DSI Comedy Theatre Welcomes Margaret Cho, 11/19

DSI Comedy Theater is thrilled to be partnering with The Carolina Theatre in Durham to present a one-night only performance by the hilariously irreverent Margaret Cho. This one night stand of her Cho Dependent Tour 2010 will take the stage at the Carolina Theater on Friday, November 19 at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $49 and $37 with discounts available for Carolina Theater members and groups. Tickets are available at The Carolina Theatre, online at www.carolinatheatre.org, and by phone at (919) 560-3030. The Carolina Theatre is located at 309 W. Morgan Street in Durham. More information on DSI Comedy Theater can be found at www.dsicomedy.com.
 
The Margaret Cho performance marks a big move forward for DSI Comedy Theater. The theater is looking to continue to develop its strong roster of alt-comedy in The Triangle and now become a comedy presenter, partnering with regional performing arts spaces.
 
"DSI Comedy Theater is incredibly proud and excited to be working with The Carolina Theatre to bring Margaret Cho and her Cho Dependent Tour to Durham," explains DSI Executive Producer Zach Ward. "Collaborating with Bob Nocek and our new partnership with The Carolina Theatre* should help build some well-deserved momentum for comedy in the Triangle."
 
* DSI Comedy Theater will produce a night of Standup Comedy on February 5th during the 11th Annual NC Comedy Arts Festival. More details at www.nccomedyarts.com
 
This all new stand up show features Margaret Cho's trademark raunchy, socially relevant and politically-charged comedy, plus a unique chance to see her perform a handful of songs from her new comedy album, Cho Dependent. The lyrics on Cho Dependent, which tackle issues of sex, drugs, rock & roll (and lice), may be laugh-inducing, but Cho has made no compromises when it comes to the quality of the songwriting and production.
 
Margaret Cho grew up in San Francisco and started performing stand-up at age 16 in a Comedy Club called The Rose & Thistle above a bookstore her parents ran. Soon after, she won a comedy contest where first prize was opening for Jerry Seinfeld. She moved to Los Angeles in the early '90s and lived in a house with several other young performers. She starred in a short-lived sitcom in the early 90s and took that experience off-Broadway to create a one-woman show called I'm The One That I Want. The show was extremely well received, toured the U.S, and was made into a concert film and a best-selling book of the same name. The film, which garnered incredible reviews, broke the record for the most money grossed per print in movie history. After the success of her first show, Margaret launched Notorious C.H.O. in 2001, a smash-hit 37-city national tour that culminated in a sold-out concert at Carnegie Hall. Notorious C.H.O. was also recorded and released as a feature film, hailed by the New York Times as "Brilliant!" Both films were acquired by Showtime Cable Networks in 2004 and are currently airing on their channels. Margaret embarked on her third sold-out national tour, Revolution, in 2003. The tour ultimately grossed 4.4M and was heralded as "Her strongest show yet!" by the Chicago Sun Times. The concert film premiered on the Sundance Channel in 2004 and was released on DVD later that year. The CD of Revolution was nominated for a Grammy for best comedy album of the year for 2003.
 
In 2004, Margaret took her politically charged State of Emergency tour through the swing states of the Presidential election. Lauded as "Murderously funny!" by the New York Times, State of Emergency eventually evolved into her fourth national show, Assassin. Her most political and topical work to date, Assassin toured the US, Canada and Australia and was filmed at the Warner Theatre in Washington D.C. The concert film premiered in select theatres and on the gay and lesbian premium channel Here! TV in late 2005 and is now available on DVD. A true entertainment pioneer, Margaret also created and starred in The Sensuous Woman, a live variety show featuring vaudevillian burlesque and comedy.
 
In addition to her busy touring schedule, Margaret has proven herself an established writer and blogger; her second book, a collection of essays on all subjects political and pop, I Have Chosen to Stay and Fight was published by Riverhead Books, a division of Penguin Group (2005). Margaret is currently starring in the new comedic drama series, Drop Dead Diva, Sundays on Lifetime.
 
Margaret was the recipient of the Victory Fund's 2008 Leadership Award and the first ever Best Comedy Performance Award at the 2007 Asian Excellence Awards. She also recently received the First Amendment Award from the ACLU of Southern California, and the Intrepid Award from the National Organization for Women (NOW). Throughout her career, she has been honored by GLAAD, American Women in Radio and Television, the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), and PFLAG for making a significant difference in promoting equal rights for all, regardless of race, sexual orientation or gender identity.
 
About DSI Comedy Theater
DSI Comedy Theater, an 84-seat non-smoking theater located in Carrboro, North Carolina, boasts a local company of 45 active performers and a national network of almost 100 professional comedians. A dedicated member of its community, the theatre continues to reach out to the greater Triangle region with fundraisers, outreach, and educational opportunities for all ages and abilities. It is the home of the DSI Comedy Training Center, which offers new classes every month in the art of improvisation, stand-up and sketch comedy. Zach Ward, Owner and Executive Producer of DSI, has trained improv talent featured on television (Jeff Richards, Saturday Night Live, MADtv), the big screen (Maddy Curley, Disney's Stick it), and students featured at IO Chicago, IO West, UCBT NY/LA, Second City, Boom (Amsterdam), and ComedySportz®.

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