Get Your Fill of Laughs with Comedian Maria Bamford at the Bankhead Theater

Livermore’s Bankhead Theater (2400 First Street) presents quirky, ingenious, and hilarious Maria Bamford on Saturday, August 5. Stephen Colbert has called Maria Bamford his “favorite comedian on earth” while Judd Apatow is said to label Ms. Bamford “the funniest woman in the world.” Maria is the first female comic to have two half-hour “Comedy Central Presents” specials, starring alongside Patton Oswalt, Zach Galifianakis and Brian Posehn in the Comedy Central series “The Comedians of Comedy” and Netflix’s “Comedians of Comedy: The Movie”. In addition, she has starred in the acclaimed Netflix Series “Lady Dynamite”, about a comedian who suffers a nervous breakdown.

Bamford is also the star of three unconventional hour-long stand-up specials: “Weakness is the Brand,” “Old Baby” and “Maria Bamford, the special, special, special!”.

Maria is often recognized for her prolific voice er work, including characters on Big Mouth, BoJack, Horseman, Summer Camp Island, Adventure Time, Talking Tom and Friends,,Bob’s Burgers, Legend of Korra, Puss in Boots, CatDog and PSB’s Emmy-winning series “Word Girl”. She also stars as Tilly Mulch in Team Coco’s scripted podcast Frontier Tween.

Maria played DeBrie Bardeaux on Netflix’s “Arrested Development” and recurred on the ABC hit series “Fresh off the Boat”. She is the 2014 winner of the American Comedy Award for Best Club Comic. Maria’s late-night appearances include CONAN, The Tonight Show, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and Late Night with Seth Meyers.

For tickets or more information please visit www.LivermoreArts.org.