About this Event
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Jimmy Tingle is a comedian, producer, and commentator who has provided
commentaries for 60 Minutes II, MSNBC, and Boston stations WBUR,
GBH and WBZ.
As a comedian, he has appeared on The Tonight Show, Conan O’Brien,
PBS, NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross, Comedy Central, Veep, The
Moth and in his own HBO half-hour comedy special.
He is a graduate of UMass Dartmouth (77) and Harvard’s Kennedy
School of Government, where he was the Harvard Graduate School
commencement speaker for the class in 2010.
He is the founder of Humor for Humanity, a social enterprise that raises spirits, funds, and awareness for nonprofits and social causes through his work as an emcee, comedian, producer, and auctioneer.
He is a former candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, and he
received 41% of the vote in the Massachusetts Democratic primary as a first-time candidate for public office.
His latest film is a self-produced comedy documentary JIMMY TINGLE: The “Radical” Middle- Why Would a Comedian Run for Office? The film is
based on his campaign for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts.
Additional documentary film work includes the International Emmy Award Winning Damned in the USA, Channel 4, UK; America with the Top
Down, Channel 4, UK, PBS; When Stand up Stood Out, THINKFilm; Call
Me Lucky, Amazon Prime; and Jimmy Tingle’s American Dream, written
and produced by Jimmy and directed by Vincent Straggas of Flag Day
Productions.
Feature film work includes Head of State starring Chris Rock; Clear
History starring Larry David; Boondock Saints starring Willem Dafoe and Next Stop Wonderland with Hope Davis.
His newest one-person show Humor and Hope for Humanity made its
New York City debut at The SOHO PLAYHOUSE to stellar reviews.
Additional theatrical credits include writing, performing, and producing
several one-person shows including Jimmy Tingle’s Uncommon Sense
which became the longest-running one-person show in the Hasty Pudding Theatre’s storied history; Jimmy Tingle for President- The Funniest
campaign in History and Jimmy Tingle’s American Dream, which both
debuted at Jimmy Tingle’s OFF-BROADWAY Theatre.
He’s a three-time winner of Boston Magazine’s “Best of Boston.” He won
twice in the “stand-up comedy” category and as the artistic producing
director for Jimmy Tingle’s OFF-BROADWAY Theater, in Somerville, MA named “best alternative theater” in greater Boston.
For more information, including interviews, bookings for theatres, private
parties or Humor for Humanity fundraisers, please visit
www.JimmyTingle.com or call 617-642-8102
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