Brooke Cartus is a comedian who has lived in Columbus for over four years. Originally from Buffalo, her hobbies include eating chicken wings, talking about reading the New Yorker without actually reading it, and living in mid-sized cities with an obesity epidemic. She was recently a finalist in the Funniest Person in Columbus competition, and Brooke’s performance at the 2013 Columbus Pride Festival was listed as one of the top five things not to miss by Experience Columbus.Brooke started stand up comedy before she moved to Ohio, but it wasn’t until moving to Columbus that she started to actually be funny. Besides hosting charity events for incredible organizations including HRC and Planned Parenthood, she has shared the stage with national acts including Kate Clinton, Suzanne Westenhoefer, Dana Goldberg, Fortune Feimster, Poppy Champlin and Erin Foley. She has been published by Huffington Post: Gay Voices and a humor column in Outlook Oho magazine.Booking information can be found on her wesbite, www.brookecartus.com