Presented by The Music Hall
Maria Bamford is revered for her deeply personal and experimental comedy about mental illness. She’s the author of the
New York Times
bestselling memoir
Sure, I’ll Join Your Cult
and is the star of four hour-long standup specials (
Local Act, Weakness is the Brand, Old Baby
and
Maria Bamford: the special, special, special!
) and the surreal, semi-autobiographical Netflix comedy series
Lady Dynamite
, about a comedian who suffers a nervous breakdown. Maria was the first female comic to have two half-hour
Comedy Central Presents
specials and starred alongside Patton Oswalt, Zach Galifianakis and Brian Posehn in
The Comedians of Comedy
. She also created and starred in the cult hit web series
The Maria Bamford Show
, in which she plays all the characters.
