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Matt Bearden

Presented by Cap City Comedy Club at Cap City Comedy Club

December 23-December 27, 2008

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Over the last 15 years, Matt Bearden has lived in various cities--including Chicago and Los Angeles--as well as, yes, Austin. He first stepped onto a comedy stage in 1990. Yes, it was on a dare; no, we don’t know if alcohol was involved. About a decade later, Matt committed himself fully to pursuing the art of stand-up, a commitment that’s yielded some pretty impressive results: In 2002, he won the “Funniest Person In Austin” contest, which we’d have to acknowledge is a venerable and exceptionally prestigious comedy competition even if we here at Cap City didn’t organize the annual contest. He’s appeared on such TV shows as “Austin Stories” and “Premium Blend,” and was selected to open some shows on Dave Chappelle’s high-profile, post-“Chappelle’s Show” tour. Not bad. And some of his other achievements that are specific to Austin will surely also be partly responsible for his transcending the Austin thang: He starred in “Wrong Numbers,” which won the Audience Award at the Austin Film Festival, and he appeared in another film, “The Journeyman” (also featuring Willie Nelson), which won the Audience Award at South By Southwest Film. He’ll no doubt win plenty of unofficial Audience Awards this week at Cap City--he may (or may not) currently be an Austin resident, but he’s unquestionably a top-notch comic.