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Comedian and writer
Eddie Sarfaty has appeared on The Today Show, Comedy Central's
Premium Blend, Logo’s Wisecrack, and can currently be seen in
the documentary, Laughing Matters.
Eddie has appeared at
clubs and colleges across the country, and has entertained at corporate
conferences, on cruise ships, and at a variety of special events. He
has been featured at numerous comedy festivals including the prestigious
Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal and The Toyota Comedy Festival in
New York. He performs regularly at major comedy clubs in New York City
including Caroline’s, Gotham Comedy Club, and Stand-Up New York, and
usually spends his summers entertaining audiences in Provincetown, MA.
In 2008, "Second
Guessing-Grandma," a story of Eddie's that appeared in the anthology,
When I Knew, was made into a short film starring Tony-nominee
Kathleen Chalfant. It has been screened at film festivals across the US
as well as in Italy, Britain, Bosnia, and Brazil, has won several jury
prizes and audience-choice awards, and has been seen by over three
hundred and fifty thousand viewers on YouTube.
Eddie’s first book, a
collection of humorous essays entitled Mental: Funny in the Head
(Kensington Books July 2009) has received excellent reviews, is
currently in its third printing, and was the featured selection of the
InsightOut Book Club, a division of Bookspan, for the month of its
release. In addition, his writing has appeared in Metrosource,
Out, and LA Confidential Magazines.
Eddie is on the faculty of The Theatre Lab in Washington, DC and New
York University where he teaches courses in stand-up and comedy
writing.
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