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    | place_birth=Akron, Ohio, USA
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    | nationality=American
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    | pronouns=[[they/them]]<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/rheabutcher/ Instagram bio], accessed 5 August 2020</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|user=RheaButcher|number=979792359096553477|date=March 30, 2018|title=FYI I use they/them/their pronouns now}}</ref>
    | pronouns=[[they/them]] and [[he/him]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/RheaButcher|title=Twitter bio|access-date=27 July 2021}}</ref>
    | gender="on the nonbinary spectrum"<ref name="Butcher2017">{{Cite web |title=Seeing The Positive In The Future Of Trans Rights |last=Butcher |first=Rhea |work=Bustle |date=6 March 2017 |access-date=5 August 2020 |url= https://www.bustle.com/p/as-a-genderqueer-person-i-believe-visibility-is-our-greatest-weapon-against-hate-in-2017-41645}}</ref>
    | occupation=comedian, actor, writer, producer, podcast host
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    '''Rhea Butcher''' is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, producer, and podcast host. Butcher is best known for personal, observational comedy focused on their vegetarianism, [[feminism]], love of baseball, and experiences as a [[butch]] [[lesbian]].<ref>Flaherty, Bridget (August 17, 2006). "[http://thelaughbutton.com/albums/rhea-butcher-lays-butcher/ Rhea Butcher lays down all that she is and more on "Butcher"]". ''The Laugh Button''. Retrieved November 3, 2016.</ref> Originally from Akron, Ohio, they now reside in Los Angeles, California.<ref name="Rabinowitz">{{cite news|last=Rabinowitz|first=Amanda|title=Comedian Rhea Butcher Keeps Akron at the Heart of Her Success|url=https://www.wksu.org/post/comedian-rhea-butcher-keeps-akron-heart-her-success#stream/0|date=August 26, 2016|website=WKSU|accessdate=October 15, 2020}}</ref>
    '''RB Butcher''' is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, producer, and podcast host. Butcher is best known for personal, observational comedy focused on their vegetarianism, [[feminism]], love of baseball, and experiences as a [[butch]] [[lesbian]].<ref>Flaherty, Bridget (August 17, 2006). "[http://thelaughbutton.com/albums/rhea-butcher-lays-butcher/ Rhea Butcher lays down all that she is and more on "Butcher"]". ''The Laugh Button''. Retrieved November 3, 2016.</ref> Originally from Akron, Ohio, he now resides in Los Angeles, California.<ref name="Rabinowitz">{{cite news|last=Rabinowitz|first=Amanda|title=Comedian Rhea Butcher Keeps Akron at the Heart of Her Success|url=https://www.wksu.org/post/comedian-rhea-butcher-keeps-akron-heart-her-success#stream/0|date=August 26, 2016|website=WKSU|accessdate=October 15, 2020}}</ref>


    == Early life ==
    == Early life ==
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    While attending the University of Akron, Butcher worked at a skateboard shop named Summer Squall<ref>Wallace, Julie (September 11, 2000). "Falls to Be Popular with Skateboarders". ''Akron Beacon Journal'' (Akron, Ohio). p. B1.</ref> and an indoor skating facility called Joe's Skate Park,<ref name= ready>Wallace, Julie (September 14, 2001). "Park for Skaters Ready to Roll Out Mayor, Councilman to Unveil Akron Site Tomorrow". ''Akron Beacon Journal'' (Akron, Ohio). p. D1.</ref> and helped design a skatepark that opened in Akron in 2001.<ref name= ready/> They graduated from the University of Akron with a degree in printmaking in 2005.<ref name= perform/><ref name=":0" /> Butcher attended graduate school at University of Notre Dame.<ref name= perform/>
    While attending the University of Akron, Butcher worked at a skateboard shop named Summer Squall<ref>Wallace, Julie (September 11, 2000). "Falls to Be Popular with Skateboarders". ''Akron Beacon Journal'' (Akron, Ohio). p. B1.</ref> and an indoor skating facility called Joe's Skate Park,<ref name= ready>Wallace, Julie (September 14, 2001). "Park for Skaters Ready to Roll Out Mayor, Councilman to Unveil Akron Site Tomorrow". ''Akron Beacon Journal'' (Akron, Ohio). p. D1.</ref> and helped design a skatepark that opened in Akron in 2001.<ref name= ready/> They graduated from the University of Akron with a degree in printmaking in 2005.<ref name= perform/><ref name=":0" /> Butcher attended graduate school at University of Notre Dame.<ref name= perform/>


