FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Joyce Linehan/Ashmont Media, 617-282-2510, [email protected] LIZZ WINSTEAD PERFORMS BANG THE DUMB SLOWLY: THE LONG ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE OCTOBER 28, 2012 AT JOHNNY D’S IN SOMERVILLE The Daily Show co-creator, comedian and author performs a hilarious recap of the 2012 Presidential race High res photo available on request. Winstead is available for interviews . Use the contact information above to schedule. (BOSTON – Sept. 25, 2012) Comedian Lizz Winstead offers a unique and hilarious take on the story thus far. Winstead combines stand-up comedy with video clips and graphics to chronicle the most outrageous moments of this campaign season, reminding us that if we don’t keep laughing, we may never stop crying. The performance takes place Sunday, Oct. 28 at 8:30 p.m. (Doors open at 8 p.m.) at Johnny D’s, 17 Holland St., in Davis Square, Somerville. $20 in advance/$24 day of show. Johnny D’s is 21 +. Tickets go on sale Wednesday, Sept. 26, and can be purchased at www.johnnyds.com , or in person with cash only at Johnny D’s, Tuesday through Friday from 3:30-6:30 p.m. For more information, call 617-776-2004. And then there were two. From a field of twelve very special GOP nopefuls springs the RomCom duo of Romney/Ryan to square off against President Obama and Vice President Biden. But how did this long national nightmare lead us here? Comedian Lizz Winstead brings her amazingly astute voice to recap it all in a satirical barnstorming. She takes on hypocrisy with a brilliant, razor sharp wit, hitting all the big targets. From the clown car of candidates, birth control to Bain, nothing and no one is exempt from a hilarious jab. To those looking for a hilarious perspective on the madness of the 2012 political season, who feel like the state of our union is in quite a state, Winstead provides a much-needed catharsis. According to Winstead, “The nation has watched a cabal of GOP incompetents vied to win the support of a GOP base made up of bible barnacles who have tossed things like compromise and science into the dumpster of bygone bipartisanship. Now they have Their Ticket, and it's The Community Organizer vs. The Gated Community Organizer. I’ll be summing up the race to the White House and the do-nothing- but-vote-on abortion-bills Congress. Catharsis is good and I love doing this show because it reminds us all: if we are still laughing, we haven’t given up hope.” As co-creator and former head writer of The Daily Show and Air America Radio co-founder, Lizz Winstead is one of the top political satirists in America. As a performer, she brought her political wit to The Daily Show as a Correspondent and later to radio, co-hosting Air America Radio’s Unfiltered . While at Air America, she recruited Hip Hop legend Chuck D and political big brain Rachel Maddow. Winstead’s talents as a comedian and media visionary have been recognized by The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Entertainment Weekly’s 100 most Creative People issue . She has made numerous television appearances, including Comedy Central Presents and as a regular contributor for MSNBC’s The Ed Show and The Joy Behar Show . She wrote and produced an independent pilot of her Off-Broadway hit, Wake Up World , a show Maddow called, “The funniest thing I have seen in years.” For the past two years, she has donated much of her time to Planned Parenthood, performing benefits for Planned Parenthood affiliates throughout the United States, raising over $1 million to date. Her first book, Lizz Free or Die, was released to rave reviews in 2012. -30- Joyce Linehan Ashmont Media 10A Burt St., Dorchester, Mass. 02124 (617) 282-2510 x 1 Current press releases and high res images: http://www.ashmontmedia.com/media_releases.html www.twitter.com/ashmont Skype: joycelinehan - AIM: joyceashmont .