About
Stand-up comic Scott Capurro, a San Francisco native, is known for his confrontational and controversial yet thought-provoking comedy. He won the prestigious Perrier Award for his first one-person show, Risk Gay, at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. He's also been seen on Comedy Central, and heard on Alice 97.3. He's also a veteran actor, with credits ranging from playing Harvey Fierstein's boyfriend in Mrs. Doubtfire to voicing half of the two-headed podrace announcer in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. Scott has written for several newspapers including The Guardian, The Times and the Scotsman; and for various magazines like The Index on Censorship. Scott regularly plays almost every comedy club in the English speaking world, including the Punchline in San Francisco, the Comedy Store in London, the Comic Strip in New York City, and Yuk Yuks in Toronto, Canada.