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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.[4] Originally from Akron, Ohio, they now reside in Los Angeles, California.[5]

River Butcher
Rhea Butcher.jpg
Date of birth August 12, 1982
Place of birth Akron, Ohio, USA
Nationality American
Pronouns they/them[1][2]
Gender identity "on the nonbinary spectrum"[3]
Occupation comedian, actor, writer, producer, podcast host

Early life

Butcher was raised in the Kenmore neighborhood of Akron, Ohio,[6] an only child whose parents divorced when Butcher was one month old.[7] They attended Our Lady of the Elms High School[8] and graduated from Archbishop Hoban High School in 2001.[9]

While attending the University of Akron, Butcher worked at a skateboard shop named Summer Squall[10] and an indoor skating facility called Joe's Skate Park,[11] and helped design a skatepark that opened in Akron in 2001.[11] They graduated from the University of Akron with a degree in printmaking in 2005.[9][7] Butcher attended graduate school at University of Notre Dame.[9]

In 2006, they had an art exhibit at a printmaker's show called "Prints at an Exposition".[12] This exhibit, which was a series of prints on muslin showing the body's organs, was inspired by Butcher's own appendectomy.[12]

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.[13][14] They made a late night debut on Conan in June 2016.[15][16]

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".[17][18] Butcher and Esposito also co-hosted the web series "She Said" for Amy Poehler's Smart Girls Network.[19] The two wrote and starred together again in Take My Wife, on the comedy streaming service Seeso.[20][21] 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.[22][23][24]

Their first comedy album Butcher was released in August 2016 by the independent record label Kill Rock Stars.[25][26] The set was performed at Mississippi Studios in Portland, Oregon.[27] It debuted at number one on iTunes.[7]

In 2016, they appeared in 8 episodes of the first season of Adam Ruins Everything.[28] They returned in 2017 for one additional appearance.

In 2018, they started hosting a baseball-focused podcast called Three Swings.[29]

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.[30]

Voice Acting

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.[31]

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.[32] »

Links

References

  1. ↑ Instagram bio, accessed 5 August 2020
  2. ↑ @RheaButcher (March 30, 2018). "FYI I use they/them/their pronouns now" – via Twitter.
  3. ↑ Butcher, Rhea (6 March 2017). "Seeing The Positive In The Future Of Trans Rights". Bustle. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  4. ↑ Flaherty, Bridget (August 17, 2006). "Rhea Butcher lays down all that she is and more on "Butcher"". The Laugh Button. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  5. ↑ Rabinowitz, Amanda (August 26, 2016). "Comedian Rhea Butcher Keeps Akron at the Heart of Her Success". WKSU. Retrieved December 11, 2019. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  6. ↑ Rabinowitz, Amanda (August 26, 2016). "Comedian Rhea Butcher Keeps Akron at the Heart of Her Success". WKSU. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Bigley II, James (November 16, 2016). "Comedian Rhea Butcher is the Real Deal". Cleveland Magazine. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 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.
  10. ↑ Wallace, Julie (September 11, 2000). "Falls to Be Popular with Skateboarders". Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, Ohio). p. B1.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 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.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 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.
  13. ↑ "Profile: Rhea Butcher". KCRW. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  14. ↑ 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.
  15. ↑ "Rhea Butcher Stand-Up". Conan. June 30, 2016. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  16. ↑ "Late Night". The Times Herald-Record (Middletown, New York). June 30, 2016. p. 22.
  17. ↑ Habersburger, Keith (October 31, 2014). "Questions You Wish You Could Ask a Lesbian". BuzzFeed.
  18. ↑ Star, Erika (February 20, 2013). "Lez Stand Out: Rhea Butcher and Cameron Esposito". AfterEllen.
  19. ↑ "Amy Poehler's Made A New Web Series For Women". BuzzFeed. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  20. ↑ 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.
  21. ↑ Yohannes, Alamin (August 29, 2016). "Cameron Esposito, Rhea Butcher Talk Comedy, Diversity and 'Take My Wife'". NBC News. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  22. ↑ "Put Your Hands Together with Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher". UCB Theatre.
  23. ↑ Rapa, Patrick (December 6, 2016). "L.A. standup comic Cameron Esposito diversifies her portfolio". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
  24. ↑ 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.
  25. ↑ "Rhea Butcher 'Butcher' Out Now on CD & MP3". Kill Rock Stars. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  26. ↑ 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.
  27. ↑ Watts, Rebecca (January 13, 2016). "Rhea Butcher Is Killing It". The Portland Mercury. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  28. ↑ "Adam Ruins Everything (TV Series 2015– ) - IMDb" – via www.imdb.com.
  29. ↑ Lee, Rachel (April 25, 2018). "Interview with comedian Rhea Butcher". Got a Girl Crush.
  30. ↑ Shapiro, Gregg (2016). "Rhea Butcher: Butcher than all of you: An interview with lesbian comedian Rhea Butcher". Chicago Pride.
  31. ↑ Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts (TV Series 2020– ) - IMDb, retrieved 2020-06-23
  32. ↑ 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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