Rhea Butcher

Rhea Butcher
Rhea Butcher speaking into a microphone. They are Caucasian, are wearing a brown hat and white shirt, and facing to the right.
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Born (1982-08-12) August 12, 1982
Akron, Ohio, U.S.
Medium Stand-up, television, radio, internet
Alma mater University of Akron
Years active 2012–present
Spouse
Cameron Esposito
(m. 2015; sep. 2018)
Notable works and roles Take My Wife
Website rheabutcher.com

Rhea Butcher (born August 12, 1982) is an American stand-up comic, actor, writer, producer, and podcast host.[1] They are best known for their personal, observational comedy focused on their vegetarianism, feminism, love of baseball, and experiences as a butch lesbian.[2] Butcher uses they/them pronouns[3]. Originally from Akron, Ohio, Butcher now resides in Los Angeles, California.

Early life

Butcher was raised in the Kenmore neighborhood of Akron, Ohio.[4] They are an only child; their parents divorced when they were one-month-old.[5] Butcher attended Our Lady of the Elms High School[6] and graduated from Archbishop Hoban High School in 2001.[7]

While attending the University of Akron, Butcher worked at a skateboard shop named Summer Squall[8] and an indoor skating facility called Joe's Skate Park.[9] They helped design a skatepark that opened in Akron in 2001.[9] They graduated from the University of Akron with a degree in printmaking in 2005.[7][5] Butcher attended graduate school at University of Notre Dame.[7]

In 2006, Butcher had an exhibit at a printmaker's show called "Prints at an Exposition".[10] After having their appendix removed, Butcher was inspired to create a series of prints on muslin showing the body's organs.[10]

Early career

Butcher began their comedy career performing improv in Chicago at The Second City and has since performed stand-up at clubs including Zanies, the Jukebox, and Flappers, as well as Chicago Underground Comedy, The Hideout, The Lincoln Lodge, UCB, Cole's, and Meltdown.[11][12] They made their late night debut on Conan in June 2016.[13][14]

2014–present

In the fall of 2014, Butcher appeared alongside Cameron Esposito in a series of videos for BuzzFeed Motion Pictures titled "Ask a Lesbian".[15][16] Butcher and Esposito also co-hosted the web series "She Said" for Amy Poehler's Smart Girls Network.[17] They wrote and starred together again in Take My Wife, on the comedy streaming service Seeso.[18][19] Butcher also co-hosts the stand-up comedy podcast "Put Your Hands Together" with Cameron Esposito, which is recorded weekly in front of a live audience at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Los Angeles.[20][21]

Butcher's first comedy album Butcher was released in August 2016 by the independent record label Kill Rock Stars.[22][23] The set was performed at Mississippi Studios in Portland, Oregon.[24] It debuted at number one on iTunes.[5]

In 2018, Butcher started hosting a baseball-focused podcast called Three Swings.[25]

In an interview, Butcher said their strongest comedy influences are Rosie O'Donnell, Ellen DeGeneres, Brett Butler, Elayne Boosler, Maria Bamford, and Paul F. Tompkins.[26]

Personal life

Butcher met Cameron Esposito at an open mic hosted by Esposito.[27] They soon started collaborating and then began to date.[27] On December 12, 2015, Butcher married Esposito onstage at The Hideout in Esposito's hometown of Chicago, Illinois.[28] In August 2018, Butcher and Esposito announced their separation to "live individual lives".[29]

Butcher is non-binary[30] and uses they/them pronouns.[31][32]

Notable appearances

TitleMediumRoleYear
Put Your Hands TogetherPodcastHost2013–present
Wham Bam PowPodcastHost2013–2015
She SaidWeb Video SeriesHost2015
Bajillion Dollar Propertie$TelevisionJamie2016
Conan[13]TelevisionGuest2016
Take My Wife[33]TelevisionRhea2016–present
Adam Ruins EverythingTelevisionRhea Conover2016
The Meltdown with Jonah and KumailTelevisionGuest2016
HarmonQuest Television Guest 2016–present
Queery Podcast Guest 2018–present
Good Mythical Morning YouTube Guest 2018
Three Swings Podcast Host 2018–present