    In 2006, they had an art exhibit at a printmaker's show called "Prints at an Exposition".<ref name= art>Shinn, Dorothy (February 5, 2006). "Stellar Printmakers Put Stamp on Exhibit: Summit Artspace Has Local Artists Showcasing Fresh Approaches to Art". ''Akron Beacon Journal":(Akron, Ohio). p. E4.</ref> This exhibit, which was a series of prints on muslin showing the body's organs, was inspired by Butcher's own appendectomy.<ref name= art/>
    In 2006, he had an art exhibit at a printmaker's show called "Prints at an Exposition".<ref name= art>Shinn, Dorothy (February 5, 2006). "Stellar Printmakers Put Stamp on Exhibit: Summit Artspace Has Local Artists Showcasing Fresh Approaches to Art". ''Akron Beacon Journal":(Akron, Ohio). p. E4.</ref> This exhibit, which was a series of prints on muslin showing the body's organs, was inspired by Butcher's own appendectomy.<ref name= art/>


    == Career ==
    == Career ==
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    In the fall of 2014, they appeared alongside Cameron Esposito in a series of videos for BuzzFeed Motion Pictures titled "Ask a Lesbian".<ref>Habersburger, Keith (October 31, 2014). "[https://www.buzzfeed.com/keithhabersberger/ask-a-lesbian-with-cameron-esposito#.va9VV4bKdZ Questions You Wish You Could Ask a Lesbian]". ''BuzzFeed''.</ref><ref>Star, Erika (February 20, 2013). "[http://www.afterellen.com/general-news/105780-lez-stand-out-rhea-butcher-and-cameron-esposito Lez Stand Out: Rhea Butcher and Cameron Esposito]". ''AfterEllen''.</ref> Butcher and Esposito also co-hosted the web series "She Said" for Amy Poehler's Smart Girls Network.<ref>"[https://www.buzzfeed.com/keelyflaherty/a-new-web-series-for-ladies Amy Poehler's Made A New Web Series For Women]". ''BuzzFeed''. Retrieved November 3, 2016.</ref> The two wrote and starred together again in ''Take My Wife,'' on the comedy streaming service Seeso.<ref>Poniewozik, James (May 24, 2017). "[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/24/arts/television/comedy-television-im-dying-up-here-louie-maron.html Have You Heard the One About the Angsty Comic? Yes, Too Often]". ''The New York Times''. Retrieved May 31, 2017.</ref><ref>Yohannes, Alamin (August 29, 2016). "[https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/take-my-wife-honest-comedy-where-lesbians-live-n638056 Cameron Esposito, Rhea Butcher Talk Comedy, Diversity and 'Take My Wife']". ''NBC News''. Retrieved May 31, 2017.</ref> Butcher also co-hosted the stand-up comedy podcast ''Put Your Hands Together'' with Cameron Esposito, which was recorded weekly in front of a live audience at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Los Angeles until it ended in July 2019.<ref>"[https://losangeles.ucbtheatre.com/show/3347 Put Your Hands Together with Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher]". ''UCB Theatre''.</ref><ref>Rapa, Patrick (December 6, 2016). "L.A. standup comic Cameron Esposito diversifies her portfolio". ''The Philadelphia Inquirer''.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/cameronesposito/status/1143884470014992384?lang=en|title=After 6.5 great yrs, @pyhtshow will end July 30. It’s been my baseline in LA — thank u to everyone who ran it, performed on it & came to laugh.pic.twitter.com/15encdzcWe|last=Esposito|first=Cameron|date=2019-06-26|website=@cameronesposito|language=en|access-date=2019-10-07}}</ref>
    In the fall of 2014, they appeared alongside Cameron Esposito in a series of videos for BuzzFeed Motion Pictures titled "Ask a Lesbian".<ref>Habersburger, Keith (October 31, 2014). "[https://www.buzzfeed.com/keithhabersberger/ask-a-lesbian-with-cameron-esposito#.va9VV4bKdZ Questions You Wish You Could Ask a Lesbian]". ''BuzzFeed''.</ref><ref>Star, Erika (February 20, 2013). "[http://www.afterellen.com/general-news/105780-lez-stand-out-rhea-butcher-and-cameron-esposito Lez Stand Out: Rhea Butcher and Cameron Esposito]". ''AfterEllen''.</ref> Butcher and Esposito also co-hosted the web series "She Said" for Amy Poehler's Smart Girls Network.<ref>"[https://www.buzzfeed.com/keelyflaherty/a-new-web-series-for-ladies Amy Poehler's Made A New Web Series For Women]". ''BuzzFeed''. Retrieved November 3, 2016.</ref> The two wrote and starred together again in ''Take My Wife,'' on the comedy streaming service Seeso.<ref>Poniewozik, James (May 24, 2017). "[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/24/arts/television/comedy-television-im-dying-up-here-louie-maron.html Have You Heard the One About the Angsty Comic? Yes, Too Often]". ''The New York Times''. Retrieved May 31, 2017.</ref><ref>Yohannes, Alamin (August 29, 2016). "[https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/take-my-wife-honest-comedy-where-lesbians-live-n638056 Cameron Esposito, Rhea Butcher Talk Comedy, Diversity and 'Take My Wife']". ''NBC News''. Retrieved May 31, 2017.</ref> Butcher also co-hosted the stand-up comedy podcast ''Put Your Hands Together'' with Cameron Esposito, which was recorded weekly in front of a live audience at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Los Angeles until it ended in July 2019.<ref>"[https://losangeles.ucbtheatre.com/show/3347 Put Your Hands Together with Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher]". ''UCB Theatre''.</ref><ref>Rapa, Patrick (December 6, 2016). "L.A. standup comic Cameron Esposito diversifies her portfolio". ''The Philadelphia Inquirer''.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/cameronesposito/status/1143884470014992384?lang=en|title=After 6.5 great yrs, @pyhtshow will end July 30. It’s been my baseline in LA — thank u to everyone who ran it, performed on it & came to laugh.pic.twitter.com/15encdzcWe|last=Esposito|first=Cameron|date=2019-06-26|website=@cameronesposito|language=en|access-date=2019-10-07}}</ref>


