Cute, funny, JERK. Ever since
kindergarten, Lisa Corrao has wanted to
make fun of stuff professionally.
Now, all grown up and having left her
lucrative career as a public school
teacher, Lisa travels the country doing
stand-up, fighting the stupidity of the
world with laughter under the cover of
night like a lame superhero.
Recently, Lisa has performed in
Comedy Central's South Beach Comedy
Festival and Boston's Women in
Comedy Festival. On the side,
Lisa also hosts her own comedy radio
talk show in S. Florida called, The
Jerk Show (a spin-off of a live
stand-up show by the same name that she
both performs in and produces), she also
writes, acts, does voiceover, produces
shows, and is the spokesperson in
several commercials. . . plus she enjoys
long walks on the beach, but to be fair,
who doesn't.
Based out of Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Lisa
Corrao is a tiny Italian girl orignally
from New York. So, naturally, she
has repressed rage and an innate
Napoleon complex that makes her want to
take on the world in a big way.
Lisa's love of stand-up came at an early
age, as her father would let her stay up
late to watch the comedians on Carson
and Letterman. Luckily, being a
night-owl is also perfect for this
profession. Score 2 for Dad's bad
parenting! She grew up slightly
misunderstood, as the nerdy book-worm
who loved to write funny stories. By
high school, while other girls were
keeping diaries about boys, Lisa began
writing jokes in a notebook. Boys
generally ignored her anyway since she
was a huge dork.