Paula Poundstone Headlines the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza

The Civic Arts Plaza in Thousand Oaks, CA welcomes comedian Paula Poundstone on Saturday, March 5th. Thirty two years ago Paula Poundstone climbed on a Greyhound bus and traveled across the country -- stopping in at open mic nights at comedy clubs as she went. She went on to become one of our country’s foremost humorists. You can hear her through your laughter as a regular panelist on NPR’s popular rascal of a weekly news quiz show, Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me. Paula lent her distinctive voice to the character “Forgetter Paula” in the Academy Award nominated Disney Pixar film “Inside Out.” While there is no doubt that Poundstone is funny, the thing that probably separates her from the pack of comics working today and that has made her a legend among comics and audiences alike is her ability to be spontaneous with a crowd. In November, 2012 in Washington DC, Paula was honored, along with Nina Totenberg, NPR correspondent; David Brooks, New York Times columnist; and Bob Mankoff, New York-er Cartoon Editor, with the 2012 Moment Magazine Creativity Award at their 35th anniversary symposium and dinner, followed by a one-hour panel on the intersection of humor and politics. Just weeks later Paula was hand-picked to interview Calvin Trillin for the Los Angeles-series-darling, Writers Bloc, a series that presents conversations between the featured author and anoth-er interesting thinker. In April 2013 NPR Laughter Therapy (Highbridge Audio) released a 2-CD collection of NPR’s best interviews and stories with “funny folks” including Paula’s Talk of the Nation interview. If it means anything to anyone, she is recognized as one of Comedy Central's 100 greatest stand-ups of all time. Paula won an American Comedy Award for Best Female Standup Comic, and in 2010 she was one of a select group voted into the Comedy Hall of Fame. Paula is also a published author and lecturer. Her hard cover book, There is Nothing In This Book That I Meant To Say (Crown, 2006, with a forward by Mary Tyler Moore) is still in release on audio (Highbridge) and in paperback. Other writing credits include the back page columnist of Mother Jones, The Los Angeles Times, Entertainment Weekly, and Glamour magazine. The National Endowment for the Arts recently requested Poundstone to sit down for a chat about the art of comedy and her career. Take a listen: http://arts.gov/audio/paula-poundstone GET A LAUGH with Paula’s comedy CD: I Heart Jokes - Paula Tells Them In Boston cdbaby: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/paulapoundstone1/ ITunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/i-heart-jokes-paula-tells/id632789944 Watch Paula on Craig Ferguson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6WnBZ5G6fc Visit Paula at: http://www.paulapoundstone.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/paulapoundstone Twitter: http://twitter.com/PaulaPoundstone . Showtimes: 7:00PM & 9:30PM / Tickets: $30 - $35 / Call: 800-745-3000 Visit: http://www.ticketmaster.com/ The Civic Arts Plaza is located at 2100 E Thousand Oaks, CA 91362