Paula Poundstone Returns to the McAninch Arts Center (MAC) for an Evening of Standup on September 14, 2024
Recognized by Comedy Central as one of the 100 Best Standup Comics of All Time, Paula Poundstone returns to the McAninch Arts Center (MAC) for the first time in more than 10 years for one performance only at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 14. With her smart, observational humor and spontaneous crowd repertoire, this will be a great evening to share with friends and family.
Poundstone is a regular panelist on NPR’s “Wait, Wait… Don’t Tell Me,” and recently voiced “Forgetter Paula” for the box office smash hit movie Inside Out 2. She also regularly plays theaters across the country and hosts a weekly comedy podcast, “Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone.”
Poundstone has starred in several HBO specials, including Cats, Cops and Stuff, which nabbed a cable ACE award for Best Comedy Special. She was the first female comic to host the White House Correspondents Dinner and filed live coverage of the 1992 Democratic and Republican National Conventions and the Presidential Inaugural for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and the 93rd Emmy Awards.
In a March 2019 piece, Time Magazine asked stand-up comedian and actress Tig Notaro to name the five works that influenced her the most and made her laugh the hardest. Notaro named Poundstone’s Cats, Cops, and Stuff and she stated: “I never missed Paula Poundstone when she came to town.”
The McAninch Arts Center presents Paula Poundstone at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14 in the Belushi Performance Hall, 425 Fawell Blvd, on the campus of College of DuPage. Tickets are $40-$50. For tickets visit AtTheMAC.org or call 630.942.4000. The McAninch Box Office is open Tuesday – Saturday, noon – 6 p.m. and two hours prior to performance.
