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| place_birth=Akron, Ohio, USA | | place_birth=Akron, Ohio, USA | ||
| nationality=American | | nationality=American | ||
| pronouns=[[they/them]] | | pronouns=[[they/them]] and [[he/him]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/RheaButcher|title=Twitter bio|access-date=27 July 2021}}</ref> | ||
| occupation=comedian, actor, writer, producer, podcast host | | occupation=comedian, actor, writer, producer, podcast host | ||
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''' | '''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, | 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> | ||
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== | ||