    Their first comedy album ''Butcher'' was released in August 2016 by the independent record label Kill Rock Stars.<ref>"[http://www.killrockstars.com/news/Rhea-Butcher Rhea Butcher 'Butcher' Out Now on CD & MP3]". ''Kill Rock Stars''. Retrieved November 3, 2016.</ref><ref name= signing>Heldenfels, Rich (August 21, 2016). "New Album, Show for Comedian Rhea Butcher: Akron Native Returns to Area for Local Appearance, CD Signing". ''Akron Beacon Journal'' (Akron, Ohio). p. E1.</ref> The set was performed at Mississippi Studios in Portland, Oregon.<ref>Watts, Rebecca (January 13, 2016). "[http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/rhea-butcher-is-killing-it/Content?oid=17366298 Rhea Butcher Is Killing It]". ''The Portland Mercury''. Retrieved November 3, 2016.</ref> It debuted at number one on iTunes.<ref name=":0" />
    His first comedy album ''Butcher'' was released in August 2016 by the independent record label Kill Rock Stars.<ref>"[http://www.killrockstars.com/news/Rhea-Butcher Rhea Butcher 'Butcher' Out Now on CD & MP3]". ''Kill Rock Stars''. Retrieved November 3, 2016.</ref><ref name= signing>Heldenfels, Rich (August 21, 2016). "New Album, Show for Comedian Rhea Butcher: Akron Native Returns to Area for Local Appearance, CD Signing". ''Akron Beacon Journal'' (Akron, Ohio). p. E1.</ref> The set was performed at Mississippi Studios in Portland, Oregon.<ref>Watts, Rebecca (January 13, 2016). "[http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/rhea-butcher-is-killing-it/Content?oid=17366298 Rhea Butcher Is Killing It]". ''The Portland Mercury''. Retrieved November 3, 2016.</ref> It debuted at number one on iTunes.<ref name=":0" />


