Comedy & Music to Thaw a Winter Afternoon--a benefit for Youth Pride Inc. featuring Poppy Champlin & Susan Souza

     
                   
Join us for an afternoon of fun, music, and lots of laughs to support of a great cause! Comedian Poppy Champlin will entertain you with her  sharp wit and intuitive jokes that can penetrate the heart of any discerning audience's funny bone . Also performing is folk/rock musician Susan Souza. 
The event starts at 4:00pm on Sunday, January 13th and will take place at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of South County, 27 North Road, Peace Dale, Ri.… Show more  Tickets are only $20.
Tickets may also be purchased by check. Please mail your check to:
Youth Pride Inc.
743 Westminster Street
Providence, Ri  02903
If you have any questions about the event, please contact Youth Pride Inc.'s Executive Director Kerri Kanelos at (401) 421-5626 or via e-mail at kerri@youthprideri.org. 
 
About Youth Pride Inc.:
Youth Pride Inc.’s mission is to meet the unique and ongoing needs of youth and young adults impacted by sexual orientation and gender identity/expression through advocacy, support and empowerment to bring about social change.
Youth Pride Inc. (Ypi) is the only safe drop-in space in Rhode Island providing the services and opportunities necessary for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (LGBTQQ) youth and young adults to live full, healthy lives. Ypi also works to eliminate bias and bigotry directed toward LGBTQQ youth through educational presentations and trainings that help create systems change and empower young people to advocate for change within the communities in which they live. We have a rich history of building meaningful community partnerships, and are identified and sought out as content experts in youth development and LGBTQQ youth concerns.
About Poppy Champlin:
There’s just something about Poppy. She is a veteran comic whose sharp wit and intuitive jokes can penetrate the heart of any discerning audiences funny bone. Looking urban cool she erupts onto the stage, with a hip, fearless and in your face style of comedy. Spitting out jokes, quips, songs, impressions, interactions, bird calls and with deep resources to draw from, all of Poppy’s’ shows can be described as spin art – “No two alike.â€*   Poppy is crackerjack at the craft of Improv. Throw anything at her and watch as she magically turns it into comedic fodder.   Having graduated from the University of Ri with a degree in Theatre she then went on to the Famed Chicago Second City Improv School. Champlin is one of the quickest witted comedians working either coast today.   She has a wild and roaming spontaneity, which makes each show actually feel like one of a kind. She is a powerful performer who can glide between practiced patter and off the cuff insightful improvisation. Poppy’s experience with classic standup and Improv, gives her a double-barreled flexibility that works particularly well with her subjects of choice. Besides Poppy’s deep comedic chops, she actually has a seriously good voice that she puts to use during her performance making sure to end every show on a good note.  Her stand-up pedigree is flawless; from her latest   Showtime Special: Pride, and Logo Special: One Night Stand-Up, to Oprah Winfrey, and a featured story on Entertainment Tonight, a winner on The Joan Rivers Show, and a panel guest on Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen. She is also a favorite on Atlantis and Olivia cruises.  Poppy has opened for such comics as Ray Romano, Denis Leary, Bill Maher, Bill Hicks and Rosie O’Donnell.   Her club appearances are many.  Poppy currently can be seen performing her comedy in New York at Gotham and the Comedy Cellar or on TV in the Hbo Documentary “ All Aboard Rosie’s Family Vacation â€* and traveling around the country producing her own shows called, Queer Queens of Qomedy, now in it's seventh year.
About Susan Souza:
Susan Souza is originally from Massachusetts, through the years, her musical vocation has taken many forms: as a solo artist, in acoustic duos, and as a lead singer of a band. After taking a long break from performing and recording in the late 90s and early 2000s to pursue a “ normalâ€* life, Susan realized that the inner peace that creating music offered was worth giving up the conventional securities she thought she wanted. Susan resumed her music career in 2005, deciding never to stop again. “Change must always be balanced with some degree of consistencyâ€* and Susan Souza has lived this. Her career has been off and on for many years due to life changing circumstances, but her stage presence, musicianship and writing ability has consistently improved. Susan embraces her eclectic musical taste and this comes through in her music, as many of the songs are unique. The finished product is a variety of genres that can be considered folk, rock, sometimes blues, or something else. The listener always seems to find a place within Souza's music where they feel comfortable, or emotionally uncomfortable, and effected by what she is expressing. Like any form of art the artists’ goal is to evoke an emotional response from the viewer or listener; and Susan does this seemingly effortlessly.

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