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  • OH NO THERE’S MEN ON THE LAND!!

BERKELEY, CA (9 June 2015) – The Marsh Berkeley announces the return of Karen Ripley’s new show OH NO, THERE’S MEN ON THE LAND with performances August 15 – October 3. Called “One of the funniest comics out there today” by KQED, Ripley will take audiences on… Read More! 

  • The 33rd Annual Russian River Women’s WeekendCOMEDY BRAINS
  • COMEDY AT EL RIO
  • Comedy Returns to El Rio!
  • QQQ Queer Queens of Qomedy
  • OVER OUR HEADS 25 YEAR REUNION
  • OVER OUR HEADS
  • CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY HAYWARD ASSOCIATED STUDENTS DIVERSITY CENTER
  • QUEER QUEENS OF QOMEDY
  • QCOMEDY RETURNS

  • AN EVENING WITH KAREN RIPLY AND OVER OUR HEADS

  • FABLED ASP BENEFIT CONCERT
  • EIGHTH ANNUAL “GOT PRIDE”
  • COME GET YOUR WHEEL ON!
  • TENTH ANNUAL SILVER THREADS CELEBRATION
  • RON “DEAN” TOMICH’S THIRD DECADE FUNDRAISING EVENT, SARATOGA, CA
  • AN EVENING OF LIE DOWN COMEDY, SAN RAFAEL, CA
  • SPRING FLING, THE ATTIC, SANTA CRUZ, CA
  • TANISLAUS PRIDE MODESTO, MODESTO, CA
  • COMEDY NIGHT WITH BOB SMITH, UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS – DARTMOUTH
  • ORE QUEER QUEENS OF QOMEDY, SAN FRANCISCO, CA
  • THE QUEER QUEENS OF QOMEDY, SANTA CRUZ, CA
  • DIVAS OF THE DIVINE, ALAMEDA, CA
  • SALT LAKE WINTER PRIDE, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
  • SILVERTHREADS, TAMPA, FLORIDA
  • HALLOWEEN MUSIC & COMEDY & ALL DAY FESTIVAL, HOLLY’S PLACE, SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CA
  • OUTOBERFEST UNITY MISSISSIPPI, JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI
  • DIVAS OF THE DIVE…MUSIC & COMEDY, ALAMEDA, CA
  • WOMYNFEST AT SEA 2007, HOLLAND AMERICA CRUISE LINES
  • GLBT PRIDE COMEDY NIGHT, SAN FRANCISCO, CA
  • QUEER STUFF PRIDE SHOWCASE, ALAMEDA, CA
  • MICHIGAN COMEDY FEST, DEARBORN, MI
  • UTAH PRIDE CENTER, SALT LAKE CITY, UT
  • DOLPHIN BEACH RESORT, ST. PETERSBURG, FL
  • PRIDE COMEDY NIGHT, SAN FRANCISCO, CA
  • GIRL BAR PRIDE SHOW, W. HOLLYWOOD, CA
  • TRIANGLE FOUNDATION, DETROIT, MI
  • STONEWALL NYC (opened for Holly Near)
  • THE DINAH SHORE GOLF CLASSIC, PALM SPRINGS, CA
  • MICHIGAN WOMEN’S MUSIC FESTIVAL, MI
  • YOSEMITE MUSIC & COMEDY FESTIVAL, GROVELAND, CA
  • TOM AMMIANO GAY COMEDY EXTRAVAGANZA, SF, CA
  • BAS BLEU PRODUCTIONS PHOENIX, AZ
  • S.H.E.E.R. MAGIC PRODUCTIONS, LAGUNA BEACH, CA
  • WIRED WOMEN, ST. LOUIS, MO
  • RHODE ISLAND STATE, URI
  • DIVERSITY WEEK, DEPT.OF SOCIAL SEC. RICHMOND, CA
  • MIAMI LIGHT PROJECT, MIAMI
  • JOSIE’S CABARET, SF, C
  • HOLY CITY ZOO, SF, CA
  • THE FLAME, SAN DIEGO, CA
  • WILD ROSE, SEATTLE, WA
  • THE IMPROV, LA, SF SANTA MONICA, CA
  • THE IRISH STEW, POCATELLO, ID
  • ROOSTER T. FEATHERS – SUNNYVALE, CA
  • IGBY’S, LA CA
  • FLICKS, SAN DIEGO, CA
  • CROWN & ANCHOR, PROVINCETOWN, MA
  • THE PUNCHLINE, SF
  • THE GOTHEM, NEW YORK, NY
  • FEELING GOOD AA SAN DIEGO, CA
  • ALL TOGETHER AA LAS VEGAS, NV
  • UC OF SANTA CRUZ, CA
  • UC BERKELEY, CA
  • WOMANFEST KEY WEST, FL
  • TLC SAN ANTONIO, TX
  • UNIVERSITY OF GAINESVILLE, FL
  • GLBT PRIDE GRAND RAPIDS, MI
  • GLBT SEMP DETROIT, MI
  • GLBT PRIDE MANCHESTER, NH
  • GLBT PRIDE BANGOR, ME
  • GLBT PRIDE MINNEAPOLIS, MN
  • GLBT PRIDE SAN FRANCISCO
  • GLBT PRIDE SAN DIEGO, CA
  • GLBT PRIDE OAKLAND & SAN JOSE, CA
  • GLBT PRIDE MADISON, WI
  • GLBT PRIDE S.U.N.Y. OSWEGO, NY
  • SUNCOAST RESORT ST. PETERSBURG, FL

 

IMPROV

Karen Ripley has been teaching improvisation to children and adults for over 25 years. Karen has been the in house Improv teacher for Harvey Milk Institute, SF, Ca for the past 9 years.

Some of her clients include:

  • Thunder Road in Oakland, a teen drug and alcohol facility.
  • Adult Children of Alcoholics of Alameda County.
  • Girls Inc., San Leandro, at risk teen girls
  • The Healing Arts Institute in Columbus, Ohio.
  • San Francisco State University
  • Theater Rhinoceros, SF
  • The Shanti Foundation, SF
  • Santa Cruz County Child Care Dept. Aptos, Ca
  • New College, San Francisco. Ca

Karen has been a part of several improv troupes. The most well known, “Over Our Heads”, performed once a month for 13 years at Mama Bears Bookstore in Berkeley, Ca.

Currently Karen performs improv with “Women Who Crave Attention”, featuring Annie Larson, Amy Boyd, Karla Carmony and Jenny McNulty.

THEATER

Waiting for FEMA by Karen Ripley & Annie Larson

Catch a glimpse into your future … will it be an earthquake or tsunami that forces you to scream “HELP! FEMA!” Molly and Edna face chaos in this
comic/musical Red Alert. By comic writer-performers Karen Ripley and Annie Larson, with live musical back-up by Jack “Applejack” Walroth.

Ripley and Larson have toured nationally and have been performing together for over 20 years. Their last play, Show Me Where It Hurts, won “Best of Fringe” at the 2005 San Francisco Fringe Festival.

Waiting for FEMA is currently under going a face lift. Stay tuned…