Kambri Crews (born June 22, 1971) is an American comedic storyteller based in New York City and author of The New York Timesbestseller[1]Burn Down the Ground: A Memoir, a book about her chaotic childhood with deaf parents.[2] Crews was spotlighted as a top comedy choice in the May 19, 2008 edition of Time Out New York, which called her an "emerging monologist." Crews has also been referred to as a "world-class storyteller".[3]
As a CODA, Crews' storytelling is notable for mixing conventional monologues with the use of American Sign Language; and for finding the humor in even the most hair-raising of childhood memories. Crews' tales typically focus on her childhood in the deep woods of Montgomery, Texas, where she lived in everything from a tin shed[4] to a trailer to the tin shed again.
In October 2007, Crews created the alternative performance space Ochi's Lounge. Located in the lower level of Comix, Ochi's regularly featured open mics, produced shows and guest appearances by stars such as David Cross, Zach Galifianakis, Jim Gaffigan, John Oliver, Mike Daisey, Adam Wade and her husband Christian Finnegan. In addition to overseeing the performance space, she owns her PR and production company Ballyhoo Promotions. She is an Executive Producer of the ECNY Awards and served as the Executive Director of Marketing and Publicity for the comedy nightclub Comix NY from the club's inception in September 2006. She resigned from that post in September 2010 when Ochi's Lounge was closed by new owners of Comix and became the comedy booker for the 92nd Street Y's Tribeca location.[6]
Most prominent in Crews's stories is her father, who was the seventh of ten children of farmers, born completely deaf, and "the black sheep of his very strict Christian family." The summer before Crews entered her senior year at Richland High School, her father attacked her mother. Crews was able to stop the attack and dial 911. He was arrested for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.[9] At seventeen years of age and still in high school, she married a 23-year-old man in the US Navy with her mother’s legal permission since Crews was under the age of consent.[10]
On June 29, 2002, her father was arrested for the attempted murder of his girlfriend;[11] an act for which he was sentenced to 20-years in a Texas prison and died on July 10, 2020.[12] Crews' memoir includes prose versions of many of her performance pieces. She also provides updates about her father in her blog, LoveDaddy.org, and an essay about her childhood was published by Hillary Carlip on FreshYarn.com.
^"Love, Daddy: A Petty Officer & A Gentleman". Love, Daddy.
^Ramirez, Jr., D. "Boyfriend Jailed in Knife Attack", Ft. Worth Star Telegram
^Woodward, Teresa (July 16, 2020). "Deaf inmate granted parole from Texas prison in June but died before he was released". WFAA. from the original on October 24, 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2022.
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Kambri Crews born June 22 1971 is an American comedic storyteller based in New York City and author of The New York Times bestseller 1 Burn Down the Ground A Memoir a book about her chaotic childhood with deaf parents 2 Crews was spotlighted as a top comedy choice in the May 19 2008 edition of Time Out New York which called her an emerging monologist Crews has also been referred to as a world class storyteller 3 Kambri CrewsCrews at the 2012 Texas Book Festival Born 1971 06 22 June 22 1971 age 51 Tulsa Oklahoma United StatesOccupationWriter producer publicistGenreNon fictionNotable worksBurn Down the Ground A MemoirSpouseChristian Finnegan 2006 Present Contents 1 Career 2 Personal life 3 References 4 External linksCareer EditAs a CODA Crews storytelling is notable for mixing conventional monologues with the use of American Sign Language and for finding the humor in even the most hair raising of childhood memories Crews tales typically focus on her childhood in the deep woods of Montgomery Texas where she lived in everything from a tin shed 4 to a trailer to the tin shed again Crews has performed at most of NYC s top indie comedy venues including Joe s Pub Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre Gotham Comedy Club Broadway Comedy Club The Peoples Improv Theater The Bitter End Comix NY and famed literary venue KGB bar and at such shows at The Moth Risk Seth Herzog s Sweet UCBT s School Night Liam McEneaney s Tell Your Friends and the NY LA comedy show Mortified 5 In October 2007 Crews created the alternative performance space Ochi s Lounge Located in the lower level of Comix Ochi s regularly featured open mics produced shows and guest appearances by stars such as David Cross Zach Galifianakis Jim Gaffigan John Oliver Mike Daisey Adam Wade and her husband Christian Finnegan In addition to overseeing the performance space she owns her PR and production company Ballyhoo Promotions She is an Executive Producer of the ECNY Awards and served as the Executive Director of Marketing and Publicity for the comedy nightclub Comix NY from the club s inception in September 2006 She resigned from that post in September 2010 when Ochi s Lounge was closed by new owners of Comix and became the comedy booker for the 92nd Street Y s Tribeca location 6 Since October 2014 Crews has owned and operated the performance venue Q E D Astoria in Astoria Queens 7 The venue has featured Leslie Jones Kate McKinnon Pete Davidson Chris Gethard Todd Barry Kevin Allison Judy Gold Dave Hill Ted Alexandro Judah Friedlander Christian Finnegan Jim Gaffigan Adam Conover Alexandria Ocasio Cortez Gary Gulman Michelle Wolf Moody McCarthy Frank Conniff Jay Pharoah Laurie Kilmartin Ophira Eisenberg Josh Gondelman John Early Hasan Minaj Morgan Murphy John Fugelsang Janeane Garofalo Mike Lawrence Aparna Nancherla Jo Firestone Tom Scharpling Myq Kaplan Baratunde Thurson Sasheer Zamata Michelle Buteau and Mike Doughty 8 Personal life EditMost prominent in Crews s stories is her father who was the seventh of ten children of farmers born completely deaf and the black sheep of his very strict Christian family The summer before Crews entered her senior year at Richland High School her father attacked her mother Crews was able to stop the attack and dial 911 He was arrested for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon 9 At seventeen years of age and still in high school she married a 23 year old man in the US Navy with her mother s legal permission since Crews was under the age of consent 10 On June 29 2002 her father was arrested for the attempted murder of his girlfriend 11 an act for which he was sentenced to 20 years in a Texas prison and died on July 10 2020 12 Crews memoir includes prose versions of many of her performance pieces She also provides updates about her father in her blog LoveDaddy org and an essay about her childhood was published by Hillary Carlip on FreshYarn com She is the great niece to Medal of Honor recipient John R Crews References Edit E Book Nonfiction Books Best Sellers August 23 2015 The New York Times The New York Times Retrieved 30 March 2017 Burn Down the Ground PenguinRandomhouse com HyReviews com NYC Comedy NYC Theatre Discounts Comedy Videos Jokes and More Hy reviews n Shed Kambri Crews Mortified Share the Shame Get Mortified Kambri Crews Tower of Hubris Tower of Hubris Astoria space offers comedy by night and community center by day New York Daily News Retrieved 30 March 2017 Q E D Notable Guests Flickr Love Daddy Smoking Gun Love Daddy A Petty Officer amp A Gentleman Love Daddy Ramirez Jr D Boyfriend Jailed in Knife Attack Ft Worth Star Telegram Woodward Teresa July 16 2020 Deaf inmate granted parole from Texas prison in June but died before he was released WFAA Archived from the original on October 24 2021 Retrieved September 17 2022 External links Edit Wikiquote has quotations related to Kambri Crews Crews personal website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kambri Crews amp oldid 1110805327, 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