Los Angeles-based comedian, Cara Connors, launches her first North American tour in 2022 based on her successful monthly queer comedy showcase, Straight for Pay. A fitting back-to-back kick off on January 29th in San Francisco at PianoFight, and Oakland’s historic White Horse Inn the following day, are the first two dates in a 15 city tour that includes Brooklyn’s Union Hall, Chicago’s The Hideout, and culminates at Dynasty Typewriter in Los Angeles.
“The comedians are either straight, or willing for the right price, but most of them are gay for free.” says Connors, who founded Straight for Pay late Summer 2021. “I book my favorites, most of whom happen to be queer, and curate shows so audiences see diverse lineups offering radically different perspectives, versus the typical one-woman-buried-in the-20-guys-slinging-dick-jokes at an old school comedy club.” The philosophy resonated with audiences and developed a cult following among LA’s indie scene with the likes of Rory Scovel, Hannah Einbinder, and Moses Storm performing to sold out audiences with no formal advertising or press.
A “formerly kept woman and your current girlfriend’s favorite ex-girlfriend,” Connor’s appearances include Just for Laughs, as a series regular on E!’s Dating #NoFilter, and her own series Cara Takes Up Space on OUTtv, plus her pre-pandemic headlining show at the New York Comedy Festival was described as “extraordinarily self-aware, deeply anxious and very self-effacing with some guttural screams thrown in for good measure.” A perpetual late bloomer, the hour explores Connors’ second adolescence and sexual awakening, post divorce “rumspringa,” and occassionally feral existence as a queer, millenial comedian chasing her dreams in Los Angeles while trying to make up for lost time. It’s messy and vulnerable, and also very, very funny.
