“Yeah, I’ve always been a sassy little troublemaker,” she says, laughing. There’s definitely a lot of being in the moment, so every show feels completely different.”Ĭonnors has described herself as a “fearless weirdo and enthusiastic creator of chaos with an uncomfortable commitment to catching people off guard with my own vulnerability.” Every audience is completely different, so I’m playing the room. “The whole thing is developed over the last few years and includes pre- and post-pandemic material. “Well, 95 percent is very scripted, but it’s really designed and meant to feel like it’s off the cuff,” Connors says. I love Black’s Beach, and I already have plans to go there again after the show.” I’m excited about coming to Gossip Grill. “For my venues, I specifically pick openly queer venues and generally queer-owned bars. “I live in California and have never performed in San Diego,” she says. After Gossip Grill, where San Diego native Ava Bunn opens, Connors heads to Minneapolis.
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On June 3, all that training will be on full display when Connors brings her Straight for Pay tour to San Diego’s Gossip Grill, the first stop of her summer North American tour that ends in Houston on June 18 before she starts her European tour in Dublin on June 28. Previously married to a man - “we wish each other well, let’s leave it that” - the queer comic has something to say on a lot of things, from feminism and sexuality to gender identity to dating.Ī graduate of the Second City Conservatory in Toronto, Connors has trained with the L.A.-based improvisational and sketch comedy troupe The Groundlings as well as the Upright Citizens Brigade, another improv troupe whose founding members include Amy Poehler and Horatio Sanz, both “SNL” alums. That sounds cheesy, but these days, it’s been kind of forgotten.”Ĭonnors is not afraid to push boundaries and has a lot of experiences to unpack as a comic. We’re all different, but in many ways, we’re all the same. “And if my experiences are things they don’t personally relate to, I hope at least. “I hope that people who come to the show feel seen,” she says.
The world’s a scary place right now, and for one hour, when she’s up on stage, Connors would really just like people to laugh - and feel human again. “I just want people to not have to worry about anything and have a reprieve during the show,” the Chicago-born comic says by phone from Los Angeles, where she now lives. It’s a simple enough proposition: Cara Connors wants to make you laugh.