Iris Benson
Iris Benson is a comedian because no other profession will have her, and that includes drug dealing and prostitution.
Since her comedy debut in 2011, she’s garnered such praise as “Bleak and honest ”, “pleasantly dark”, “wonderfully weird”, and “pretty good for a woman” from no one worth mentioning.
Glenn Sumi of Toronto Now described her as “least likeable”, “angry” and “misanthropic” to which her best friend’s husband, Clint, retorted via Facebook, “He doesn’t like angry and misanthropic comics? – so he’s missing out on George Carlin, Bill Hicks, Dennis Leary, Lewis Black, Roseanne Barr……pretty much all my favorite comics.”
Iris has performed all over the United States, making appearances at Comedy Festivals such as The Laughing Devil Comedy Festival (NY, NY), Trial by Laughter Competition (Indianapolis, IN), The She-Devil Festival (NY, NY), The She-Dot Festival (Toronto, ON) and the Cape Fear Comedy Festival (Wilmington, NC).