Laurie Kilmartin: Best of the Competition

“One of the most insightful and reliably funny comics working today” —Rebellious

The San Francisco Stand-Up Comedy Competition is an annual event that features some of the best up-and-coming comics in the region. This show brings back one of the competition’s favorites for a hilarious performance on Montalvo’s intimate Carriage House stage.

Laurie Kilmartin is a comedian and WGA Award-winning writer for Conan. She has also written for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, The Late Late Show, The Bonnie Hunt Show, and Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn. She has also performed standup on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Comedy Central and Showtime. Her Seeso special 45 Jokes About My Dead Dad made Vulture’s list of Top Ten Comedy Specials of 2016. Festival appearances include Just for Laughs, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the Moontower Comedy Festival.

Kilmartin has written two books, Dead People Suck and the New York Times bestseller Shitty Mom. She and fellow comic Jackie Kashian host a popular podcast about standup comedy called The Jackie and Laurie Show. Her new album Corset was released at #1 on the iTunes charts. Laurie was most recently seen on Apple TV’s Gutsy Women series, being interviewed by Hillary and Chelsea Clinton.