Laurie Kilmartin — the first national act to perform at the fledgling Deaf Puppy Comedy Club in downtown Manteca — is on stage tonight and Saturday.

Kilmartin is an Emmy nominated performer, the head writer for the Conan O’Brien show, and a New York Times Best Seller author.

As of Thursday, there were still tickets available for tonight’s 7 and 9:15 p.m. shows as well as the 9:15 p.m. Saturday show at the comedy club located in the 100 block of North Main Street.

Saturday’s 7 p.m. show has already sold out.

General admission for the 7 p.m. shows are $24 while the 9:15 p.m. shows are $15.

The comedian has also written for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, The Late Late Show, and Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn.

She has performed standup on CONAN, The Late Late Show with James Corden, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Comedy Central and Showtime.

Her standup special, 45 Jokes About My Dead Dad made Vulture's list of Top Ten Comedy Specials of 2016. Festival appearances include Just for Laughs, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the Moontower Comedy Festival.

Kilmartin has written two books, Dead People Suck and the New York Times bestseller Sh***y Mom.

She and fellow comic Jackie Kashian host a popular podcast about standup comedy called The Jackie and Laurie Show. Her new album, Corset, was released at #1 on the iTunes charts.

Kilmartin was recently seen on Apple TV’s Gutsy Women series, being interviewed by Hillary and Chelsea Clinton.

Her new one hour comedy special, Cis Woke Grief Slut drops on AppleTV, Amazon Prime and YouTube in January 2024.
For tickets or more details go to deafpuppyclub.com or call 209-622-5745.