The first openly gay comedian in the United States, Suzanne has delivered gay material to straight audiences in mainstream comedy clubs beginning in NYC since the early ’90s. After accepting a dare, she entered the world of comedy by accident and her life has never been the same since. Suzanne soon became the first lesbian comedian to garner an HBO Comedy Special, earning her a Cable Ace Award nomination. Additionally, a performance on “Late Night with David Letterman” marked the first by an openly lesbian comedian. Suzanne works mostly unscripted, so when she hits the stage it’s an unpredictable, original night of comedy magic. On land or at sea, Suzanne delights audiences with over 100 performances a year at theatres, clubs, colleges, fundraisers and cruise and resort vacations. Having toured with the Indigo Girls and Ani DiFranco while on Olivia Cruises, Suzanne wishes she’d been born a rockstar. Her comedy special and documentary, “A Bottom on Top,” aired on LOGO Television in fall 2007 and is available on DVD. In the summer of 2006, Suzanne starred nightly on the GSN’s remake of the classic game show, “I’ve Got a Secret.” HBO, Bravo and LOGO TV specials dot her resume.

AWARDS
(1994): Nominated for a Cable Ace Award “Nothing in my Closet but my Clothes” (1999): Gay and Lesbian American Music Award (GLAMA) winner for best comedy CD “I’m Not Cindy Brady” (2000): GLAMA winner for best comedy CD “Guaranteed Fresh” (2003): GLAMA winner for best comedy CD

Julie Goldman deals with the art of stand-up like she's got nothing to lose. Goldman is a crackerjack stand-up comic whose romping pop style and perfect timing allow her to wrest the uproarious from the serious and send her audience careening toward side-splitting bliss. Call it feminist or lesbian humor if you want, but the great thing about Goldman is she transcends all those terms and shows us that we're all in this together. She is very now and an absolute must see.

Catch Julie online at www.autostraddle.com with her creative partner BRANDY HOWARD and their ridiculous web show IN YOUR BOX OFFICE. Julie and Brandy and are proud to announce they are now part of the writing team on E TVs FASHION POLICE with Joan Rivers.

Fasten your seatbelts! Sandra Valls is a brash, high-energy, fierce and funny, lesbian, Latina comic and then some. Voted one of Curve Magazine's “Top 10 Funniest Lesbian Comics” and one of Diva Magazine’s “Top 10 Faces to Watch in 2010” she’ll make you laugh until your face hurts.

Sandra Valls unapologetically takes the road less travelled, celebrates her sexuality and entertains and educates folks through laughter and plenty of PRIDE!

Sandra ignites the stage with a powerful and electric performance in Showtime's hit comedy special, Latin Divas of Comedy (nominated for an Alma Award). Her second Showtime comedy special, LGBT Comedy Slam featured Alec Mapa, Poppy Champlin, and Scott Kennedy. Her other television credits include the Outlaugh Festival, One Night Stand Up (LOGO), Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen (ABC), and Habla! (HBO). From hosting the GLAAD Media Awards to touring with the Latin Divas and Queer Queens of Qomedy to sharing the stage with Eva Longoria at the HBO Comedy Festival, Sandra still finds time to give back to the community by producing comedy shows for a variety of causes.

Sandra is also a published author. She writes about being a lesbian and a woman of color in the comedy world in Out on the Edge: America’s Rebel Comics.

Subtle, disarming and witty, Bigelow is a comic who doses out humor in bite-sized chunks, easy for the listener to swallow but relentless nonetheless. With topics like sexuality, race, and gender at the forefront of her work, she has become one to watch on the national comedy scene.

As a gay black woman, she’s got a bone to pick with everybody. She tackles topics like “Low Lesbian Esteem” and the iconization of Snoop Dogg with a smile, uniting diverse groups of people with laughter.

In four short years, Gloria Bigelow has filmed three comedy specials for television. Her most recent, Fierce Funny Women, currently airs on Showtime. Gloria was also featured in the film Laughing Matters…Next Gen, which documented the lives and performances of five up-and-coming comics. She hosted the pre- and post- show for MTV’s first ever NewNowNext awards for and has been nominated for their “Brink of Fame Comic” award.

She has performed at numerous festivals including The New York Underground Comedy Festival, Michigan Gay and Lesbian Comedy Fest, the Outlaugh Comedy Festival, and Womenfest in Key West.

Gloria is a crowd favorite wherever she steps onto the stage—from college campuses to comedy clubs, her witty and honest brand of humor keeps her audiences laughing, thinking, and wanting more

Poppy Champlin is a veteran comic whose sharp wit and intuitive jokes can penetrate the heart of any discerning audience's funny bone. Poppy erupts onto the stage with a hip, fearless and in your face style of comedy that can persuade any crowd to come along for a ride that is highly personal and completely relatable. Rapid fire jokes mixed in with her skewed take on life, topped off with a few short comedic songs, keeps her audiences laughing and coming back for more. Poppy is not a sadist, but she is most happy when she leaves her audience screaming, crying and doubled over in pain...from laughter.

Her stand-up pedigree is flawless; from VH-1, to A&E, Oprah Winfrey and The Joan Rivers Show to her latest gig on Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen and traveling with Olivia Cruises where she has earned a reputation of being one of the fastest witted female comediennes on either coast.

Graduating from The University of Rhode Island with a BFA in theatre, Poppy set out for Chicago where she attended the famed Second City Comedy Troupe. She refined her chops in Chicago opening for such comics as Ray Ramano, Denis Leary, Bill Maher, Bill Hicks and Rosie O’Donnell.

When Poppy hit tinsel town, she continued to study acting at the Larry Moss studios and has since put up her critically acclaimed One Woman Show, "A Chocolate Sandwich."

She was a staff writer for FOX’s Show Me The Funny.

She wrote, starred in and produced, a comedy pilot called News you Can't Use–think Tracy Ulman takes on the News.

Poppy currently can be seen performing her comedy, in the HBO Documentary “All Aboard Rosie’s Family Vacation” as well as, hosting her own popular comedy show; “Cocktails and Comedy” at the infamous GirlBar in West Hollywood.

Ever increasing her visibility, she performed for over 25.000 people in the closing ceremonies of the Gay Games in Chicago. She has performed for troops in both Japan and Korea. She was invited to perform in South Africa, at The Cape Town Comedy Festival. And, Poppy produces her own touring troupe called, Queer Queens of Qomedy, now in it's third year.

Poppy tackles tough subjects with ease. In this comedienne’s hands we can laugh at life’s most formidable perils... and laughter that ravages fear is the best kind of all.

In 1979, Diana Nyad stroked her way to the longest swim in history, for both men and women. The distance was 102.5 miles–from the island of Bimini to the Florida shore–and that incredible record still stands today. Diana was front page news throughout the Western world, the lead story for Walter Cronkite on the CBS Evening News, and many times guest of The Tonight Show. For ten years (1969-1979) Diana was the greatest long-distance swimmer in the world. She broke numerous world records, including the 50-year-old mark for circling Manhattan Island (7hrs., 57 min.) in 1975. In 2006, Martina Navratilova served to induct her friend Diana into the International Women’s Sports Hall of Fame. As a journalist, Diana is heard by eight million people each week on National Public Radio. She is a columnist each Thursday on Los Angeles KCRW’s edition of “All Things Considered”. Diana has also carved herself an illustrious 30-year career as a sports television personality, working on camera for ABC’s Wide World of Sports, FOX SPORTS, the Outdoor Life Network, and CBS Sunday Morning. She has also written three books (Other Shores, Basic Training for Women, The Boss of Me) and speaks three foreign languages fluently.