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Rich Ceisler is an American Stand-up comedy professional, author and director with over 25 years in his field. He is also developed the now acclaimed Corporate Chameleon program, which brings comedy to the middle and top management level of corporate America.

Early Life and Education
Rich Ceisler was raised up like every ordinary kid, he attended high school had big dreams like anybody else to become the next kid on the block. Though he admits that he was not particular about schooling, from high school he attended State University of New York at Fredonia to pursue Theater arts, attributing his success in the theaters to his teacher and mentor Stan O. Slopski. He also pursued graduate studies at Virginia Tech, where he obtained a Masters degree in Fine Arts.

Early Career
Immediately after school, Rich moved to Los Angeles to find a career of his interest. His started stand up comedy in 1980 though, according to him, his prime motivation was the half price and sometimes even free ones offered to performers at improv comedy clubs. He also got involved in stand up competitions including the San Francisco International Comedy Competition in 1986 where he placed 3rd behind Jake Johannsen and Eddy Strange who placed 1st and 2nd respectively. Rich was also once a contestant in star search.

Stand up Successes
The multi talented Rich has made much of his success through stand up comedy.Throughout his career spanning across three decades, he has featured in over 600 events including T.V. shows, College events, club stand ups and his own acclaimed stand up chameleon. Some of the T.V. shows that Rich has starred in including Short Attention Span Theater, Comedy Central, HBO-Comedy at Bryant Park, ComicStrip live, PrimeTime Comedy on the Road - A&E Comic Strip Live,Evening at the Improv,Good Time Cafe,Night Flight - USA, Star Search, National Evening Magazine,Ha Comedy Channel, VH1 Stand Up Spotlight,Caroline's Comedy Hour,Spotlight Cafe' Night Life w/David Brenner MTV Comedy Half Hour, Showtime Comedy Club Network,Dodge Comedy Showcase Dr. Katz.

Rich has appeared in prestigious colleges notably Harvard University,University of Hartford, University of Alaska,Colgate Lafayette, S.U.N.Y. New York, Wellesly College, University of Massachusetts, University of Florida,University of New Orleans, Brown University, M.I.T., U.C.L.A. University of New Hampshire.

For clubs, no individual has really being able to put together the list of Rich's performing venues. Some of them include Duck Soup Comedy Club, Boston Hilarities, Cleveland Improv Chain, Stand Up New York, NYC Rumors, Winnipeg, Canada Comedy Works, Denver Comedy Gallery, Minneapolis Rascals Comedy Club, New Jersey Comedy Cafe', Washington D.C., Nick's Comedy Stop, Boston Catch-A-Rising-Star Funny Firm, Chicago Igby's, Los Angeles Joker's, Dayton Funny Farm, Louisville Brokerage Pub, Long Island, NY Comedy Connection, Boston Punchline, San Francisco and a host of others.

The Corporate Chameleon
The concept of corporate chameleon was created by Rich Ceisler. The idea is to bring pure unadulterated comedy to the corporate world with specific emphasis on middle level management to the board of directors. Rich tailors his hilarious presentation to suite your business or organization. So if IBM hires Rich, chances are that they should expect to be dazzled with comedy that relates to computers, software and other emerging technology whiles addressing pertinent issues that calls for brainstorming as well. Prominent among companies that have engaged Rich Ceisler's Corporate Chameleon service are Arthur D Little,Bank of Boston,Compugraphic,Data General, ECommerce Awards,Fidelity, General Foods,Harvard Business School,IBM, Jewish Philanthropies, Kemper Insurance, Lordly & Dane, MA. Restaurant Assn., NYNEX, Osteopathic Convention, Pepsi, Quality Control Seminar, Reebok, Smart Food, Teradyne, Unum Insurance, Virgin Airlines, Walco, Xerox,Young & Rubicam

Rich's career which began at Boston has sent him to events in the United Kingdom, China and Canada. He has written and staged two musical comedies, as well as having appeared as The Burger King on national television for over two years.