Cameron Esposito

bio & resume

Cameron Esposito has appeared at TBS’ Just for Laughs Chicago, SXSW, and the Aspen Rooftop and Bridgetown Comedy Festivals, on LOGO, and NPR’s The Sound of Young America.  Her hour solo show, SIDE MULLET NATION, debuted as a production of TBS’ Just for Laughs Chicago Festival (Best of the Fest, The Onion’s AV Club). SIDE MULLET NATION has been featured in Time Out Chicago (Critics’ Pick), Time Out New York (Critics’ Pick), The Chicago Reader, and Gapers Block.

Known for her “effervescent storytelling” (AV Club), Cameron acts as ringmaster for Chicago-based touring circus company El Circo Cheapo Cabaret, and created and teaches the world’s only all-female standup course, The Feminine Comique. 

Cameron released her debut standup album, Grab Them Aghast, on Rooftop Comedy Records in 2010.

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Cameron Esposito: Standup Comic, Purveyor of Fine Jokes

Appearances/Credits
SXSW Comedy Festival (2012)
TBS’ Just for Laughs Chicago Festival (2011, 2010, 2009) Bridgetown Comedy Festival (2011)
Aspen Rooftop Comedy Festival (2009)
Featured on NPR, LOGO, SIRIUS Satellite Radio, WGN Radio

Clubs
Zanies (Chicago, IL)
Lincoln Lodge (Chicago, IL)
Motley’s (Boston, MA)
Laughing Chameleon (Glenview, IL)
Jokes & Notes (Chicago, IL)
Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase (Ann Arbor, MI)
Jukebox Comedy Club (Peoria, IL)
Comedy Attic (Bloomington, IN)
UP Comedy Club (Chicago, IL)
Laugh Factory (Chicago, IL & Los Angeles, CA)
The Improv (Los Angeles, CA)
Comedy Underground (Seattle, WA)

Theaters/Other Venues
Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (New York, NY)
Brody Theater (Portland, OR)
Chop Suey (Seattle, WA)
Wilmette Theater (Wilmette, IL)
Grog Shop (Cleveland, OH)
Beachland Ballroom (Cleveland, OH)
The Golden West (Baltimore, MD)
Crofoot Ballroom (Pontiac, MI)
Art House Theater (Provincetown, MA)
Mayne Stage (Chicago, IL)
Wheeler Opera House (Aspen, CO)
Knitting Factory (Brooklyn, NY)
Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (Los Angeles)

Colleges
Boston College
Columbia College
DePaul University
Western Illinois University

Education
Boston College, Bachelor of Arts in English, ‘04 Second City Conservatory Program, Levels 1&2
ImprovBoston Training Center, Levels 1-5

Other Cool Things
Circus Ringmaster, El Circo Cheapo Cabaret Roller Derby Commentator, Windy City Rollers
Founder, The Feminine Comique, all female standup course

© 2011 Cameron Esposito