- James Thomas Bailey
James Thomas Bailey is Artistic Director of the
National Comedy Theatre andComedySportz Los Angeles, the longest running show in Los Angeles.In addition to
ComedySportz , Mr. Bailey has produced more than fifty shows in Los Angeles, most recentlyKitty Carlisle Hart in her one-woman show, My Life on the Wicked Stage and the west coast premiere ofRobert Fulghum 'sAll I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten . He has appeared onThe Drew Carey Show andTuesdays with Morrie , a film starringJack Lemmon , based on the best selling novel. He was also a regular on the nationally syndicated television show Quick Witz and can currently be seen on World Cup Comedy on the PAX network. In addition, Mr. Bailey has served as a creative consultant/trainer forUniversal Studios ,Walt Disney Feature Animation , ABC andCoca-Cola , among others. He has served on the boards of the Theatre League Alliance of Los Angeles (Theatre LA), the California Educational Theatre Association (CETA), West Coast Ensemble Theatre and the advocacy committee of the California Alliance for Arts Education (CAAE). He also received the professional Artist Award from the California Educational Theatre Association and was inducted into the California Thespians Hall of Fame.References
Fein, G. "Sporting Shots", Pasadena Weekly, September 15, 1989
Patterson, D. "With honors in humor", Los Angeles Times, June 3, 2004.
Berkowitz, L. "Improv is their game", Houston Cronicle, January 25, 2005.External Links
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0047297/ Internet Movie Database entry for James Thomas Bailey]
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