Marga Gomez
Harlem-born comedian Marga Gomez is proudly Latina, openly gay, slightly dorky, tragically sexy and drop-dead funny. With material based on her singular parents, strict Catholic schooling and checkered encounters with a parade of Ms. Wrongs, Gomez’s acts capitalize on her frisky physicality and endearing gap-tooth smile. The playwright and performer’s nine high-energy solo shows have earned her a GLAAD Award (for 2005’s Proud and Bothered) and a New York Drama Desk Award nomination (for Los Big Names in 2006), and legions of fans from San Francisco to Provincetown and to the latest Olivia cruise. “I love playing Pride events at colleges or any LGBT youth groups because the kids teach me what’s up,” Gomez adds. She’s appeared on HBO’s Comic Relief, Showtime’s Latino Laugh Festival, Comedy Central’s Out There and LOGO’s Wisecracks and One Night Stand Up; and at top NYC venues like The Public Theater, PS 122 and Gotham Comedy Club. This summer, catch Gomez in her new show Gomez & Tropicana Do Jan Brewer at Dixon Place’s HOT Festival, with co-conspirator Carmelita Tropicana.
