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Suzanne Westenhoefer comes full circle with Jersey Pride

NewsApril 29, 2016407Views 0Likes 0Comments

Originally Published by Out in Jersey on 4/29/16 Written by J. L. Gaynor As New Jersey gets ready to celebrate its 25th Pride this year, a familiar face will be headlining on the festival’s main stage. Comedian Suzanne Westenhoefer, the first Pride’s emcee, returns to help celebrate this milestone celebration. “When I hosted the first New Jersey Pride…

Funny with a Purpose

NewsMarch 4, 2016607Views 0Likes 0Comments

Originally published by Dayton City Paper on 3/01/2016. Suzanne Westenhoefer brings bold comedy to Antioch By Lauren Adams Laughter is truly the best medicine, and as any good doctor will tell you, there is an inherent responsibility in the way that medicine is dispensed. At its best, comedy not only entertains—it inspires, educates and exposes some difficult…

Antioch School fundraiser— Comedy gala returns

NewsFebruary 22, 2016526Views 0Likes 0Comments

Originally published by Yellow Springs News on 2/18/2016. By Carol Simmons Nationally touring comedian Suzanne Westenhoefer will be performing at the Antioch School’s annual auction gala and comedy show Saturday, Mar. 5, at the Foundry Theater. (Submitted photo © Ellie Perez) Elizabeth Griffin, an Antioch School parent and the school’s development coordinator, says she can’t overstate the importance…

Suzanne Westenhoefer slays at The Palladium in St. Pete

NewsDecember 21, 2015351Views 0Likes 0Comments

Originally published by Watermark Online on 12/17/2015. By Jeremy Williams St. Petersburg – Suzanne Westenhoefer brought down the house at The Palladium in St. Petersburg Dec. 13. Tampa’s own Jane Castor took the stage to introduce Westenhoefer and throw out a few jokes of her own (maybe a new career for the recently retired police chief). Westenhoefer,…

She loves us: Comic Suzanne Westenhoefer talks sex, war and St. Pete

NewsDecember 10, 2015530Views 0Likes 0Comments

Originally published by Creative Loafing on 12/10/2015. The hilariously outspoken lesbian comic plays the Palladium on Dec. 13. Posted By DAVID WARNER Suzanne Westenhoefer made history in 1991 as the first openly lesbian comic to appear on TV and, three years later, the first to have her own HBO special. Tampa Bay audiences last got to enjoy…

Queer Pioneer: Lesbian stand-up comic Suzanne Westenhoefer was out and funny before it was trendy

NewsDecember 2, 2015787Views 0Likes 0Comments

Originally published by Watermark Online on 11/18/2015. By Jeremy Williams The old adage goes “dying is easy, comedy is hard,” but in 1990 being an out and proud gay stand-up comedian was impossible. Enter Suzanne Westenhoefer. Westenhoefer got into stand-up on a dare and since then has been a pioneer in LGBT comedy. She was the first openly…

Trailblazing comedian brings act to Boulder

NewsOctober 23, 2015451Views 0Likes 0Comments

Originally published by The Daily Camera on 10/23/2015. By Quentin Young Pioneering comedian Suzanne Westenhoefer will perform at an Out Boulder benefit on Saturday at First Congregational Church in Boulder. (Ellie Perez / Courtesy of LiveLoud) When Suzanne Westenhoefer started doing stand-up in the early 1990s, the number of "out" lesbians who were performing in New York's traditional comedy…

Fame Fatale: Suzanne Westenhoefer

NewsOctober 22, 2015518Views 0Likes 0Comments

Originally published by Metro Weekly on 10/22/2015. Suzanne Westenhoefer paved the way for the latest generation of female comics to be fully out in their careers By Connor J. Hogan “Audiences right now don’t want to hear about politics!” wails Suzanne Westenhoefer. “If you’re on stage and you say ‘Donald Trump,’ everyone boos. They’ve had enough of…

Interview with OutSources on KGNU Radio

NewsOctober 22, 2015388Views 0Likes 0Comments

Outsources, Monday, 10/12/2015 Host: Karen Raforth Suzanne Westenhoefer, lesbian comedian (conversation starts at 5:45) Listen to part of the interview between host, Karen Raforth and comedian, Suzanne Westenhoefer. After 25 years of groundbreaking, stereotype-shattering and brutally honest comedy, Suzanne’s not about to start pulling punches now of her out, open, no-holds-barred comedy.Suzanne tells the truth. That’s why she…

Suzanne Westenhoefer on Good Day PA

NewsAugust 14, 2015444Views 0Likes 0Comments

Originally aired 8/14/2015. Watch Suzanne on Good Day PA here!

Lesbian comic Suzanne Westenhoefer performs show benefiting Pride School Atlanta

NewsApril 21, 2015535Views 0Likes 0Comments

Originally published by The Georgia Voice on April 21st, 2015. By Jacy Topps Pride School Atlanta, one of the first of its kind in the region seeks to create a K-12 nonprofit school for LGBT educators, students and families, and is hoping to raise enough money to open the school this year. School co-founder Christian Zsilavetz has recruited…

On Stage: Kim The Happy Medium & lesbian standup in Phoenixville

NewsApril 11, 2015402Views 0Likes 0Comments

Originally published by Chesco Times on April 9, 2015. Local music venues packed with exciting acts By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times Saturday night’s headliner Suzanne Westenhoefer is an openly-gay standup comedian. Like Weir, she is startlingly candid — “Did she really say that?” candid. “I was living in Fort Lee (NJ) and working as a bartender…