LIVE COMEDY SHOWS

Public Victories

Creative Producer, Co-Host & Storyteller

Monthly Live Storytelling show where performers share stories of big and small victories in their lives.

Brooklyn, Young Ethels, June 2022 - Present, 2nd Sunday of every month

Press: The Skint, Nonsense, Comedy Cake

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Wack or Woke? Andrea Coleman Judges the Law (Woke Laws) 

Creator, Producer & Host

Comedy show that profiles American Laws tasking comics with ruling on whether the law is "wack" or "woke." The show also highlights black female judges who should be on the Supreme Court.

The Tank, NYC February 2019 - October 2020

George Washington Law - May 2021

Press: The New York Times, TimeOut NY, NPR, WNYC, Comedy Cake, The Skint

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All Rise 

Co-Creator, Co-Producer & Co-Host with JR Strauss 

Live Comedy Mock Trial of landmark Supreme Court cases

NYC, Caveat, 2018

Press: The New York Times, Broadway World

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solo SHOWS

Three White Guys Named John

Writer & Performer

NYC : The PIT Solocom 2024, LimeFest 2024 at The Tank, Caveat

Press: Broadway World, The Skint, The Comedy Bureau, Comedy Cake

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The Fibroid Chronicles

Writer & Performer

NYC, The Tank, 2019

Press: Broadway World

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SKETCH COMEDY

Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB), NYC 

Maude Team - Young Douglas, 2020, 2024

Actor & Writer

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The Armory Comedy, NYC

Team - Be Kind Rewind, 2019 - 2020

Writer

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The Armory Comedy, NYC

Team - Nipple-less Cage, 2018

Actor & Writer

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COMEDY FESTIVALS

The PIT Solocom, 2024

LimeFest, 2024

San Francisco Sketch Fest, 2020

Austin Sketch Fest, Austin, TX, 2019

She Makes Me Laugh, NYC, 2019

Black Women in Comedy Festival, NYC, 2019

Nasty Women Unite Fest, NYC, 2019

Women in Comedy Festival, Boston, MA, 2018 

Nasty Women Unite Fest, NYC, 2018

She Makes Me Laugh, NYC, 2018

Speak Up, Rise Up Festival, NYC, 2018

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improv comedy

Improvisational Theater (I.T.), 1997-2000

Improviser

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produced short plays

Antony & Cleopatra: Couples Therapy

Playwright

Commissioned by Phoenix Theatre Ensemble, NYC, 2019

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Save Tonight

Playwright

Commissioned by Hot Metal Arts Collective, Blackbox Playlist, NYC, 2019

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A Funny Thing Happened After My Breakup

Playwright & Lead Actress

Manhattan Repertory Theater, NYC, 2007

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produced play readings

4 Black Virgins Walk Into A Bar

Playwright

Limefest at The Tank, 2024

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Run

Playwright

Chain Theatre, 2019

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produced short films & web series

All My Friends Are Married, Web Series

Lead Actress

Completed 2016

Written by: Mercedes Brazier

Director: Ekwa Msangi

Producer: Huriyyah Muhammad Distributed by: The Black TV & Film Collective

Press: Decider, IndieWire

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Getting the Modesto Boys

Writer, Lead Actress

Directed by Andrew Torraco

In Post production

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Party in Red Hook

Writer, Director, Lead Actor

Completed 2012

Official Selection:

Portland Maine Film Festival

15 Minutes of Fame Film Festival

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Delivery

Writer, Director, Lead Actor

Completed 2012

Official Selection: The Hopeful Story Film Festival

 

Stuck

Writer, Director, Lead Actor

Completed 2010

Official Selection: Chain NYC Film Festival

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BFF

Writer, Lead Actor, Producer

Directed by Rosalyn Coleman Williams

Completed 2010

Official Selection:

Film Independent's Cinema Lounge

The Black Harvest Film Festival

The Detroit Independent Film Festival

Urban Mediamakers Film Festival

The Pan African Film Festival

The Hopeful Story Film Festival

Williamsburg International Film Festival

Brooklyn Indie House Festival

Reel Sisters Film Festival

Martha's Vineyard Film Festival

Manhattan Film Festival

Women of Color Arts and Film Festival

Hell's Kitchen Short Film Festival

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lectures

How to Have a Black Friend

Writer & Performer

NYC, Nasty Women Unite Festival 2018

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A History of Black Women as Science Experiments

Writter & Performer

NYC, Caveat 2018

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keynote speaker

Women Lawyers of Utah

Writer & Performer

Park City, Utah, Annual Retreat 2023

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Virginia Mountain Valley Lawyer's Association

Writer & Performer

Winchester, Virginia, Annual Banquet 2023

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honors & awards

Truth in Comedy Award, 2018

The Armory Comedy Awards

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Chain Playwriting Lab Participant, 2018

Chain Theatre for the full length play Run

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Emerging Narrative Section Winner, 2010

Independent Feature Project (IFP) Film Week for writing the Feature Script Stealing the Strad

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Most Talented, 1996

Senior Superlative Tallwood High School

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legal experience

Allstate Insurance Company, NYC, 2007 - Present

Senior Trial Attorney

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Fordham Law School, Summer 2007

Law Intern

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Merril Lynch, 2005

Paralegal

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Vandeventer Black, LLP, Norfolk, VA, Summer 2002

Summer Associate

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Business and Professional People for the Public Interest, Chicago, IL, Summer 2001

Summer Associate

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teaching experience

Acting/Education Intern

Orlando Shakespeare Festival, 2003 - 2004

Teaching Elementary to High School Age Students to read, understand and perform Early Modern English

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Teacher & Peace Worker

Borgenicht Track 2 Peace Keeping Initiative, Palestine, West Bank, Summer 1999

Teaching English to Middle and High School Palestinian Students