Laura Merli is an NYC-based comedian, who's dark, punchy humor is inspired by Mitch Hedberg and Maria Bamford. Her stand up comedy special, Night Banana, was produced by Rhizome Comedy and distributed by Comedy Dynamics. It's available on Amazon Prime and Apple TV. You can find those links and more places to stream it here.

 

Laura has written for Reductress, McSweeney’s, The Hard Times, and Cracked. She performed in the NY Comedy Festival (headlining show), the Women in Comedy Festival, and 10000 Laughs.

 

She’s also been featured on Buzzfeed, SomeeCards, and the NY Daily News. Her TikTok videos have been liked over 2 million times.

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As someone who didn’t start comedy until their late 20s, Laura has held a wide variety of odd jobs including cashier, ebay store photographer, project manager, zombie in an escape room, business analyst, and carnival worker (her grandparents family business). She has since written for and acted on sketch house teams at the PIT and Improv Boston. She’s also been a contributor to Reductress, The Hard Times, and McSweeney’s.

 

She's also hosted/written/produced videos for the female-focused humor brand Cheezcake. You can check out those & her personal content on youtube.com/LauraMerliComedy

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