KATHY BUCKLEY
Riveting,
truthful, and challenging are just some for the words that best describe
Kathy Buckley, otherwise known as “America’s First Hearing- Impaired
Comedienne,” Kathy Buckley is more than a popular comic. Her humor has
a higher purpose. As quoted on the PBS television production, “Look
Who’s Laughing”, “My comedy disarms people. I truly believe that
the only disability out there is attitude. I love to make people laugh,
but I love it even more if I can teach them something at the same
time.”
Kathy began her career on a dare to enter a
comedy competition to benefit a non-profit cause. Since that time, she
has risen to become a veteran comedian who has been nominated three
years in a row for an American Comedy Award. She continues to tour the
country appearing at comedy clubs such as The Improv, Catch a Rising
Star, the Ice House. She has guest starred and been featured The
Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Entertainment
Tonight, VH-1’s Stand-up
Spotlight, Live With Kathy Lee and Regis, Evening
at the Improv, and Caroline’s
Comedy Hour on A & E. She recently starred on her own HBO
special Women of the Night
and was the focus of the Emmy Award winning documentary “I Can Hear
the Laughter”.
The
rise to the top was not an easy one and that is what makes Kathy’s
presentation such a compelling one. As a second-grader she was thought
to be retarded. As a young woman enjoying the beach in Los Angeles, she
was run-over by a jeep and was near death. Full recovery took five
years. Just one year later, she was diagnosed with cancer. She now
holds the title of two-time cancer survivor. Kathy’s performance that
reflects on her life story is made extremely funny yet riveting.
Kathy has also creatively transformed her message
into a one-woman play. Her run of six weeks in Los Angeles was extended
for four months and her three-month engagement
Off Broadway ran for four months to sell-out crowds in both
cities. “USA Today”,
“Daily Variety”, and “The New York Times” all gave her show a
rousing review for its impact, humor, inspiration and delivery. Kathy
recently authored an autobiography entitled, “If I Could hear What I
See” and produced a one-women television presentation on PBS of the
same title. Her videotape of this presentation has become one of PBS’
most requested shows.
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