I can bring the funny to your event and or teach YOU how to be funny. Yes YOU! Are you looking to give a speech at a conference and you're afraid your content will be a snooze fest? I can help with that. I have been in the entertainment industry for 15 years as an actor, improviser, playwright and teacher. I also write sketch. I just made the semi-finals @ Go Bananas Comedy Club in Cincy, OH for standup. My one-act play Hot Potato won the Fade to Black Festival and was performed live at The Match Box Theatre in Houston. I was also just awarded OUTSTANDING DRAMATIC SUPPORTING ROLE of 2022 in the Fresh Fruit Festival, for the play ROOMATES. Let me be the funny icing on your cake.
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Price Range: $200 and up
Gig Length: 10 - 30 minutes
Languages: English
Unions: SAG-AFTRA
Training for companies: I will create a safe space where we will interact with each other and play some games to get you out of your head and I promise you will be laughing the entire time. I will bring the funny out of you before the day is over.
Standup: I will cater my set to your event and I do observational humor and I can be clean or blue.
Bonita Elery is a character actress, stand up comedienne, improviser, & sketch writer. She’s a semi-finalist in the funniest person in Cincy, OH @ Go Bananas. She also made it into the Main Event Comedy Festival in Anniston, AL. Catch her on the TV show SWARM on Amazon Prime EPISODE 6. When she is not performing standup in some dive bar, you can find her crying into large bowl of Mouse Tracks ice cream while she questions her life choices.
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