Electronic Press Kit

Highlighted Credits

• Comedy tv pilot Cancer Culture was selected for the 2022 Yes And Laughter Lab, sponsored by Comedy Central (and many other industry partners)

• Half hour special for 'Unprotected Sets' on Epix

• Appears on Trinkets (Netflix), Chad (TBS), and Shrill (Hulu)

• Featured in Teen Vogue

• Named 'Comic of the Week' by the Jackie & Laurie Show on Nerdist

• Listed at #28 in the Top 250 Comedians of 2020 - Vulture

• Opened for Tom Segura & Gary Gulman on tour

• Big Sky Comedy Festival

• Bridgetown Comedy Festival

• Laughing Skull Comedy Festival

• SF Sketchfest

• Women In Comedy Festival sponsored by HBO

• Sirius XM

• Limestone Comedy Festival

• Pacific Crest Comedy Fest

• Hell Yes Fest

• Audible / Rooftop Comedy

• Social media content featured on UPROXX

• Treefort Music Festival - Comedyfort

• Beast Village Comedy Festival

• All Jane Comedy Festival (selected for IFC Comedy Road Tour Showcase)

• Top 1,000 Comedians of 2017 - JASH

• Portland Mercury's 2017 'Undisputable Geniuses of Comedy'

• 2017 Willamette Week Funniest Five

• Top 3 for Best Comedian in Willamette Week's 2017 'Best of Portland'

• Idaho Laugh Fest

• 208 Comedy Fest

• Golden Spike Comedy Festival ('Best of the Fest')

• Pickathon Festival

• Siren Nation Festival

• NW Women's Comedy Festival

• Hudson Valley Comedy Festival

• Synesthesia Festival

• Finalist in the ‘Portland’s Funniest Person’ competition at Helium Comedy Club

• Paid Regular at Helium Comedy Club in Portland, OR

• Winner of the first 'Tonight's Funniest' Comedy Competition, 2015

• Former member of the Scared Scriptless Improv Comedy Troupe in Anchorage, Alaska

• Winner of the 1997 Alaska State Spelling Bee (no joke, look it up)

Social Media Profiles

• Website: www.beckybraunstein.com

• Twitter: @BeckyFromAlaska

• Instagram: @BeckyBraunstein

• 'Becky with the Good Jokes' Show Facebook Page

• 'Becky with the Good Jokes' Show Instagram

• 'Becky with the Good Jokes' Show Twitter

Video Demo

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Bio

Becky Braunstein grew up on a mountain in Eagle River, Alaska where she had no one to talk to, moved to Portland, Oregon after being diagnosed with metastatic thyroid cancer and almost losing her voice forever - but she didn’t lose it, and now she won’t shut up. A uniquely enthusiastic comedian and actor, she appears in Trinkets on Netflix, Chad on TBS, Shrill on Hulu, and was recently featured in Teen Vogue, in an article which insisted that each one of her life experiences "deserves [its] own television show". Wanda Sykes & Page Hurwitz agreed, producing Becky’s half-hour stand-up/documentary special as part of ‘Unprotected Sets’ on EPIX. Becky is a fast-rising one-in-a-million performer with fresh energy and wide-eyed enthusiasm that is impossible to ignore. Her scripted comedy pilot Cancer Culture has been selected for the Yes And Laughter Lab, sponsored by Comedy Central. She has been featured at nearly every top comedy festival in the country, including the Big Sky, Bridgetown, SF Sketchfest, Laughing Skull, All Jane, Limestone, 208 & the HBO Women In Comedy Festival, and many others. Her comedy has aired on SiriusXM, IFC & Audible, and she recently opened for Tom Segura and Gary Gulman on tour. Becky hosts a spectacular show called Becky with the Good Jokes, which has featured appearances by Matt Braunger, Pete Holmes, Jamie Lee, The Unipiper, Ian Karmel, Jenny Conlee from The Decemberists, and the mayor of Anchorage, Alaska. She competed in the National Spelling Bee in 1997, is about half fluent in German, and dreams of one day living in a house with central air.   

Press

Feature in the Oregonian about me & my show, Becky with the Good Jokes:

https://www.oregonlive.com/entertainment/2019/04/tired-of-snark-and-sarcasm-in-portlands-comedy-clubs-try-becky-with-the-good-jokes.html

The Anchorage Daily News: A fantastic article about me & my national TV debut in Alaska’s top news source!:

https://www.adn.com/arts/2018/11/14/lifes-a-stage-for-rising-comedy-star-from-eagle-river

Teen Vogue: An amazing article about me & the viral tweet thread about my weird life!

www.teenvogue.com/story/fat-people-want-you-to-know-theyre-more-interesting-than-their-weight

The Top 250 (of the top 1,000) Comedians of 2020 - Vulture

https://www.vulture.com/article/top-1000-comedians-of-2020-covid-zach-broussard.html

An awesome article about me & my new EPIX special in the Anchorage Press!

