STAND-UP COMEDIENNE

Nanci Richards adds a touch of class to Staten Island or a touch of trash to Manhattan, depending on the way you look at it. Either way, it makes for laughter when Nanci performs her Blue-Collar-but-Book-Smart show at comedy clubs throughout the northeast

Raised amid endless rows of nail salons, beeper and bagel stores, and one big famous dump, Nanci Richards reeks of Staten Island, the forgotten borough of the Guidos, Guidettes and her nervewracking family

“My mother’s always trying to fix me up” say Nanci, “she’s like, “What’s wrong with Jimmy next door?” I’m like, “Ma, Jimmy’s in jail for manslaughter. “

She’s like, “Yeah, but he didn’t mean it.”

Nanci’s humorous life as a single woman in her forties, includes her young at heart grandma who drinks shots of Pepto Bismol with gin.

Add to this Nanci’s vocation as a New York City public school teacher and her stories will make you lose you tenure.

Special Shows and Awards

2007- NYC Fringe Festival -Pedagogy

2007- Outstanding Teacher Award

2007- Staten Island Advance Reader’s Poll –

Funniest Person On Staten Island Nomination

2004- COASHI Premier Grant Recipient for

her one woman show, Life Long Islander

2004 Semi-Finalist – Ladies of Laughter

2003 Commencement speaker – New Dorp H.S.

2002 1st place winner – Gilda’s Club Laugh Off

1998 runner-up – Stand-Up NY’s Funniest New Yorker

1998 1st place winner – Stand-Up NY’s Funniest Staten Islander

Discovery Channels’ – The Science of Laughter

Visit her website at www.nancirichards.com