    In 2016, they appeared in 8 episodes of the first season of ''Adam Ruins Everything''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5034326/fullcredits|title=Adam Ruins Everything (TV Series 2015– ) - IMDb|via=www.imdb.com}}</ref> They returned in 2017 for one additional appearance.
    In 2016, they appeared in 8 episodes of the first season of ''Adam Ruins Everything''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5034326/fullcredits|title=Adam Ruins Everything (TV Series 2015– ) - IMDb|via=www.imdb.com}}</ref> They returned in 2017 for one additional appearance.
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    === Voice Acting ===
    === Voice Acting ===
    Butcher provided the voice for Asher, a [[Nonbinary gender in fiction|nonbinary character]] in ''Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts'' in three episodes of season two released in 2020<ref>{{Citation|title=Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts (TV Series 2020– ) - IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt10482560/fullcredits|access-date=2020-06-23}}</ref> as well as voice acting the nonbinary character Sweet in the animated show ''Danger & Eggs''.
    RB Butcher provided the voice for Asher, a [[Nonbinary gender in fiction|nonbinary character]] in ''Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts'' in three episodes of season two released in 2020<ref>{{Citation|title=Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts (TV Series 2020– ) - IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt10482560/fullcredits|access-date=2020-06-23}}</ref> as well as voice acting the nonbinary character Sweet in the animated show ''Danger & Eggs''.


    ==Quotes==
    ==Quotes==

    Revision as of 22:59, 27 July 2021

    River Butcher
    Date of birth August 12, 1982
    Place of birth Akron, Ohio, USA
    Nationality American
    Pronouns they/them and he/him[1]
    Occupation comedian, actor, writer, producer, podcast host

    RB Butcher is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, producer, and podcast host. Butcher is best known for personal, observational comedy focused on their vegetarianism, feminism, love of baseball, and experiences as a butch lesbian.[2] Originally from Akron, Ohio, he now resides in Los Angeles, California.[3]

    Early life

    Butcher was raised in the Kenmore neighborhood of Akron, Ohio,[3] an only child whose parents divorced when Butcher was one month old.[4] They attended Our Lady of the Elms High School[5] and graduated from Archbishop Hoban High School in 2001.[6]

    While attending the University of Akron, Butcher worked at a skateboard shop named Summer Squall[7] and an indoor skating facility called Joe's Skate Park,[8] and helped design a skatepark that opened in Akron in 2001.[8] They graduated from the University of Akron with a degree in printmaking in 2005.[6][4] Butcher attended graduate school at University of Notre Dame.[6]

    In 2006, he had an art exhibit at a printmaker's show called "Prints at an Exposition".[9] This exhibit, which was a series of prints on muslin showing the body's organs, was inspired by Butcher's own appendectomy.[9]

    Career

    Early years

    Butcher began their comedy career performing improv in Chicago at The Second City and has since performed stand-up at clubs including Zanies, the Jukebox, and Flappers, as well as Chicago Underground Comedy, The Hideout, The Lincoln Lodge, UCB, Cole's, and Meltdown.[10][11] They made a late night debut on Conan in June 2016.[12][13]

    2014–present

    In the fall of 2014, they appeared alongside Cameron Esposito in a series of videos for BuzzFeed Motion Pictures titled "Ask a Lesbian".[14][15] Butcher and Esposito also co-hosted the web series "She Said" for Amy Poehler's Smart Girls Network.[16] The two wrote and starred together again in Take My Wife, on the comedy streaming service Seeso.[17][18] Butcher also co-hosted the stand-up comedy podcast Put Your Hands Together with Cameron Esposito, which was recorded weekly in front of a live audience at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Los Angeles until it ended in July 2019.[19][20][21]

    His first comedy album Butcher was released in August 2016 by the independent record label Kill Rock Stars.[22][23] The set was performed at Mississippi Studios in Portland, Oregon.[24] It debuted at number one on iTunes.[4]

    In 2016, they appeared in 8 episodes of the first season of Adam Ruins Everything.[25] They returned in 2017 for one additional appearance.

    In 2018, they started hosting a baseball-focused podcast called Three Swings.[26]

    As stated in an interview, Butcher said their strongest comedy influences are Rosie O'Donnell, Ellen DeGeneres, Brett Butler, Elayne Boosler, Maria Bamford, and Paul F. Tompkins.[27]

    Voice Acting

    RB Butcher provided the voice for Asher, a nonbinary character in Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts in three episodes of season two released in 2020[28] as well as voice acting the nonbinary character Sweet in the animated show Danger & Eggs.

