Emporium Presents


Maria Bamford

Kel Cripe

Saturday, February 8, 2025

Doors: 6:30 pm / Show: 7:30 pm


Lobero Theatre

Santa Barbara, CA

Maria Bamford

www.mariabamfordcomedy.com/


Maria Bamford is revered for her deeply personal and experimental comedy about mental illness. She starred in the surreal, semi-autobiographical Netflix comedy series Lady Dynamite, about a comedian who suffers a nervous breakdown, and is the star of three unconventional hour-long stand-up specials: Weakness is the Brand, Old Baby and Maria Bamford, the special, special, special! Maria was the first female comic to have two half-hour Comedy Central Presents specials and starred alongside Patton Oswalt, Zach Galifianakis and Brian Posehn in the Comedy Central series The Comedians of Comedy and Netflix’s Comedians of Comedy: The Movie. She also created and starred in the cult hit web series The Maria Bamford Show, in which she plays all the characters.

Maria is often recognized for her prolific voiceover work, including characters on Big Mouth, BoJack Horseman, Summer Camp Island, Adventure Time, Talking Tom and Friends, Bob’s Burgers, Legend of Korra, Puss in Boots, CatDog and PBS’s Emmy-winning series Word Girl. She also stars as Tilly Mulch in Team Coco’s scripted podcast Frontier Tween. Maria played DeBrie Bardeaux on Netflix’s Arrested Development and recurred on the ABC hit series Fresh off the Boat. She is the 2014 winner of the American Comedy Award for Best Club Comic. Maria’s late night appearances include CONAN, The Tonight Show, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and Late Night with Seth Meyers.

Kel Cripe

www.kelcripe.com/


Meet Kel

Kel Cripe is a comedian, writer and actor based in Los Angeles. They are repped by Geordan Somerville (g.somerville@bep-la.com) and Julia Weinstock (j.weinstock@bep-la.com) at Brillstein Entertainment.

In 2024, Kel was featured in Netflix is a Joke Fest’s Introducing… showcase. You can watch their full set here.  You can hear their 2023 Netflix is a Joke Radio Set on SiriusXM.  Kel has also been featured in SF Sketchfest and NY Comedy Fest.

In addition to stand up, Kel is 1/3 of comedy trio Babe Motel, where they write/perform live and digital sketch shows.

In 2023, Kel wrote, produced and starred in their sold out debut play:  Concessions: The Show (A Journey Through the Four Kingdoms of the Candy Realm) directed by Chris Fleming.

On TikTok, Kel grew a following making comedy videos  under the username @reallygoodimpressions.

Kel also has experience as a Creative Director and Freelance Creator. They’ve done work for a variety of media companies, including GIPHY, Tumblr, Hinge, Tubi, Tinder & more. In 2021, Kel was selected as one of twelve creators for GIPHY Studios’ first ever Creators Club.

​Kel graduated from Chapman University in 2020 with a BFA in Film Production, Editing.

In their free time, Kel collects Hot Wheels, draws comics and plays fetch with their orange cat named Lasana.

Additional Information

Ages: All Ages
Seating: Reserved