Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena to welcome Amy Schumer
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Published by Sareth Ney on March 15, 2016 at 8:12 a.m.
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Photo credit: Amy Schumer's facebook page
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Amy Schumer’s spring and summer tour will bring her to the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, on May 15. The trek will begin at Santander Arena in Reading, Pa., on April 7. It will come to an end at Madison Square Garden in New York, on June 23. She is a writer, actress and stand-up comedian.
Schumer was born on June 1, 1981 in the borough of Manhattan, in New York. In 1999, she graduated from South Side High School in Rockville Centre, N.Y.. She continued her studies at Towson University in Towson, Md. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in theatre. She furthered her education and attended The William Esper Studio, in N.Y. She graduated from the two-year Sanford Meisner Intensive program.
After graduating from college, Schumer moved to New York City and pursued acting. She became a bartender and waitress, as she auditioned for a variety of roles. Her acting and writing credits include: “Amy Schumer: Mostly Sex Stuff” (2012), “Inside Amy Schumer” (2013) and the Golden Globe nominated “Trainwreck” (2015). In “Trainwreck”, her co-stars were: John Cena, Bill Hader, LeBron James, Brie Larson, Daniel Radcliffe and Tilda Swinton. She has also hosted NBC’s “Saturday Night Live”.
In 2015, Schumer was part of the panel of “Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter”. The roundtable was slightly over an hour long. It included: Nick Hornby (“Brooklyn”), Meg LeFauve (“Inside Out”), Tom McCarthy (“Spotlight”), Emma Donoghue (“Room”) and Aaron Sorkin (“Steve Jobs”). The footage can be accessed by clicking here.
In Jan., Judd Apatow (“The 40 Year-Old Virgin”, “Funny People”) presented Schumer with the MVP Award at the Critics’ Choice Award. He summed up the awards and accolades she had won including: the Peabody, Emmy and Critics’ Choice awards. He called her the “perfect comedian for this moment.”
Judy Gold, Jessica Kirson, Wendy Liebman, Sarah Silverman, Margaret Cho and Ellen Degeneres are Schumer’s favorite comediennes. Schumer’s book, “The Girl With The Lower Back Tattoo”, will be released on August 16, 2016. It is published by the Simon & Schuster imprint, Gallery Books.
To visit Amy Schumer’s official website, please click here. To like her on Facebook, please click here. To add her to one of your circles on Google+, please click here. To follow her on Instagram, please click here. To follow her on Twitter, please click here. To subscribe to her channel on YouTube, please click here.
Schumer was born on June 1, 1981 in the borough of Manhattan, in New York. In 1999, she graduated from South Side High School in Rockville Centre, N.Y.. She continued her studies at Towson University in Towson, Md. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in theatre. She furthered her education and attended The William Esper Studio, in N.Y. She graduated from the two-year Sanford Meisner Intensive program.
After graduating from college, Schumer moved to New York City and pursued acting. She became a bartender and waitress, as she auditioned for a variety of roles. Her acting and writing credits include: “Amy Schumer: Mostly Sex Stuff” (2012), “Inside Amy Schumer” (2013) and the Golden Globe nominated “Trainwreck” (2015). In “Trainwreck”, her co-stars were: John Cena, Bill Hader, LeBron James, Brie Larson, Daniel Radcliffe and Tilda Swinton. She has also hosted NBC’s “Saturday Night Live”.
In 2015, Schumer was part of the panel of “Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter”. The roundtable was slightly over an hour long. It included: Nick Hornby (“Brooklyn”), Meg LeFauve (“Inside Out”), Tom McCarthy (“Spotlight”), Emma Donoghue (“Room”) and Aaron Sorkin (“Steve Jobs”). The footage can be accessed by clicking here.
In Jan., Judd Apatow (“The 40 Year-Old Virgin”, “Funny People”) presented Schumer with the MVP Award at the Critics’ Choice Award. He summed up the awards and accolades she had won including: the Peabody, Emmy and Critics’ Choice awards. He called her the “perfect comedian for this moment.”
Judy Gold, Jessica Kirson, Wendy Liebman, Sarah Silverman, Margaret Cho and Ellen Degeneres are Schumer’s favorite comediennes. Schumer’s book, “The Girl With The Lower Back Tattoo”, will be released on August 16, 2016. It is published by the Simon & Schuster imprint, Gallery Books.
To visit Amy Schumer’s official website, please click here. To like her on Facebook, please click here. To add her to one of your circles on Google+, please click here. To follow her on Instagram, please click here. To follow her on Twitter, please click here. To subscribe to her channel on YouTube, please click here.
Upcoming Amy Schumer tour dates*:
April 07 - Santander Arena, Reading, Pa.
April 08 - Bryce Jordan Center, University Park, Pa.
April 09 - Mohegan Sun Arena, Wilkes Barr, Pa.
April 14 - Maverik Center, Salt Lake City
April 15 - Chesapeake Energy Arena, Oklahoma City
April 16 - Box Center, Tulsa, Okla.
April 21 - Target Center, Minneapolis
April 23 - Century Link Center, Omaha, Neb.
April 28 - North Charleston Coliseum, Charleston, S.C.
April 29 - Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, S.C.
April 30 - Rupp Arena, Lexington, Ky.
May 01 - Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, Va.
May 05 - Times Union Center, Albany, N.Y.
May 06 - Blue Cross Arena, Rochester, N.Y.
May 07 - First Niagara Center, Buffalo, N.Y.
May 14 - Germain Arena, Estero, Fla.
May 15 - Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, Fla.
May 16 - CFE Arena, Orlando, Fla.
June 23 - Madison Square Garden, N.Y.
*Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. on March 18
April 07 - Santander Arena, Reading, Pa.
April 08 - Bryce Jordan Center, University Park, Pa.
April 09 - Mohegan Sun Arena, Wilkes Barr, Pa.
April 14 - Maverik Center, Salt Lake City
April 15 - Chesapeake Energy Arena, Oklahoma City
April 16 - Box Center, Tulsa, Okla.
April 21 - Target Center, Minneapolis
April 23 - Century Link Center, Omaha, Neb.
April 28 - North Charleston Coliseum, Charleston, S.C.
April 29 - Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, S.C.
April 30 - Rupp Arena, Lexington, Ky.
May 01 - Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, Va.
May 05 - Times Union Center, Albany, N.Y.
May 06 - Blue Cross Arena, Rochester, N.Y.
May 07 - First Niagara Center, Buffalo, N.Y.
May 14 - Germain Arena, Estero, Fla.
May 15 - Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, Fla.
May 16 - CFE Arena, Orlando, Fla.
June 23 - Madison Square Garden, N.Y.
*Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. on March 18
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sareth Ney is the entertainment journalist for A Quarter and Dream Pictures. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mass Communications and Center for New Media from Colorado State University-Pueblo. He is a former apprentice to master of horror, Clive Barker. He is a Wu-Tang Clan inspired superhero, Wu-Man Chu. He is an award-winning short filmmaker; his goal is to write 150 articles in select time zones, inducts every article written into his hall of fame, is a stand-up comedian, founder and co-host of Pueblo's Independent Multimedia Podcast and is the festival director at Sareth-Fest Music and Comedy Festival.
