“Really smart and funny.”
Caitlin Reese (she/they) is a Queens-based comedian and writer who is not pulling any punches about her mental health, disabilities, or chronic gay condition. She recently released a comedy album, Erotic Associate, available on all streaming platforms. Notably, Caitlin was a Finalist on Amazon Prime’s Comics Watching Comics, featured on Best of Helium Comedy Records Volume 2, published in The Onion, and her pilot, In June, made it as a finalist in Robert McKee’s Scriptapoolza 2022. She regularly performs at comedy clubs in NYC and has been in a million festivals, including the HBO Women in Comedy Fest, Limestone, New York Comedy Festival, and Laughing Skull. She has opened for Kevin McDonald, Michael Ian Black, and Joe DeRosa. In her former life, she was a social worker and ran a rape crisis center. She also used to perform undercover animal rights investigations, likely due to the guilt of putting her childhood cat in bonnets.
Credits:
Published in The Onion
Finalist Scriptapoolza 2022, In June pilot
Straight Guys Podcast Live in New York Comedy Festival 2021
Finalist, Amazon Prime, Comics Watching Comics, Season 8
Selected, HBO Women in Comedy Festival (2018, 2019 & 2020)
Opened for Kevin McDonald, Kids in the Hall
KISMET Show featured in New York Times
Stand-up featured on NBC News
Passed, New York Comedy Club & Helium Comedy Clubs Nationwide
Headlined Chicago Women’s Funny Festival 2019
Winner, Sirius XM PAID or PAIN
Finalist, Gotham Comedy Club 2018 National Ladies of Laughter Competition
Bird City Madness Champion 2020
Selected, Upright Citizen Bridge, Del Close Marathon & UCB New York, Academy Level
Who HaHa Comedy Call Out 2021
Festival Selections:
Laughing Skull, Atlanta
Women in Comedy Festival (2018, 2019 & 2020), Boston, Massachusetts
10,000 Laughs, Minneapolis
Limestone, Indiana
All Jane, Portland, Oregon
San Francisco Sketch Fest, CA
Del Close Marathon, UCB NY
208 Fest, Boise, Idaho
Comedy Fort, Boise, Idaho
Floodwater, Iowa
Bird City Comedy, Phoenix, Arizona
Burning Bridges, Pittsburgh, PA
Out of Bounds, Austin, Texas
Hell Yes Fest, New Orleans, Louisiana
Gilda’s Laugh Fest, Michigan
FEST, Gainesville, Florida
Altercation Festival, Austin
She-Devil, NYC
Burbank Comedy Festival, Burbank, California
Chicago Women’s Funny Festival, Chicago, Illinois
Oak City Comedy Festival, Raleigh, North Carolina
Charm City Comedy Festival, Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore Comedy Festival, Baltimore, Maryland
Hoboken Comedy Festival, Hoboken, New Jersey
5th Borough Comedy Festival, Staten Island, New York
North Carolina Festival, Greensboro, North Carolina
Connecticut Comedy Festival, Bridgeport, Connecticut
Be There Fest, Philly
Midwest Queer Comedy Festival, Chicago
Jersey City Comedy Festival, New Jersey
Bad B*tch Revolution Festival, Long Island City, New York
She Makes Me Laugh, New York
Portland Maine Comedy Festival, Portland, Maine
Portland Queer Comedy Festival, Portland, Oregon
Club Appearances:
COMIX at Mohegan Sun, the Nerdist, Upright Citizens Brigade, Gotham Comedy Club, Broadway Comedy Club, New York Comedy Club, Stand Up NY, The Stand, Greenwich Village Comedy Club, EastVille Comedy Club, Westside Comedy Club, Laugh Boston, The Comedy Studio, ImprovBoston, The Comedy Connection, Nick's Comedy Stop, Philly Comedy Club, Brew Ha Ha at City Steam, Vermont Comedy Club, Fairfield Comedy Club, and the Funny Bone (Albany, Syracuse & Hartford).
Improv:
Beyond stand-up, Caitlin is also an improviser. She is currently in the Academy with Upright Citizens Brigade with additional training from Second City, the Magnet, and the iO. Caitlin has studied improv with Armando Diaz and Will Hines. She performs on a Harold house team, is a member of the touring company, and teaches at Sea Tea Comedy Theater, Hartford, CT. Caitlin has traveled throughout the United States to perform in improv festivals including the Del Close Marathon.
To book Caitlin for your project, please use the form on her Contact page.
