Sep 18 2021
Women's Work Comedy Tour: Chaunté Wayans, April Macie, Tammy Pescatelli

Women's Work Comedy Tour: Chaunté Wayans, April Macie, Tammy Pescatelli

Presented by Butler Arts Center at Schrott Center for the Arts, Butler Arts Center

Chaunté Wayans is a comedian, writer and actress who proudly represents the new generation of Wayans’ legacy making its mark in Hollywood. She was last seen in the film 50 Shades of Black, with other film and television credits including Hollywood Misconceptions, Dance Flick, TLC’s Trading Spaces, Bounce TV’s Off The Chain and Nicktoon’s animated series, The Boo Crew. Asa comedian, she has toured nationally wowing audience with her unique brand of comedy featuring for comedic veterans such as Katt Williams, Russell Peters, and her uncles Marlon, Shawn and Damon Wayans. Her comedic talent led her to become a featured cast member on MTV’s hit sketch comedy series Nick Cannon Presents: Wild N’ Out. Chaunté can also be seen on Katt Williams comedy special Kattpacalypse. Chaunté has showcased as a writer as part of CBS’ Diversity Showcase 2017. Recently she has featured on 50Cent’s 50 Central on Bet. Currently you can see her featuring on TruTV’s Laff Tracks.

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April Macie travels the world collecting stories and experiences, which she then translates into humorous, relatable tales in front of audiences worldwide. April was a finalist on NBC’s Last Comic Standing in 2006, has appeared on E! Entertainment, Sirius and XM Radio, Access Hollywood, Talk Soup, and HLN. April is a regular guest on the Howard Stern Show, where in 2008 she was voted the “Funniest and Hottest” comedian in America. She is also a regular guest on the Bob and Tom Radio Show and has toured with the Bob & Tom All-Stars. April has appeared on Showtime in the documentary, I Am Comic, Vegas Is My Oyster, Snoop Dogg’s: Bad Girls of Comedy, and recently was the host of the AVN Awards. April also recently appeared on Dave Attell’s Comedy Underground on Comedy Central and Jenny McCarthy’s Dirty Sexy Funny on A&E. This summer, April’s Netflix special will be released as a part of Tiffany Haddish’s They Ready series. Currently, April spends most of her time traveling the United States as a headlining stand-up comedian.

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Arguably one of the hardest working women in comedy today, Tammy Pescatelli brings brassy sexiness with a bold voice of witty sarcasm to her audiences, holding her own on the topics of sports, television, dating and family life using tongue-in-cheek humor. She is relatable to every audience member-male & female. After seeing Tammy perform, nearly everyone wishes she was their best friend or sister!

Arriving in March 2020, Tammy Pescatelli’s “Way After School Special”, is a highly anticipated follow up to Tammy’s award winning one hour Netflix special, “Finding the Funny.”

Also in March 2020, Tammy will appear on the highly acclaimed Showtime Comedy Special, “Women Of A Certain Age 2”.

A popular clip from Tammy’s appearance on the “Just For Laugh’s Gala with Sebastian Maniscalco”, continues to rack up views on the JFL Facebook and Youtube pages garnering close to 50 million views!

Signed to Git R’ Done Records, Larry the Cable Guy’s label, Tammy took funny back in time with her successful 2019 album release, “#TBT: THROWBACK TAMMY” which debuted at number 2 on iTunes and is in continuous play on SiriusXM and Pandora.

Tammy has recently appeared on The ViewGuy’s Grocery Games:Comics Compete and The Howard Stern Show.  She was chosen by Jenny McCarthy & Donnie Wahlberg to be a part of their Dirty, Sexy, Funny franchise that includes a hilarious all-female slate of standup comedians with a comedy special on EPIX/ Hulu, a touring show and a pilot for A&E.

With a slew of other accolades under her belt – including co-creating, executive producing, writing and starring in her own reality show, A Stand-Up Mother, on the WeTV Network – Tammy has appeared on numerous television shows including The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (4x), A&E’s Donnie Loves Jenny (2x), Bravo’s Rocco’s Dinner Party, CBS’s The Talk, NBC’s Last Comic Standing: The Best of the Best, her own Comedy Central Presents Special which won the Comedy Central Standup Showdown, and many, many more.

Tammy’s career jumpstarted after appearing – and being one of the Final 5 – on NBC’s Last Comic Standing. Her season played out to more than 18 million viewers, garnering her a mass of loyal new fans that found themselves alongside the others she had created by years of touring the comedy clubs. It solidified her as one of the sharpest comics in the comedy world!

Pescatelli also guested a number of times on the syndicated Comics Unleashed show and was chosen for their “Best of the Best” that was a world-wide top selling DVD. Internationally she was also featured on the Best of the Just For Laughs, in Montreal, Quebec Canada and The World Stands Up & The Laugh Factory in Europe and Australia.

Tammy’s material is a fixture on the comedy channels of Sirius XM Radio and she is a regular guest of: The Howard Stern Wrap Up Show, Jenny McCarthy’s “Dirty, Sexy, Funny” (where she often co-hosts), TapOut and Bennington. She also makes frequent appearances on the syndicated The Bob & Tom Show.

Tammy recently starred as the flawed, yet lovable lead in in “That’s Amore”- an independent “grown up rom-com” that will be released Feb 14, 2020. Her film credits include: Made in Brooklyn, I Am Battle Comic, Single: A Documentary Film and Everybody Wants to Be Italian. She was recently chosen to be a host on Circle TV’s standup show called “Standup Nashville: Live From Zanies”.

Also a regular on USO Comedy tours, Tammy is honored and humbled to have been privileged to have entertained our troops all over the world.

She currently continues to tour and sell-out shows around the country.

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Dates & Times

2021/09/18 - 2021/09/18

Location Info

Schrott Center for the Arts, Butler Arts Center

Butler University, Indianapolis, IN 46208