Growing up in New Jersey (but refusing to die there), Joanne has made her way around the comedy club scene and around the comedy country. Performing at well-known places like The Friars Club, Gotham Comedy Club, Caroline's, New York Comedy Club, The Laugh Factory and more, not to mention a fixture in the traveling show, “The Broads of Broadway”, she is well known in the comedy world. She even reaches the masses through her TV and media appearances, including Here TV's Hot Gay Comics, Comedy Time TV, and in "Comics Favorite Jokes" in the NY Post. Joanne has taken part in festivals and competitions as well, from The New York Underground Comedy Festival to the Women in Comedy Festival in Boston, to the Ladies of Laughter Competition. She has ventured into the college circuit- hosting, featuring, and headlining in events at Bryn Mawr College, Monmouth and Lehigh Universities, and many more. Her writing side has also come into play as she has just finished co-writing a TV pilot called “No Man’s Land”. She is also a regular speaker at creative writing classes at St. John's University- ensuring her creativity will go on, despite any side effects.

A decade into the business and Joanne has never been more on top of her game. She consistently delivers a unique “stream of consciousness” style of humor full of random thoughts and quirky observations that keep audiences either rolling in the aisles or on the edges of their seats, anxious to hear what she has to say next. With an amazing gift for improv, razor-sharp wit, and a subtle delivery, Joanne is an unexpected gem- a comedian so able to tap into the moment that no two shows are ever alike.

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