Laura House

Laura House is an American stand-up comedian, television writer, comedy coach, and meditation teacher from Grand Prairie, Texas. A veteran of the 1990s Austin comedy boom who jumped from teaching seventh grade to MTV's first scripted sitcom Austin Stories, she has built a parallel career as a writer on Emmy-winning network comedies and a teacher on the LA sober-comedy circuit.

House was discovered at an MTV showcase at Austin's Laff Stop in 1994 alongside Howard Kremer and Brad Chip Pope and went on to star in MTV's first scripted sitcom Austin Stories. She performed at HBO's US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen and on Comedy Central's Premium Blend. Her TV writers room credits include the Emmy-winning ABC comedy Samantha Who?, CBS hit Mom, and The George Lopez Show. She has developed projects with Barry Sonnenfeld for ABC, with Rachel Crow for Nickelodeon, and with Katey Sagal for FX. Her comedy album Mouth Punch is available on SiriusXM, her essays run in McSweeney's, Vice, and Reader's Digest, and she contributed to the anthologies True Tales of Lust and Love, Comedy Film Nerds Guide to the Movies, and Stricken. She is 17-plus years sober and created the monthly LA sober stand-up showcase PARTY ON.

House is based in Los Angeles and headlines a mix of stand-up nights, storytelling shows, and meditation-and-comedy hybrid events, plus monthly editions of her sober stand-up showcase PARTY ON. She teaches at Comedy Reflects Our World and appears on RISK!, Maximum Fun, and McSweeney's. Updates live at laurahouse.com and on her YouTube channel and Facebook at @imlaurak.