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Lauren
Weedman
made her television debut on Comedy Central's Emmy Award-winning
THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART in 2001 as a featured
Correspondent. It was at that same time that Lauren was a regular
on NPR's national political satire show REWIND, and appeared
in her solo show HOMECOMING, Off-Broadway at the Westside
Theatre. The New York Times said of Lauren and HOMECOMING,
“Like Bob Newhart in his early stand-up routines, she's particularly
good at making her points – and making us feel clever. Most important,
she's just plain funny, physically and verbally.” For two
years, Lauren was also a cast member for the long-running local-turned-national
comedy show ALMOST LIVE for Comedy Central.
After
studying, writing and performing in Amsterdam for five years,
Lauren returned to the States with a bang. Her first play HOMECOMING
began as a 15-minute performance art piece that grew into a full-length
show, and ultimately toured with the Seattle Repertory Theatre.
Later
that year, HOMECOMING was featured at HBO's U.S. Comedy
Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado, and later found its way to New
York City. HOMECOMING earned Lauren the honor
of being published in Women Playwrights: The Best Plays of
2002 .
In
the fall of 2002, The Empty Space Theatre in Seattle premiered
her solo work RASH, directed by Trip Cullman with music
by David Russell and produced by Arielle Tepper Productions. |
Later that year, RASH was recognized by The Seattle Times'
Footlight Awards, with nods for both Best New Play and Best Solo
Performance.
Both
RASH and Lauren received tremendous reviews including “Weedman
comes so very close to celebrating indulgence rather than just contemplating
it that when she manages to do both things at once, it's dizzyingly
brilliant: She ends up hitting all her targets – including herself"
(Seattle Weekly); and “Since first turning up on Seattle stages
in the early 1990s, Lauren Weedman has proved herself one terrifically
funny gal. And more people know that since she moved to New York two
years ago and earned some well-deserved breaks in TV and Off-Broadway."
(The Seattle Times)
Lauren
Weedman currently lives and performs in Los Angeles. Last year,
Lauren was featured on multiple episodes of RENO 911 for Comedy
Central. In addition, Lauren's most recent work, WRECKAGE,
was selected for The NOW Theatre Festival at the REDCAT Theatre at The
Disney Music Hall after an acclaimed month-long run at the Theatre Babylon
in Seattle. This year, Lauren appeared as a lead character along
with Eddie Griffin in PRYOR OFFENSES, a half-hour pilot for
Showtime based on Richard Pryor's life. |
