Comedian Don Friesen At DMTC This Friday

"I have watched his DVD and it is one of the funniest things I have seen! Come see this, he is hilarious!!!" -Steve Isaacson, DMTC


Award-winning comedian Don Friesen returns to Northern California for an evening of laughter.

Friday June 5th 2009-8pm

Has the economy got you down? Looking for a bit of escapism?… If so, this might be just what the doctor ordered…

Don Friesen, the stand-up comedian who in the past several years has brought the hit shows “Inexplicable,” the “Fresh and Frenetic Comedy Tour,” and “Laughs for Lovers” to the Crest Theatre in Sacramento, and the only two-time Winner of the prestigious San Francisco International Comedy Competition, is returning to the Northern California for an outrageous night of comedy at the DMTC Performing Arts Center in Davis, CA.

With an act that has been described as a satirical skewer of his own life as a suburban husband and father of two, Friesen ignites the stage with a highly-caffeinated blend of angst and charm.

Employing an arsenal of impressions and characters, and a background in improvisational theater, Friesen is able to take standard topics like marriage, fatherhood, and money problems, and exploit them to maximum comedic effect by mocking himself, and, inadvertently, most of the audience along with him. "His energy just takes over," says Kevin Kearney, national booking manager for the Catch A Rising Star Comedy Clubs. "The audience doesn't have to worry about where he's going because they'll go with him wherever he decides to go."

Where Don goes is anyone's guess. But there is no guesswork about where he gets his material. Don has always had the innate ability to recognize his flaws and relate them to his audience in an hysterical way. And he manages to do all of this with an act that’s clean enough for prime time TV.

When Friesen talks about bedwetting as a child, he's telling the truth. When he shares his stories about being a father, about having credit problems and about going bankrupt, he's sharing the truth. When he relates his manic frustration with cell phones, computers and runaway technology he's telling the truth.

Don is a favorite in Los Angeles on the KLOS 5:00 Funnies, and can be heard regularly on Sirius and XM Satellite Radio. Don was recently featured in the TBS Comedy Festival in Las Vegas and the “Just For Laughs” comedy festival in Montreal, His credits include The Martin Short Show, Comics Unleashed, Later, and Friday Nights.

Comedy clips can be found here.

The DMTC Performing Arts Center Theatre is located at 607 Pena Drive, Davis, CA 95618Showtime: 8:00PM, $15.00 in advance ($1 service charge/$20 day of the show ($1 Service charge) at the DMTC box office: 530-756-3682 or online at www.dmtc.org