not get her brand of humor until long after the fact … you'll see them laughing out loud for no apparent reason." The Comedy Critic said Bartlett wowed the crowd at the Dallas Comedy Festival “with some of the best comedy of the night. Don't let the flowing blond hair fool you this comic has brains and wit.”
Her unique story captured the attention of the media. She's been featured on WFAA-TV and profiled in The Dallas Morning News, The McKinney Courier-Gazette, Plano Profile and Neighbors. She has made several appearances on the KLAK-FM morning show.
Equally adept behind the scenes, Bartlett organized the North Dallas Katrina Comic Relief benefit following the Hurricane Katrina Disaster. She produces the “Historical-to-Hysterical” comedy series at the McKinney (Texas) Performing Arts Center, which has featured headliners Paul Varghese (“Last Comic Standing”) and L.A.-based comic Chuck Cason.
Currently Laura is Producer and cast member of the all-female comedy troupe, "Four Funny Females" and shares the stage with her equally funny friends: Jodi Hadsell, Sherry Belle, and headliner, Linda Stogner. http://laurabartlett.com/about.html
For booking information, e-mail laurabartlettcomedy@yahoo.com
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