7/5/2023 0 Comments Catie lazarus![]() In 2010, Lazarus started the talk show Employee of the Month, praised by The New Yorker for its "extremely notable" guests and Lazarus' "decidedly unorthodox" interview style. In 2007 she began hosting on the Couch for Tango Mag. Fresh Meat ran at Comix weekly for three years and then at Ars Nova. In 2006, Comix opened in New York and the booker plucked Lazarus to host the first alternative comedy showcase to feature younger talent and alternative comedy. She then produced and hosted the ECNY nominated comedy variety show "The Chosen One" at Upright Citizens Brigade Theater for Heeb Magazine, when she edited the magazine's Kvetch section. In 2004, she created and hosted "Stand for Peace," a now annual comedy benefit for Seeds of Peace. Lazarus has interviewed, hosted shows and moderated panels for Women in Film, Brooklyn Jewish Film Festival, 92nd Y, Writers Guild of America (WGA-East), and the Tribeca Film Festival. "We get a peek into the devilishly candid and inventive mind of the young performer with her first original series, The on Time Show with Petunia Van De Twirp." Vitamin W described her animated pilot MYC as offering "more than a few good laughs." Her most autobiographical work, according to Tubefilter, is a puppet show. Her first article was a spoof of The New York Times wedding section. ![]() She has performed storytelling at The Moth, The Rejection Show at The Bell House, RISK!, Story Collider, and Upright Citizens Brigade Theater's Asscat. She then won another stand up contest at the Laugh Factory. Three months later, Lazarus performed for the first time at Stand Up New York, where she won a contest. Lazarus dropped out of her doctoral studies to write comedy after an impromptu improv lesson from Tina Fey at an Empower Program conference in Washington, D.C. ![]() Born in Washington D.C., she attended Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.
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