User:Patalder

Pat Alder (Born January 22, 1956 in Manhattan, NY) started performing comedy at a very early age to an audience of one, her mother Julia. At the time, her mother was a captive audience, but laughed at Pat's kid jokes.

Only in 1997, on the advice of her agent in Seattle, did Pat take the first step toward her goal as a comedienne, by holing up for a weekend in her agent's mountain home with 15 other comedic types and a coach, David Goldman. She managed to survive the three days, coming away with a routine about her then husband's obsession with auto racing. Along the way, Pat added jokes about her divorce, dating in her 50's, conversion to Judaism (and her Catholic family's reaction to it) and NASCAR stock car racing. She remains a fan of the sport despite her opinion of her ex husband and the tire marks on her back have healed nicely, thank you!

Pat has appeared at Stand Up New York,the Improv in Los Angeles,"Just for Laughs" in Montreal, as well as many other clubs nationwide.

She has opened for fellow comedian and NASCAR fan Derek Richards at Bananas, Poughkeepsie, NY, got one famous "shock jock" laughing along with his audience of 1.5 million people, and was the last person seen on NBC's short lived comedy series "Cold Feet", the cancellation of which she denies blame.

Pat is the author/performer of the one woman show, "Man! What a Life!" and was a frequent contributor to the online comedy magazine "Shtick!".

Pat continues to perform comedy in NYC and locally when she can, continues to work as an actress and writes every day, usually in her time sheet at her day job.