Comedy Diva, Stephanie Peters, grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, idolizing local funnyman Lenny Clarke and his buddies Jay Leno, Denis Leary and Steven Wright, who honed their standup chops at the now-famous Ding Ho. Now, she's appearing on the same bill.
In just one year, Stephanie skyrocketed from playing tiny clubs in Boston's suburbs to strutting her own brand of bawdiness in Leary's "Comics Come Home" benefit, where she shared the limelight with Clarke, Wright and Jay Mohr.
Peters then won the Marshall's Women in Comedy festival, which crowned her one of the top "new" female comics in the country. There she opened for Caroline Rhea at Symphony Hall and the show was broadcast on PAXtv. Included in the comedy show were a "head to toe" makeover that Stephanie would "prefer to forget," and a behind the scenes interview with The View's funny lady, Joy Behar, who exclaimed after watching Stephanie perform, "I have no advice for you, you're great, a real natural!"
The Cambridge comedienne, who has been called the modern-day Totie Fields, also opened for another idol--comic pioneer Joan Rivers. She's performed at such venues as the Berklee Performance Center, the Orpheum, the Wang and the Providence Center for the Performing Arts and appeared with the likes of DL Hughley, Colin Quinn, John Pinette, Jackie Mason and Elvis Presley (the Las Vegas impersonator).
Her funny take on life also won her an on-air gig with "The Inside Track" on 96.9fm Talk Radio where her shoot-from-the-hip opinions and hysterical antics would light up the studio switchboard every day and would earn her the title of "The Comedy Diva."
Most recently, Stephanie not only starred in the Newport Comedy Festival but also appeared on BET's Comic View at the Orpheum Theatre in New Orleans as one of its top new comedians or New Jacks. Stephanie and her husband Jeff The Chef have created holiday food segments for FOX25 News where they can be seen combining Jeff's talent and knowledge of food with Stephanie's design esthetic and quick-wit to make one of the most entertaining and funniest husband and wife television teams since Ricky and Lucy.
Stephanie's "larger than life" stage presence and out of the ordinary looks" have also landed her many print ads and TV commercials, other television appearances include Bob Zany's Comedy Spotlight, Access Hollywood with Pauly Shore, the Newport Comedy Festival on Fox, Who's Hot on 56 and Chronicle's Best of Boston. She's also no stranger to newspaper readers. She's regularly featured in the Boston Herald and has been profiled in the Boston Globe as "one of this town's must-see." Stephanie Peters is now a headliner and can be seen in comedy clubs across the U.S.
When she's not entertaining, the Comedy Diva resides in her hometown with her husband, Jeff, a chef and Elvis, their cocker spaniel.
Steph's Resume
Standup Career
2001 – 2008
TV Appearances:
PAX TV: Winner “Top New Female Comic” Marshall’s Women in Comedy
THE VIEW: Interviewed by Joy Behar
BET TV: “New Jack” on Comic View (New Orleans)
Special -- “Best of the New Jacks” voted in top ten
HBO “When Standup Stood Out” (documentary)
“Comics Come Home” with Denis Leary
FOX NEWS: “Comedy Food Segments” with husband Chef Jeff & Stef
NBC “Access Hollywood” with Pauly Shore
COMCAST: “Comedy Spotlight” with Bob Zany
“Comedy Open Mic” with Dick Doherty
WCVB TV 5 “Chronicle” My Boston Segment
Radio Appearances:
WTKK 96.9 FM: Cohosted as the “Comedy Diva” on the Inside Track (100 Hours).
WZLX 100.7 FM: Regular guest comic with Karlson & McKenzie.
Performed With:
Joan Rivers, Jackie Mason, Joy Behar, Denis Leary, Steven Wright, Jay Mohr, Caroline Rhea, Dane Cook, Colin Quinn, Pauly Shore, John Pinette, Linda Ronstadt, Beaver Brown Band, The Monkees, & Elvis (Vegas Impersonator), and many many more.
Venues:
The Orpheum (Boston & New Orleans), The Berklee Performance Center, Boston Symphony Hall, Cape Cod Melody Tent, Providence Center for the Performing Arts, Madison Square Garden, Worcester Centrum, Newport Comedy Festival, & Foxwood’s.
Clubs:
The Comedy Cellar, Dangerfields, The Gotham, Funnybones, Bananas, The Comedy Connection, Dick Doherty’s Comedy Vault, and every VFW, K of C, Polish American Club, Elks, & Moose Lodge from here to Timbuktu.
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