Lisa Rossi is a journalist-turned-comedian who makes serious issues like class differences in a marriage and cultural divides between growing up in a small town and leaving for big dreams — funny. She has performed stand-up and improv on stages across the country including Comic Strip Live in New York and the Un-Scripted Theatre Company in San Fransisco. She is a regular at Teehee's Comedy Club in Des Moines, Iowa and the Backline Comedy Club in Omaha, NE. She performed in the 2021 Omaha Comedy Festival, and that same year was invited into the Writing Lab program with the Groundlings Theatre in LA. She is an alum of the 2018 John S. Knight Journalism program at Stanford University.
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Vikas
February 21, 2022Lisa and her associates read the crowd perfectly and delivered a comedic punch that made our event a huge success. Highly recommend her!!! Thanks again.
Hired as: Comedian
Megan M.
November 19, 2021Last week, the nonprofit I work for in the Quad Cities, hosted a fundraising telethon and Lisa was one of our entertainment acts. Not only was she prompt and professional, she was also SO fun to briefly work with and more importantly, she was FUNNY!! Our little in studio crowd was highly entertained and I'm sure those that were tuned in shared the same sentiment. We will definitely be keeping her in mind for any future comedic needs we may have :)
Hired as: Comedian
Rachelsecretario
August 28, 2021Lisa opened for my show and was hysterical! She really got the audience going. She is relatable and never holds back what’s really on her mind. She is very professional and was great for both of my shows one being clean and another blue comedy show! Love her true personality and her way of enriching past and present events as a mom, a wife, or as a small town girl. Lisa Rossi is truly spectacular
Hired as: Comedy Show
Greg R.
August 28, 2021Lisa was the headliner in my Comedy DSM Mid-Life Crisis show in Ankeny, Iowa. She is very funny with an amazing level of wit and perfect timing. Very professional and a joy to work with!
Hired as: Comedian
Price range: Contact for rates
Languages: English
Gig length: 10 - 30 minutes
Lisa can do :
-up to 30 minutes of stand-up comedy
-an hour and a half produced show with other invited comedians
-P-13 and R-rated comedy
- Topics covered: marriage, family, women's issues, pop culture, health care, friendship and food.
Lisa Rossi launched her career as a performer while she was a journalist for The Des Moines Register. While there, she piloted and led the formation of the Des Moines Storytellers Project, a national initiative that Lisa turned into a local success. The project produced sold-out shows across Des Moines and was recognized nationally as a stand-out effort in live storytelling. At this time, Lisa became obsessed with the interaction between audiences and storytellers.
She then went to Stanford University in 2017 as part of the elite one-year John S. Knight Journalism fellowship to further investigate the relationship between creators and audiences. It was during this fellowship she discovered improv comedy. Lisa became fascinated with the comedian’s abilities to build empathy and understanding, so she made the jump from the newsroom to comedy club.
She immersed herself in stand-up and improv comedy, attending open mics, befriending comedians, taking classes from Teehee’s Comedy Club in Des Moines, as well as from The Second City in Chicago and The American Comedy Institute in New York. She also qualified to study in the Core Track program with the Los Angeles-based Groundlings Theatre. She performs standup and improv around the Midwest with a goal of delivering reflections from her own life with the same level of honesty she demanded of her journalism. So far in 2021, she has been invited to perform in the Omaha Comedy Festival and the Art of Female Comedy Festival in Denver.
- need a mic, stage or stage area and stool
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Dinner Party
7:30pm - 8:30pm
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Des Moines, IA
Friday
Adventure Storytellers Event
7:00pm - 10:00pm
Saturday
Tit's Up Comedy Show
7:00pm - 11:30pm
Influenced by Fortune Feimster, Michelle Buteau, Jim Gaffigan, Patton Oswalt and Melissa McCarthy
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