BARRE – Comedian Paula Poundstone will be on stage when The Barre Opera House’s Community National Bank Celebration Series continues on Friday, April 5, at 8 p.m.
Poundstone is known for her smart, observational humor and a spontaneous wit. She regularly plays theaters across the country, hosts a weekly comedy podcast, “Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone” and is a regular panelist on NPR’s “Wait, Wait… Don’t Tell Me.”
She has starred in several HBO specials, including “Cats, Cops and Stuff,” which received a cable ACE award for Best Comedy Special. She was the first female comic to host the White House Correspondents Dinner. She filed live coverage of the 1992 Democratic and Republican National Conventions, the Presidential inauguration for “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” and at the 93rd Emmy Awards.
Poundstone has starred in two television series, both entitled “The Paula Poundstone Show.” Her second book, “The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness” was one of eight semi-finalists for the Thurber Prize For American Humor and the audiobook was one of five finalists for the AUDIE award for Audiobook of the Year. She has released five albums and is featured in several documentaries and compendiums with influential comedians of our time.
Tickets may be ordered online at barreoperahouse.org or by calling the Barre Opera House at (802) 476-8188. The Opera House is handicapped accessible and equipped for the hearing impaired.
