Jacquetta Szathmari’s comedy has been called “crackingly smart, funny, philosophical, and often politically incorrect” by the LA Weekly. Her one woman show “That’s Funny. You Didn’t Sound Black on the Phone” was a Backstage Critic’s Pick and a 2010 Hollywood Fringe Festival Best Comedy Nominee. In addition to her on stage performances, she co-hosts the weekly podcast Hey You Know It available on iTunes, and has been featured in the New York Times Best Seller “How to Be Black” by Baratunde Thurstonas well as“Don’t Bring Home a White Boy” by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Karen Hunter.
Szathmari is a New York based writer, comedian, and social commentator. A native of extremely rural Maryland, her observations on race, class relations and the failures of modern society are presented with a uniquely intelligent perspective and a sharp tongued wit. Szathmari has hosted and performed in comedy clubs all over NYC including the New York Comedy Club, the PIT, and UCB. She currently produces the monthly all female variety show “Balls Out Comedy” at the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City. Her latest solo show “That Old Black Magic”will premiere in the 2012 Hollywood Fringe Festival.
Szathmari holds a degree in Medieval Studies and Theatre from Sarah Lawrence, and a MSTESOL from City College. Prior to her career in entertainment, she taught ESL for a decade in Budapest, Washington D.C., and New York for a number of institutions including The New School and Columbia University. A natural wordsmith, she has penned for a variety of outlets ranging from “Wall St. with Jim Cramer” writing about finance, to major fashion brands as a copywriter. Of course, she is on Twitter and Facebook and Tumblr.
