writer/comedian
Martha Cooney is a writer and comedian from Philadelphia. She released her first essay collection, Walk Me Through Your Resume, in 2023. Martha writes a regular humor newsletter “YO from Martha Cooney” and hosts the popular Philly variety comedy show YO Live. She is a winner of The Moth GrandSLAM storytelling competition and a frequent First Person Arts Winning Storyteller and Audience Favorite.
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For eight years Martha produced and hosted interactive shows based on stories from kids, performed by Philly's best improv comedians with her company, StoryUP!.
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Martha made her comedy debut in a Dublin, Ireland hostel in 2008 in exchange for a night's free stay. She has performed on countless stages and in more than a few libraries, but not yet in a laundromat.
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