Marga Gomez is a Puerto Rican/Cuban-American comedian, playwright, and
humorist.Gomez got her start in the gay comedy clubs of San Francisco
in the mid-1980s, including the Valencia Rose Cabaret founded by Ron
Lanza and Hank Wilson. She tours nationally in concert, at
universities, nightclubs, cruiseships, and political events. She has
appeared on HBO's Comic Relief, Showtime's Latino Laugh Festival,
Comedy Central's Out There and the PBS series In The Life. Marga's
comedy recording, Hung Like a Fly, is available on Uproar Records. She
is profiled in the 2003 award-winning documentary Laughing Matters
along with Kate Clinton, Suzanne Westenhoefer and Karen Williams.Gomez
won a GLAAD award for Off-Off Broadway theater in 2004. She received
nominations in 2006 for the Drama Desk Award and New York Outer
Critics Circle Award while performing at the 47th Street Theater.
Nominated for the NCLR Bravo award for outstanding performance by a
female in a variety or music series in 1996."Amazing, she's like a
lesbian Lenny Bruce" - Robin Williams
humorist.Gomez got her start in the gay comedy clubs of San Francisco
in the mid-1980s, including the Valencia Rose Cabaret founded by Ron
Lanza and Hank Wilson. She tours nationally in concert, at
universities, nightclubs, cruiseships, and political events. She has
appeared on HBO's Comic Relief, Showtime's Latino Laugh Festival,
Comedy Central's Out There and the PBS series In The Life. Marga's
comedy recording, Hung Like a Fly, is available on Uproar Records. She
is profiled in the 2003 award-winning documentary Laughing Matters
along with Kate Clinton, Suzanne Westenhoefer and Karen Williams.Gomez
won a GLAAD award for Off-Off Broadway theater in 2004. She received
nominations in 2006 for the Drama Desk Award and New York Outer
Critics Circle Award while performing at the 47th Street Theater.
Nominated for the NCLR Bravo award for outstanding performance by a
female in a variety or music series in 1996."Amazing, she's like a
lesbian Lenny Bruce" - Robin Williams
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