Heidi Joyce

Seen on Everybody Loves Raymond's Ray Day on CBS, Heidi is a nationally recognized stand-up comedian. She is also the creator, host, and executive producer of Stand Up Against Domestic Violence with two double CD sets available internationally at all major music stores and online at Amazon.com. Recently the opening act for Melissa Manchester in Las Vegas, she has also performed with Louie Anderson, Carol Leifer, Damon Wayans, Richard Jeni, and others and hosted the Marshall's Women In Comedy Festival night at the LA Improv. She was pleased to be cast in the leading role in the international company of Cats as well as appearing in the revival of Jerome Kern's Sally on Broadway. Named one of the top comics of "Generation X" by Just For Laughs Magazine, she was also featured in the fall issues of Ms. magazine and Woman's Own Magazine, and has twice been an LA Times "Best Bet" and an LA Weekly "Comedy Pick of the Week". Her work as a writer has been premiered at the Kennedy Center and broadcast on PBS. In addition, Heidi has significant training in early childhood education, including study with internationally renowned education experts and authors George Forman, Sydney Gurewitz Clemens and Patricia Hunter McGrath.