Shows set for The Roost, Cascade Lounge and Margaritaville Resort
Palm Springs, CA (Special to The Hollywood Times) – After returning to New York City after 10 sold out shows in Palm Springs from 2021-2023, award winning lesbian comic Mina Hartong (Olivia, Joe’s Pub, Flappers Comedy Club) returns to the Coachella Valley for three shows only in March.
It all starts with her own show Lez Out Loud, which she produces, hosts and headlines on March 3rd at 7p.m. at The Roost Bar in Cathedral City. She will make another headline appearance on March 8th at Caliente Comedy at The Cascade Lounge at Aqua Caliente Casinos with Max Mitchell (Maggie’s Mashup, Oscar’s) hosting and featured comedian Amanda Michelle ( Maggie’s Mashup, Laughing Unicorn) joining the lineup.
She will finish off herhe L-Fund Gala Luck Be a Lady for the second year in a row at The Margarit tour hosting the premiere lesbian event of the season, taville Resort on March 9th at 5pm.
Mina has been performing and touring for over 20 years; Provincetown, Fire Island, Montreal Fringe Festival, and dozens of clubs in New York and LA. She was a finalist for the National Ladies of Laughter Contest and Curve Magazine called her one of America’s Funniest Lesbians alongside lesbian icons such as Suzanne Westenhoffer, Marga Gomez and Karen Williams.
She started her comedy career by accident by going to an open mike in Amsterdam and cracking jokes about locking her bike in the rain. She didn’t know it was a contest, and then she won! That became her first solo show Wet, Dykey and American and she went on to write three more and perform at Queer Pride all over Europe and Sydney, Australia. She will debut for Olivia this May in Cancun.
In the summer of 2020, Mina and her wife relocated to Palm Springs to escape the pandemic in New York City. A short year later, she started her own show Lez Out Loud that sold out ten times, one show in the same day, and created a comedy class series for beginners through the LGBTQ Center of the Desert.
Mina continues to teach live and on line, and taught Theater in the public schools for 20 years. Her current teaching work includes consulting for the New York City Board of Education, private coaching for new comics, classes in comedy and storytelling for various populations, included programs for the incarcerated in the New York area.
She has returned to New York, but her Desert roots are strong, and she promises to return at least once a year to share new material and bring favorite featured comedians such as Renee Santos back to the Lez Out Loud stage.
Here is what some fans are saying about Mina’s work.
”I just wanted to congratulate you on your show last night. I loved watching you fill up on the energy from the audience and just run with it. The new material was incredibly funny and your delivery…! I am so glad we were there. “
Audience Member
“Mina is laugh out loud funny. Biting and sharp, but with warmth and humanity. Nothing better. She can so easily slay all of us with her hysterical observations of life’s craziest moments. She brings everyone in.”
Michael Ross, Managing Director, Center Stage Baltimore
In her spare time, Mina lives to travel, and dreams of retirement when she only does comedy, and doesn’t need three day jobs.
All ticket links are posted on Facebook and Instagram.
For further information check Facebook @MinaHartong
Instagram @hartongmina on Mina’s Linktree page in her bio.
Caliente Comedy, The Cascade Lounge, Aqua Caliente Casinos, Max Mitchell, Amanda Michelle, L-Fund Gala, Luck Be a Lady, Margaritaville Resort