Comedian Paula Poundstone to Return to Concord's Capitol Center for the Arts on Saturday, October 11

Comedienne, actress and author Paula Poundstone will return to Concord's Capitol Center for the Arts on Saturday, October 11, at 8pm with a fresh stand-up act.

Poundstone began nurturing her stand-up comedy talent in 1979 on the Boston comedy scene before moving to San Francisco. By 1990 she had moved to Los Angeles, starred in multiple HBO comedy specials and appeared on "Saturday Night Live." Poundstone was the first woman to receive a Cable ACE Award for a comedy special for her one-hour HBO special, "Cats, Cops, and Stuff." She received her second Cable ACE Award for her self-titled HBO talk show series.

Continuing with many successes throughout the 1990s, Poundstone starred in "The Paula Poundstone Show" on ABC, appeared in her second one-hour special on HBO titled "Paula Poundstone Goes to Harvard," and appeared on camera and as the voice of characters in several television shows including: "Cybill," "Science Court," "Hercules" and "Home Movies." In 2007, she appeared in a BRAVO comedy special, "Paula Poundstone: Look What the Cat Dragged In." Poundstone is the recipient of an Emmy Award for her field pieces on the PBS program "Life & Times" and most recently appeared in the television documentary "Why We Laugh: Funny Women."

Poundstone is a regular panelist on NPR's weekly quiz program "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me," where her impeccable timing is key to the show's format. She has written several magazine articles, including five years of writing the back page column in "Mother Jones," and has authored multiple books, including "There's Nothing In This Book That I Meant To Say." Her first comedy CD, "I HEART JOKES: Paula Tells Them In Maine," was release in 2009. Her most recent comedy CD titled "I HEART JOKES: Paula Tells Them In Boston," was released in 2013. Both are available at www.paulapoundstone.com.

Tickets for Paula Poundstone's performance are available now by calling 603-225-1111, online at www.ccanh.com, and at the box office, located at 44 South Main Street, Concord, NH 03301, on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tickets: $39 Orchestra/Mezzanine, and $29 Rear Ochestra/Balcony, & $19 Rear Balcony.

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