“Amanda’s sense of humor is like a shotgun concealed within a bouquet of roses- you’re like, ‘Oh, how sweet, you shouldn’t have!’ And then she whips out the gauge and gives you a face full of buckshot. That’s comedy.”
-Eli Wainman, Friend
Amanda Egge has a BA in Philosophy from Reed College where she wrote her thesis on Vagueness. After a brief stint in graduate school, she moved to Los Angeles, joined a cult (but not the one you’re thinking of!) and became a stand-up comic. A collector of somewhat expensive pieces of paper, Amanda has a “Master of Improvisation” certificate from the Second City Conservatory Program, where she co-wrote and performed in the sketch show A Monkey could do this Shit! At the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in Los Angeles, she has performed in such shows as Pimp’d, See You Next Tuesday and Not Too Shabby. She also currently co-hosts and curates The Dirtiest Sketch in LA Contest, a monthly sketch comedy show at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre that the Los Angeles Times chose as a Comedy “Pick of the Week” for Thursday, September 15 – Thursday, September 22.
Amanda can be seen performing stand-up regularly in Los Angeles at the Comedy Store, the Improv, the M Bar, the bar in the basement of the Hollywood Ramada Inn and pretty much any place that will let her. In her spare time she writes for the website Ruthless Reviews, produces a weekly podcast from her studio apartment and takes power naps.