    Quotes

    « Thank you for your support of my haircut. I know it’s a good haircut, not only because you appreciate it, but because when I went through the airport the other day, I got an equal number of ‘ma’ams’ and ‘sirs.’ Right down the middle. Perfect. It’s working.[29] »

    Links

    References

    1. ↑ "Twitter bio". Retrieved 27 July 2021.
    2. ↑ Flaherty, Bridget (August 17, 2006). "Rhea Butcher lays down all that she is and more on "Butcher"". The Laugh Button. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Rabinowitz, Amanda (August 26, 2016). "Comedian Rhea Butcher Keeps Akron at the Heart of Her Success". WKSU. Retrieved October 15, 2020. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Bigley II, James (November 16, 2016). "Comedian Rhea Butcher is the Real Deal". Cleveland Magazine. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
    5. ↑ O'Connor, Bill (May 3, 1995). "Youths Horrified by Nazi Camps: Study of Holocaust Fills Students with Wonder at Evil of WWII Slaughter". Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, Ohio). p. D1.
    6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Heldenfels, Rich (October 12, 2014). "Akron Native to Perform at Musica: Rhea Butcher Returning Home with Stand-up Act". Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, Ohio). p. B1.
    7. ↑ Wallace, Julie (September 11, 2000). "Falls to Be Popular with Skateboarders". Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, Ohio). p. B1.
    8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Wallace, Julie (September 14, 2001). "Park for Skaters Ready to Roll Out Mayor, Councilman to Unveil Akron Site Tomorrow". Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, Ohio). p. D1.
    9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Shinn, Dorothy (February 5, 2006). "Stellar Printmakers Put Stamp on Exhibit: Summit Artspace Has Local Artists Showcasing Fresh Approaches to Art". Akron Beacon Journal":(Akron, Ohio). p. E4.
    10. ↑ "Profile: Rhea Butcher". KCRW. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
    11. ↑ Jung, E. Alex (August 16, 2016). "Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher on Take My Wife, 'The Show Where Lesbians Don’t Die'". Vulture. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
    12. ↑ "Rhea Butcher Stand-Up". Conan. June 30, 2016. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
    13. ↑ "Late Night". The Times Herald-Record (Middletown, New York). June 30, 2016. p. 22.
    14. ↑ Habersburger, Keith (October 31, 2014). "Questions You Wish You Could Ask a Lesbian". BuzzFeed.
    15. ↑ Star, Erika (February 20, 2013). "Lez Stand Out: Rhea Butcher and Cameron Esposito". AfterEllen.
    16. ↑ "Amy Poehler's Made A New Web Series For Women". BuzzFeed. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
    17. ↑ Poniewozik, James (May 24, 2017). "Have You Heard the One About the Angsty Comic? Yes, Too Often". The New York Times. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
    18. ↑ Yohannes, Alamin (August 29, 2016). "Cameron Esposito, Rhea Butcher Talk Comedy, Diversity and 'Take My Wife'". NBC News. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
    19. ↑ "Put Your Hands Together with Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher". UCB Theatre.
    20. ↑ Rapa, Patrick (December 6, 2016). "L.A. standup comic Cameron Esposito diversifies her portfolio". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
    21. ↑ Esposito, Cameron (2019-06-26). "After 6.5 great yrs, @pyhtshow will end July 30. It's been my baseline in LA — thank u to everyone who ran it, performed on it & came to laugh.pic.twitter.com/15encdzcWe". @cameronesposito. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
    22. ↑ "Rhea Butcher 'Butcher' Out Now on CD & MP3". Kill Rock Stars. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
    23. ↑ Heldenfels, Rich (August 21, 2016). "New Album, Show for Comedian Rhea Butcher: Akron Native Returns to Area for Local Appearance, CD Signing". Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, Ohio). p. E1.
    24. ↑ Watts, Rebecca (January 13, 2016). "Rhea Butcher Is Killing It". The Portland Mercury. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
    25. ↑ "Adam Ruins Everything (TV Series 2015– ) - IMDb" – via www.imdb.com.
    26. ↑ Lee, Rachel (April 25, 2018). "Interview with comedian Rhea Butcher". Got a Girl Crush.
    27. ↑ Shapiro, Gregg (2016). "Rhea Butcher: Butcher than all of you: An interview with lesbian comedian Rhea Butcher". Chicago Pride.
    28. ↑ Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts (TV Series 2020– ) - IMDb, retrieved 2020-06-23
    29. ↑ Long, Sarah (February 24, 2017). "Get to Know Nonbinary Comedian Rhea Butcher & Her Other Political Beliefs". SheKnows. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
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