The Ladies of Laughter Funny & Fabulous Tour includes winners and the best talent from its national competition. It started out as an annual videotape comedy competition in New York and since then it has become known as the 'Career builder for women in comedy.' Past participants include Amy Schumer, Tammy Pescatelli and “Big Bang Theory” star Melissa Rauch, among many others.
This performance will include:
Alycia Cooper, comedian, actor, singer, dancer and Emmy-nominated director, is the 2014 Ladies of Laughter Professional winner. She has entertained the troops in Japan, Korea, Guam, Oman, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Djibouti Africa. Alycia was featured in Essence Magazine as “One To Watch” and that title still holds true today with her 5th comedy album, “Let Alycia Be Alycia” having cracked the Billboard Top 10 to rave reviews on iTunes, and recently having been the “Featured Comic of the Month” on Sirius Satellite Radio's Laugh 98.
Liz Glazer is an award-winning standup comedian, actor, and writer. Liz was the 2021 Newcomer winner in the Ladies of Laughter Competition and won first place in the Boston Comedy Festival. This former law professor was featured in The Wall Street Journal and has been the opening act for Myq Kaplan and Maria Bamford. As an actor, Liz has appeared on ABC Television's “For Life” and CBS's “Bull.” She is on the faculty at Lesly Kahn & Co., the Los Angeles acting studio, and is writing a television pilot about her life, a draft of which was a semi-finalist in the Stage 32 writing competition.
Maureen Langan is an award-winning broadcaster, international standup comedian, TEDx Talk speaker and a semi-finalist on Season 18 of “America's Got Talent.” She has performed on Broadway with Rosie O'Donnell and has shared the stage with Robin Williams, Steven Wright, Joy Behar, Gladys Knight and Jordin Sparks! Maureen's critically-acclaimed solo show, “Daughter of a Garbageman,” was hailed as a “one woman tour-de-force”; when it made its U.S. debut in San Francisco. Maureen has been a Ladies of Laughter finalist, she's a regular performer in the Ladies of Laughter national tour, and enjoys a large following in Northern California.