Poppy Champlin
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There’s just something about Poppy. She walks on stage looking urban cool and she begins rolling out the jokes, starting slow and sure and moving on to staccato and soon she is hitting on all cylinders, spitting out jokes, quips, songs, impressions, interactions, bird calls and with deep resources to draw from, all of Poppy’s shows can be described as spin art - "No two alike".
Poppy is crackerjack at the craft of Improv.
Throw anything at her and watch as she magically turns it into comedic fodder. Having graduated from the
University of R. I. with a degree in Theatre she then went on to the Famed Chicago Second City Improv
school. Champlin is one of the quickest witted comedians working either coast today. She has a wild and
roaming spontaneity, which makes each show actually; feel like one of a kind. She is a powerful performer
who can glide between practiced patter and off the cuff insightful improvisations. Poppy’s experience with
classic standup and improv, gives her a double-barreled flexibility that works particularly well with her
subjects of choice. Besides Poppy’s deep comedic chops, she actually has a seriously good voice that she
puts to use during her performance making sure to end every show on a good note.
"Poppy was a freakin’ ball of comedic thunder", says one fan.
Her stand-up pedigree is flawless; from her latest SHOWTIME SPECIAL: PRIDE, and LOGO SPECIAL:
ONE NIGHT STAND-UP, to Oprah Winfrey, and a featured story on Entertainment Tonight, a winner on The
Joan Rivers Show, and a panel guest on Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen. She is also a favorite on
Atlantis and Olivia cruises.
Poppy has opened for such comics as Ray Romano, Denis Leary, Bill Maher, Bill Hicks and Rosie
O’Donnell. Her club appearances are many.
When Poppy hit tinsel town, she continued to perform stand-up as well as study acting at the Larry Moss
studios and has since put up her critically acclaimed One Woman Show, "A Chocolate Sandwich".
She was a staff writer for FOX’s Show Me The Funny, in Hollywood California. She wrote, starred in and
produced, her character driven comedy pilot called News You Can’t Use, think Tracy Ulman takes on the
News.
Poppy currently can be seen performing her comedy, in the HBO Documentary "All Aboard Rosie’s Family
Vacation" and traveling around the country producing her own show called, Queer Queens of Qomedy,
now in it’s fifth year.
Ever increasing her visibility, she performed for over 25,000 people in the closing ceremonies of the Gay
Games in Chicago. She has performed for troops in both Japan and Korea. She was invited to perform in
South Africa , at the Cape Town Comedy Festival.
Poppy tackles tough subjects with ease. In this comedienne’s hands we can laugh at life’s most formidable
perils...and laughter that ravages fear is the best kind of all.
To book Poppy Champlain, please contact Lisa Darden at lisa@huptalentandbooking.com or call 240-446-1554.