References

  1. ↑ "Rhea Butcher - About". Facebook. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  2. ↑ Flaherty, Bridget (August 17, 2006). "Rhea Butcher lays down all that they are and more on "Butcher"". The Laugh Button. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  3. ↑ "rhea butcher on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
  4. ↑ Rabinowitz, Amanda (August 26, 2016). "Comedian Rhea Butcher Keeps Akron at the Heart of Her Success". WKSU. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 Bigley II, James (November 16, 2016). "Comedian Rhea Butcher is the Real Deal". Cleveland Magazine. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  6. ↑ O'Connor, Bill (May 3, 1995). "Youths Horrified by Nazi Camps: Study of Holocaust Fills Students with Wonder at Evil of WWII Slaughter". Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, Ohio). p. D1.
  7. 1 2 3 Heldenfels, Rich (October 12, 2014). "Akron Native to Perform at Musica: Rhea Butcher Returning Home with Stand-up Act". Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, Ohio). p. B1.
  8. ↑ Wallace, Julie (September 11, 2000). "Falls to Be Popular with Skateboarders". Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, Ohio). p. B1.
  9. 1 2 Wallace, Julie (September 14, 2001). "Park for Skaters Ready to Roll Out Mayor, Councilman to Unveil Akron Site Tomorrow". Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, Ohio). p. D1.
  10. 1 2 Shinn, Dorothy (February 5, 2006). "Stellar Printmakers Put Stamp on Exhibit: Summit Artspace Has Local Artists Showcasing Fresh Approaches to Art". Akron Beacon Journal":(Akron, Ohio). p. E4.
  11. ↑ "Profile: Rhea Butcher". KCRW. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  12. ↑ Jung, E. Alex (August 16, 2016). "Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher on Take My Wife, 'The Show Where Lesbians Don’t Die'". Vulture. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  13. 1 2 "Rhea Butcher Stand-Up". Conan. June 30, 2016. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Late Night". The Times Herald-Record (Middletown, New York). June 30, 2016. p. 22.
  15. ↑ Habersburger, Keith (October 31, 2014). "Questions You Wish You Could Ask a Lesbian". BuzzFeed.
  16. ↑ Star, Erika (February 20, 2013). "Lez Stand Out: Rhea Butcher and Cameron Esposito". AfterEllen.
  17. ↑ "Amy Poehler's Made A New Web Series For Women". BuzzFeed. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  18. ↑ Poniewozik, James (May 24, 2017). "Have You Heard the One About the Angsty Comic? Yes, Too Often". The New York Times. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  19. ↑ Yohannes, Alamin (August 29, 2016). "Cameron Esposito, Rhea Butcher Talk Comedy, Diversity and 'Take My Wife'". NBC News. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  20. ↑ "Put Your Hands Together with Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher". UCB Theatre.
  21. ↑ Rapa, Patrick (December 6, 2016). "L.A. standup comic Cameron Esposito diversifies her portfolio". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
  22. ↑ "Rhea Butcher 'Butcher' Out Now on CD & MP3". Kill Rock Stars. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  23. ↑ Heldenfels, Rich (August 21, 2016). "New Album, Show for Comedian Rhea Butcher: Akron Native Returns to Area for Local Appearance, CD Signing". Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, Ohio). p. E1.
  24. ↑ Watts, Rebecca (January 13, 2016). "Rhea Butcher Is Killing It". The Portland Mercury. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  25. ↑ Lee, Rachel (April 25, 2018). "Interview with comedian Rhea Butcher". Got a Girl Crush.
  26. ↑ Shapiro, Gregg (2016). "Rhea Butcher: Butcher than all of you: An interview with lesbian comedian Rhea Butcher". Chicago Pride.
  27. 1 2 Mason, Amelia (November 2, 2017). "Comedy Wives Cameron Esposito And Rhea Butcher Are Scripting Their Own Story". WBUR.
  28. ↑ Wellen, Brianna (August 17, 2016). "|Two wives are better than one on Take My Wife". The Chicago Reader. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
  29. ↑ Butcher, Rhea August 8, 2018). "Cameron & I are separating to live individual lives for a time. We care very much about each other & that’s why we’re doing this. We’re gonna talk to our friends about it & be pretty private in public. Thanks for your kindness and understanding." Twitter. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
  30. ↑ Long, Sarah (February 24, 2017). "Get to Know Nonbinary Comedian Rhea Butcher & Her Other Political Beliefs". SheKnows. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
  31. ↑ Butcher, Rhea (March 6, 2017). "Seeing The Positive In The Future Of Trans Rights". Bustle. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  32. ↑ Butcher, Rhea (March 30, 2018). "FYI I use they/them/their pronouns now". Twitter. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
  33. ↑ Bacle, Ariana (July 19, 2016). "Cameron Esposito promises 'no lesbians die' in new show 'Take My Wife'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
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