"Acerbically Hilarious" Elvira Kurt Headlines
13th Annual Pride Comedy Night

Santa Rosa, CA (May 10, 2007) - Elvira Kurt, called "acerbically hilarious" by the Boston Herald and star of Com edy Central, takes the stage June 9 in Santa Rosa for the 13th Annual Pride Comedy Night. She'll be joined by special guest Eddie Sarfaty, also of Comedy Central fame. The performance begins at 8pm.

An alumna of The Second City comedy troupe, Kurt has performed live and on television in the U.S. and Canada, including on Comedy Central, HBO, Showtime and now as the host of First Comes Love on LOGO. Recently she hosted, wrote and produced 78 episodes of The Comedy Network's hit late-night talk show, Popcultured with Elvira Kurt, a satirical take on the inane and excessive world of pop culture.

Kurt's versatility as a stand-up comedian carries over into her work in the theater and as a writer. She's appeared in The Vagina Monologues and has written material for Ellen DeGeneres and numerous awards shows. She performed for Sonoma County Pride Comedy night in 2001, and audience members can expect even more of her hilarious stories and insights on the absurdity of modern life, the fractured nostalgia of our childhood, and our continuous struggle against turning into our parents.

Special guest comic Eddie Sarfaty is a popular comedian who's appeared on The Today Show, Nightline and Comedy Central's Premium Blend. He's appeared at numerous comedy festivals, has headlined on Atlantis, Aquafest and RSVP cruises, and is a member of Funny Gay Males, a comedy troupe. This will be Sarfaty's first visit to Sonoma County. His perspective as a gay Jewish New Yorker is both focused on his own experience, yet universally understood as the comedy of family relations.

A Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Celebration, the Pride Comedy Night of entertainment includes a DJ'd post-performance dance, presented in the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts lobby by The Sapphire Lounge.

Tickets ($25, $30, $35) are available at the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts Box Office located at 50 Mark West Springs Road, by phone at 707-546-3600, and online at www.wellsfargocenterarts.com.  All tickets include admission to the dance. Members of the deaf community who require ASL interpretation of the show must contact comedy@wemeanit.net by May 30 to arrange for special seating.

The 13th Annual Pride Comedy Night is presented by We Mean It! Productions, and Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, and is a partial benefit for the 2007 Pride Coalition.

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