Pat Candaras is a writer/comedian. She recently returned from doing her one-woman show at the 2006 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The show had it’s debut at the 2001 Edinburgh Festival and went from there to China then back to New York.

Pat, who is now widowed, worked twenty-three years in corporate America, has been married twice, is the mother of three and the grandmother of two. Pat was born in Brooklyn, New York into a family that included her and her sixteen siblings. In her fifties with her children raised, Pat found herself widowed and unemployed. She decided comedy was the only place to go.

STAND-UP

CLUBS – NYC

Surf Reality & Mo Pitkins – New York Comedy Club – Outside NYC – Partial List – Chunky Onion, Hong Kong, China – Comedy Zone, Montreal, Canada – Governors, Long Island, NY – Jester, Kittery, ME – Main Street Comedy Showcase, Ann Arbor, MI – Stitches, Nanuet, NY

THEATER – writer/performer

1999 New York Women Talk Dirty, Waterbury Theatre, Waterbury, CT – 1999 New York Woment Talk Dirty, Stamford Center for the Arts, Stamford, CT – 2005 Grandmotherf****r & the Seducers, FringeNYC, New York, NY – Solo Show GRANDMOTHERF****R – 2000 Actors Theatre of Nantucket, Nantucket, MA – 2001 Dixon Place, New York, NY – 2001 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland – 2002 Don’t Tell Mama, New York, NY – 2002 American Club, Hong Kong, China – 2003 New York International Fringe Festival, New York, NY – 2006 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland

STORYTELLER
The Moth, New York, NY

INTERNET
The Humor Network — writer, political news

TELEVISION
The Moth —– Featured Storyteller —– TRIO
Edinburgh or Bust—– Featured Artist —– BBC
Law and Order —– Judge Vitti—–NBC

Check out some of the wonderful things said about this amazing comedian!
2006 Edinburgh Fringe Festival

**** BROADWAY BABY “………….solid-gold material in her observations of the more extreme reactions of homeland security. …………(she) underlines the absurdity of a society suddenly suspicious of everything. …………..she’d much rather be doing something as mundane like cook a chicken.” P.S., BROADWAY BABY

*** SCOTSMAN “The only thing really wrong with this show is the title. Pat Candaras is by no stretch of anyone’s imagination a Grandmotherf***ER. She is an intelligent performer with a thoughtfully scripted show. You know you are in the hands of a pro at a Pat Candaras gig. And the show is relaxed, even though it is largely about anxiety.”

“Candaras’s delivery is beautifully measured, and leisurely paced, which gives you time to admire the craft in the set. And she is a funny lady.”

“This year she is worried about “the authorities”. Actually, Candaras is worried about almost everything. She is worried about anthrax bombs, suspicious-looking people and small dogs with big ears in a high wind. ……she seems to have rather an irregular obsession with cooking chicken.” Kate Copstick, THE SCOTSMAN

New York International Fringe Festival 2005

“……… A hilarious evening of ribald comedy.” – Tom Penketh, Backstage.com

“…… Refreshing and cathartic, even therapeutic—which I suspect is the whole point.” – Liz Kimberlin, nytheatre.com

“………… An entirely clever evening…….” – GRA6ZYNA DRABIK, Przegl¹ad Polski on-line

New York International Fringe Festival 2003

“… She has a carefully constructed stage persona …” – Jonathan Warman – HX

“…. My advice? See her.” – Kessa De Santis – www.electroniclink.com

“………this latest installment …… Rocked ………..” – Brooke Stowe – Americantheaterweb.com