Kathleen Madigan to Play the Hemmens Cultural Center in Elgin!
With her new Showtime special, Gone Madigan, in constant rotation and the DVD-CD of the special topping the Amazon and iTunes charts, Madigan has the entire year booked with over 100 theater gigs across the country and numerous television appearances.
Although she's has turned down many writing jobs because she loves performing more, Madigan has written and produced for Lewis Black's Root of All Evil on Comedy Central and for Garry Shandling. “I'll write for other people–not many– but a few and only if they have a clear voice and persona that I already think is funny and if they let me write in my pajamas and smoke.” She remains the only comedian in the history of NBC's Last Comic Standing to go unchallenged by any other comedian–meaning no other comedian would say they were funnier than her. Madigan was a finalist in season 2 of Last Comic Standing and a judge on season 5. “It was fun to judge it once, but never again. I just can't think of 2000 ways to tell someone they're not funny without turning into a full blown alcoholic.”
She's a favorite on nationally syndicated radio shows such as The Bob and Tom Show and The Stephanie Miller Show. She's also a constant on SIRIUS-XM Radio and last year beat out all the guys–including Larry the Cable Guy, Ron White and Jeff Foxworthy– to win the listener determined “SIRIUS Challenge Cup,” deeming her the number one favorite comedian played on SIRIUS radio. Madigan has released four CDs and two hour long DVDs.
Born in St. Louis, she now lives in Los Angeles but spends, as she puts it, “inordinate amounts of time,” with her 6 siblings and parents who live in the Midwest where she hangs out on her farm and on a raft in a lake. After 22 years of 300 nights on the road, her goal remains to move to Ireland and drink Guinness while feeding her sheep herding dogs.
Kathleen Madigan will perform at the Hemmens Cultural Center in Elgin on Saturday, October 8th at 8:00pm. Tickets are on sale now and are priced at $30.00. Tickets may be purchased at the Hemmens Box Office, online at www.hemmens.org, or charge by phone at (847)931-5900. The Hemmens is located at 45 Symphony Way in Elgin, IL.