Sarah Ann Houghton (B.A., M.Ed.) is a NYC-based comedian and educator. Once roasted by David Cross as being “an act everyone says you gotta see and then you immediately wish you hadn’t”, she took home the silver medal in Seth Herzog’s Sweet Summer Olympics at Chelsea Music Hall. Her one-woman show ‘Sex, Robots, & Mysterious Shadows’ sold out for its debut at the #SOLOCOM Festival in New York City. She wrote and directed Return to Office for the winning team of Bragging Rights NYC at The Players Theater.
Sarah Ann is an alum of UCB New York, the Washington Improv Theater DC, and Szkoła Impro Warsaw, Poland. Other credits include sketch, cabaret, stand up, commedia, and longform improvisation throughout Asia, Europe, and North America.
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Produces and co-hosts SCRAPPED, a monthly sketch talk-show for comedy writers with credits from The Late Show, The Chris Gethard Show, Funny or Die, Comedy Central, NBC, and Disney. Its digital series of 1-minute scholarly reviews of viral videos from yesteryear was featured as Hot Comedy for Rizzle.Tv .
Serves as contributing writer/director for The HERlarious Show (formerly Comedy Derailed) produced by Rachel La Loca and previously featured by EOP Comedy.
Creates featured topical comedy content for #TheGoss Show in a segment called Words From A White Woman streamed live across The Litverse YouTube and Twitch channels.
Served as head-writer and director for house sketch team The Ruse Comedy (check out recent Facebook Live Shows) at The Peoples Improv Theater. Wrote and produced monthly sketches for The PIT house team Like Butter Comedy.
Manages education programs in digital media and advertising industries for various global brands and services.
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