Second Helping at the Pittsburgh Fringe Festival

When genderqueer comic Kelli Dunham’s extreme mid-western reliance met the death of two partners in a row, the result was part stand-up comedy, part sit down tragedy with love and body fluids in the cracks in between.

Presented by Found Voice Communications/ Kelli Dunham (Brooklyn, New York, USA)

Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy
Premiere?: Pittsburgh Premiere

Show Creator(s): Kelli Dunham

About the Performer(s):

Kelli Dunham is the typical ex-nun nonbinary storytelling nerd comic so common in modern Brooklyn. Kelli has appeared on Showtime and the Discovery Channel, the Cinderblock Comedy Festival, the Moth Mainstage, the CinderBlock Comedy Festival, the Rochester Fringe Festival, the Orlando Fringe Festival and nationwide at colleges, prides, fundraisers and even the occasional livestock auction. Kelli is the author of seven books including the best-selling Boy’s Body Book and a collection of tragic-comic essays, Freak of Nurture.

Kelli’s latest comic storytelling album, Not the Gym Teacher, was directed by Gastor Almonte and has been called “hilarious” (Comedy Cake) “honest and generous” (The Serious Comedy Site) and “hilariously honest” (The Advocate). Apparently, it’s pretty honest?

Kelli’s HuffPost account of her covid experience “Finding Connection In the Covid ICU” was a hilarious and consoling viral piece that was shared more than 500,000 times and referenced on hundreds of websites/blogs. Kelli later shared this piece on the first virtual version of PBS/WGBH’s Stories from the Stage.

New York Mayor Bill DeBlasio once called Kelli a show off. To her face.

Streaming Type: Live

Platform: YouTube

Social Media
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kellidunham
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kellidunham
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kellidunham
Fringes performed at:

Provincetown Fringe, Orlando Fringe, Rochester Fringe

Check out what others are saying:

“Riveting, powerful and hilarious!”- Jude Treder-Wolff
Producer, Totally True Stories

“More than ever, Kelli [current work showcases] her ability to mix nonchalant shock with perfectly timed candor. Part storytelling, part therapy, part cultural commentary, and always hilarious, Kelli manages to be both a true personality and someone you’re forever rooting for. And if you ask nicely she might even make you cookies.”
— Autumn Whitefield-Madrano , The Beheld: Beauty and What It Means