Rachel Rothenberg
HOST of The PandeMic!
& PRODUCER OF Dumbbroads
Strangers think...
I'm unfriendly, because of the eyebrows I was born with.
My neighbors think...
I'm a βscreamer,β because Iβm easily startled.
Small children think...
I'm a baba yaga, because I eat them in the woods.
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My parents think...
I should use a pseudonym when I do comedy, because they donβt want the family name besmirched.


Fav indie comedy show?
Comeday 2020
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I was a part of Sam DβAntuonoβs Soliloquy Showcase at Wiseguys in SLC, a character sketch show in which I played Cloacina the Malodorous, Queen of the Sewers. I wore a gorgeous ensemble of fishing waders, a βsoiledβ toilet paper cape which trailed behind me, and, of course, a crown.
Queen Cloacinaβs grand plan was to take over the civilization above ground by clogging all their plumbing with (improperly) flushed tampons sheβd hoarded.
Remember your
first stand-up set?
I do not remember my first couple years of standup sets particularly, because Iβd fully black out from anxiety every time I went onstage.
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My potluck go-to...
Lamb daube,
a French stew slow-cooked in copious amounts of wine and seasoned with a bouquet of herbs and an orange peel. Lamb is the cutest, and thus, the tastiest of the meats.

"Laughter probably isn't the best medicine-But hey, itβs apparently the only medicine weβve got until they develop a vaccine for the virus."


What else do you create beside comedy?
I create new insect life when
I breed exotic praying mantises.
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Rachel Rothenberg created The PandeMic! on March 15th, 2020 in Salt Lake City, UT, and quickly expanded to include comedians from all over the US and the world. It has been called βextremely well-run,β βfrighteningly strict,β and βsurprisingly spicy for a Utah-based mic.β Rothenberg attributes The PandeMic!βs success to her uncharismatic hosting and stone-cold bitchy approach to the signup process. The mic runs every Sunday at 2 PM MST and every Thursday at 7 PM MST.
WEDS. JULY 1, 2020
12:00a-11:59p EST
24-hr Virtual Stand-Up
Comedy Open Mic
Weds, July 1, 2020 β’ 12:00am- 11:59pm
