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DN presents Jackie Hoffman is on fire! (Island) TIX AVAILABLE AT DOOR

JACKIE HOFFMAN is a New York based actress, singer, comedian, self-loathing Jew, who was last seen in the recurring role of David's mother on NBC's The New Normal. She has been in the original Broadway casts of The Addams Family, Xanadu, and Hairspray, for which she won the Theatre World Award for most outstanding Broadway debut. Other Off-Broadway plays include A Chanukah Charol, The Tribeca Theatre Festival, The Gingerbread House, The Book of Liz, for which Jackie won the Obie award for best actress, Straightjacket, Incident at Cobbler's Knob (Lincoln Center Theatre Festival) and One Woman Shoe. Regional Theatre: Chicago at the MUNY, The Sisters Rosensweig at the Globe Theatre. Jackie starred in six revues at The Second City theatre in Chicago, where she won the Jeff Award for Best Actress. Jackie's solo shows at Joe's Pub, all directed by Michael Schiralli, have all received tremendous critical acclaim. Her show "The Kvetching Continues" won Time Out New York's outstanding achievement award and was the longest running show in Joe's Pub's history. Other solo shows: "Jackie Five-Oh!," "Chanukah at Joe's Pub" (Bistro Award), "Scraping the Bottom," and "Jackie with a Z." Jackie won a Mac Award in 2009 for Best Female Stand Up. She can be seen in the films Birdman, The Sitter, The Extra Man, How to Seduce Difficult Women, A Dirty Shame, Garden State, Legally Blonde II, Kissing Jessica Stein, and Mo' Money. Her television appearances have included "The New Normal," "Raising Hope," "Melissa and Joey," "On We Go," "30 Rock," "Starved," "Hope and Faith," "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "Strangers with Candy," "TV Funhouse," "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," "Soulman," "Cosby," as well as the voices for the cartoons "High School USA," "Family Guy," "Dilbert," "PB & J Otter," and the film Robots.
This is Jackie's first time performing on Fire Island!