https://www.anchoragepress.com/arts_and_entertainment/becky-with-the-good-jokes/article_58017952-e317-11e8-b2fb-e38b039aeeba.html

KPTV Fox12 News Good Day Oregon: A fun interview with Stephanie Kralevich about my Epix special & more!

https://www.kptv.com/good_day_oregon/more/portland-comedian-becky-braunstein-featured-in-new-epix-series/article_d57096fa-e783-11e8-9698-13d8be1c296a.html

Deadline: Announcement of the Epix series I will be featured in, produced by Wanda Sykes & Page Hurwitz

https://deadline.com/2018/08/epix-orders-unprotected-sets-late-night-docuseries-on-young-comics-with-ep-wanda-sykes-1202446816/

Interview feature for the Willamette Week's 2017 Funniest Five issue

http://www.wweek.com/special/2017/11/21/funniest-five-becky-braunstein-came-to-portland-to-cure-her-cancer-stayed-for-her-comedy-career/

Splitsider: The Top 1,000 Comedians of 2017 List, announced on JASH

http://splitsider.com/2017/12/zach-broussards-annual-top-1000-comedians-list-is-here-with-the-perfect-twist/

Willamette Week 'Get Busy' Featured Event, Cool Kids Deluxe Best-Of Show at the Doug Fir Mainstage

http://www.wweek.com/arts/events-arts/2017/12/20/die-hard-christmas-day-drinking-and-12-other-things-to-do-this-week-in-portland-dec-20-26/

Feature story & Interview about 'Becky with the Good Jokes' on Good Day Oregon with Stephanie Kralevich

http://www.kptv.com/clip/13594559/comedian-becky-braunstein-bringing-new-show-to-portlands-funhouse-lounge

Feature on the Best of Portland Comedy for the Undisputable Geniuses of Comedy show, Portland Mercury

http://www.portlandmercury.com/comedy/2017/09/13/19313759/the-undisputable-fun-of-the-undisputable-geniuses-of-comedy

Results of 2017 Best of Portland (3rd place, Best Comedian) Announced, Willamette Week

http://www.wweek.com/promotions/2017/02/16/best-of-portland-readers-poll-2017/

Interview on Good Day Oregon on Fox KPTV about Portland's Funniest Person!

http://www.kptv.com/story/35706476/helium-comedy-club-begins-search-for-portlands-funniest-person

Shoutout in the Portland Mercury's Picks for Bridgetown Shows to See

http://www.portlandmercury.com/comedy/2017/05/03/18990593/the-bridgetown-comedy-festival-is-back

Full Lineup of 2017 Bridgetown Comedy Festival Announced - PASTE Magazine

https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/03/full-lineup-for-bridgetown-comedy-festival-announc.html

Coverage of the I Anonymous Show - Portland Mercury

http://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2017/03/21/18901424/photos-from-last-nights-i-anonymous-show

The Portland Mercury announces the 2017 Bridgetown Comedy Festival Lineup

http://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2017/03/14/18891776/at-last-some-good-news-your-bridgetown-comedy-festival-lineup-is-here

KGW News Live at the Square story about Curious Comedy Theater's New Years Eve Show, with featured clip

http://www.kgw.com/entertainment/television/programs/live-at-7/celebrate-the-new-year-with-the-curious-comedy-new-year-s-extravaganza/380008795

Featured post on TriMet's Instagram Roundup for November

http://howweroll.trimet.org/2016/11/30/instagram-roundup-november/

Announcement of Top-5 Finalists in the Willamette Week's 2016 'Best of Portland' poll.

http://www.wweek.com/bop2016/

Article with featured interview about the All Jane Comedy Festival in The Oregonian

http://www.oregonlive.com/art/index.ssf/2016/09/all_jane_comedy_festival.html

Article about the 2016 Notes of Hope benefit show in Vortex Music Magazine

http://www.vrtxmag.com/events/161111-notes-of-hope/

Article about the Hudson Valley Comedy Festival in New York

http://www.dailyfreeman.com/arts-and-entertainment/20160630/hudson-valley-comedy-festival-continues-july-1-2-in-kingston-saugerties-rhinebeck

Interview on KGW's Live at 7 from the Square with Jenny Conlee of The Decemberists, promoting the Notes of Hope benefit show, and talking about being a young adult performer with cancer:

Click here for video

Article and podcast appearance on Date Nights with Roscoe Myrick:

http://www.datenights.net/2015/06/26/having-a-laugh-with-one-of-portlands-funniest-people-becky-braunstein/

“Portland’s Funniest People Pick Portland’s Funniest Things”, a feature in the Willamette Week, 2015:

http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-33407-portlands_funniest_people_pick_portlands_funniest_things.html

“Allison Does Standup” – an article featuring advice from Becky and several other comedians about performing comedy:

http://www.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2014/07/14/alison-does-standup-a-beginners-guide-to-open-mic-comedy-kind-of

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