Montalvo Arts Center
Carriage House Performing Arts Series February 2024
WELCOME TO MONTALVO!
I’m so glad that you are able to be with us tonight. Whether it’s your first time here, or your fiftieth—welcome! I am thrilled to welcome you to another season of Montalvo’s Carriage House Performing Arts Series. As a multidisciplinary arts center, there’s even more to enjoy at Montalvo in addition to the world-class talent found in the Carriage House. We are a public park and arboretum open yearPhoto: David Gonzales round for picnics, hiking, and leisurely strolls, as well as a vibrant cultural producer supporting an artist residency, vital arts education programming, and so much more. Montalvo is a nonprofit organization—as such, we rely on the support of patrons like you in order to continue serving our Silicon Valley community. If you have not yet considered becoming a donor, I’d like to personally invite you to engage in a deeper relationship with our dynamic institution. After all, there’s something for everyone at Montalvo! Enjoy the show and thanks again for joining us tonight,
Angela Torre McConnell Executive Director
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TAMMY PESCATELLI
Arguably one of the hardest working women in comedy today, Tammy Pescatelli brings brassy sexiness with a bold voice of witty sarcasm to her audiences, holding her own on the topics of sports, television, dating and family life using tongue-in-cheek humor. She is relatable to every audience member-male & female. After seeing Tammy perform, nearly everyone wishes she was their best friend or sister! “Tammy Pescatelli’s :Way After School Special”, her new special, is a highly anticipated follow up to Tammy’s award winning one hour Netflix (now both on Amazon Prime) special, “Finding the Funny.” Both released to the TOP 3 spots on iTunes! Tammy appeared on the highly acclaimed Showtime Comedy Special, “Women Of A Certain Age 2”. Recently, she had a guest star role on “Blue Bloods” and was also chosen to be one of the few hosts of a new network, Circle TV’s standup show called “Standup Nashville: Live From Zanies”. The clip from Tammy’s appearance on the “Just For Laugh’s Gala with Sebastian Maniscalco”, continues to climb in views on the JFL Facebook and Youtube page garnering close to 50 million views collectively. Signed to Git R’ Done Records, Larry the Cable Guy’s label, Tammy took funny back in time with her successful album release, “#TBT: THROWBACK TAMMY”.
#TBT debuted at the coveted number 2 spot on the iTunes and is in continuous play on SiriusXM, Pandora and many others Tammy has had recent big appearances on The View, Guy’s Grocery Games:Comics Compete and The Howard Stern Show and her being chosen by Jenny McCarthy & Donnie Wahlberg to be a part of their Dirty, Sexy, Funny franchise that included a hilarious all-female slate of standup comedians comedy special on EPIX/ Hulu, a touring show and a pilot for A&E. With a slew of other accolades under her belt – including co- creating, executive producing, writing and starring in her own reality show, A Stand-Up Mother, on the WeTV Network – Tammy has appeared on a number of television shows like The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (4x), A&E’s Donnie Loves Jenny(twice), Bravo’s Rocco’s Dinner Party, CBS’s The Talk, NBC’s Last Comic Standing: The Best of the Best, her own Comedy Central Present Special that won that year’s Comedy Central’s Standup Showdown, and many, many more. Tammy’s career jumpstarted after appearing – and being one of the Final 5 – on NBC’s Last Comic Standing. Her season played out to more than 18 million viewers, garnering her a mass of loyal new fans that found themselves alongside the others she had created by years of touring the comedy clubs. It solidified her as one of the sharpest comics in the comedy world! Pescatelli also guested a number of times on the syndicated Comics Unleashed show and was chosen for their “Best of the Best” that was a world-wide top selling DVD. Internationally she also was featured on the Best of the Just For Laughs, in Montreal, Quebec Canada and The World Stands Up & The Laugh Factory in Europe and Australia. Tammy recently starred as the flawed, yet lovable lead in in “That’s Amore”- an independent “grown up rom-com” that is available Amazon Prime. Her film credits include: Made in Brooklyn, I Am Battle Comic, Single: A Documentary Film and Everybody Wants to Be Italian. Also a regular on USO Comedy tours, Tammy is honored and humbled to have been privileged to have entertained our troops all over the world. She currently continues to tour and sell-out shows around the country.
with Estaban Gast I'm a Colombian-American comedian and writer. I've lived a few lives; teacher and author, running an off-thegrid community, and startup COO. Then, I found my passion: comedy about things that matter. My work has been called "irreverent but aspirational" by Variety and honestly, they nailed it. I write, do standup, and am the comedian-in-residence at Generation180 where I helped create the Climate Comedy Cohort. I've hosted things like a Spotify Original podcast and a few webseries for places like SoulPancake, and a bunch of commercials for an electric car for Hyundai. I also starred in this VICELAND tv show called "Jungletown" following me around that eco-community I mentioned earlier. In 2023, I was chosen as a Grist50 Fixer, and in 2024 the Climate Comedy Cohort won an Anthem Award. You can read more about me and my work in an, Grist, Remezcla, Hollywood Reporter, ABC Nightline, and NPR's "Science Friday" among others.
Montalvo Arts Center presents
The 2023-2024 Carriage House Performing Arts Series Sponsored by The Valley Foundation Ladies of Laughter: Funny and Fabulous Tour
February 2024
The Comedy Zone: Tammy Pescatelli
Sat, Mar 23, 7:30pm
Fri, Feb 2, 7:30pm
Letters Aloud: Thanks, But No Thanks Fri, Feb 16, 7:30pm
The Immediate Family
Alfreda sings Aretha!
Sun, Apr 21, 7pm
Sat, Mar 30, 7:30pm
The Life and Times of A. Einstein
Sat, Feb 24, 7:30pm
Fri, Apr 5, 7:30pm
Richard Glazier: From Broadway to Hollywood
The Comedy Zone: Zoltan Kaszas Sat, Apr 6, 7:30pm
Animaniacs: In Concert starring Rob Paulsen and Randy Rogel Sun, Apr 7, 4pm
Roger McGuinn
Thu, Mar 7, 7:30pm
Guitar Prasanna Band: Be the Change Sat, Mar 16, 7:30pm
Daniel Ho Fri, Mar 22, 7:30pm
Fri, Apr 19, 7:30pm
Right in the Eye
International Guitar Night
God is a Scottish Drag Queen
Spencer Day An Evening with Paula Cole
April 2024
March 2024
Wed, Apr 17, 7:30pm
Sun, Mar 24, 7pm
Sat, Feb 17, 7:30pm
Thu, Feb 29, 7:30pm
The Brit Pack
Tue, Apr 9, 7:30pm
Third Coast Percussion: Perspectives Wed, Apr 10, 7:30pm
Zakir Hussain Tue, Apr 23, 7:30pm
Bette Davis Ain’t for Sissies Fri, Apr 26, 7:30pm
May 2024
Tito Puente, Jr. and His Orchestra Wed, May 1, 7:30pm
Villalobos Brothers Fri, May 3, 7:30pm
The Comedy Zone: Arvin Mitchell Thu, May 9, 7:30pm
LP And The Vinyl Fri, May 10, 7:30pm
The Makaha Sons Fri, May 17, 7:30pm
Full line-up and tickets available online:
montalvoarts.org/ch23
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