Maria Bamford
February 6–7, 2017
- Performance: Streaming video, MP3 audio
- Discussion: Streaming video, MP3 audio, Highlight Reel
Bio
Comedian, actress and
writer Maria Bamford was raised in Duluth, Minnesota and began her
stand-up career at the age of 19. Her first of four stand-up albums,
The Burning Bridges Tour, was released in
2003. She toured with The Comedians of Comedy to promote the album,
which also led to a documentary series on Comedy Central and Showtime.
Other stand-up albums include How to WIN! (2007),
Unwanted Thoughts Syndrome (2009), and Ask Me About My New God! (2013).
She has also released two full length stand-up video recordings, most
recently The Special Special Special! (2012), and is the first woman to
have two Comedy Central Presents specials air. In 2016, Maria was the
executive producer and star of a Netflix series based on her own life,
Lady Dynamite, in which she plays a fictionalized character version of
herself. She has also appeared in cameos and recurring roles on many
widely lauded comedy series such as Arrested Development, Louie,
The
Sarah Silverman Program, Tim and Eric Awesome Show, and more. Maria is
also a very talented voice over artist, and has provided recurring
character voices for such shows as Adventure Time, BoJack Horseman,
The
Legend of Korra, CatDog, and many more. In addition to these very
prominent stand-up and TV appearances, Maria is widely known for her
"cult" web series The Maria Bamford Show and Ask My Mom, in which Maria
writes and performs as the sole actor, doing impressions of various
other characters.