Kristin Key

Kristin Key seems like any other sweet, sexy, well-behaved preacher’s daughter… until she opens her mouth. Her fearless style of comedy has earned her the title “The Preacher’s Kid Gone Wild.” Kristin Key, one of the youngest headliners working the road today, began at the age of 19 as the house MC for the Amarillo Comedy Club. Frustrated at the limitations for success in a small town and desperate to find another way, she set out to try open mic night at the local comedy club. She was told she was too young to get into the club. The owners eventually softened, let her on stage, and instantly realized her potential. She was offered a standing M.C. position which she took advantage of week after week. Key says, "I was 19, I didn't know any better. I dropped out of college, quit my job and thought that comedy would pay the bills...I guess I had stars in my eyes, but I spent every day up at the comedy club learning from other comics and taking it all in. Looking back, I was really lucky to get that much stage time. I got paid $75 a week, but the experience was priceless."

While others her age were heading off to college and working part time jobs, this preachers kid spent night after night in comedy clubs finding new ways to explain and entertain with her unique life experiences. Her quick wit and natural comic timing turned the heads of club owners in the surrounding areas and soon she took to the road. She played comedy clubs, bars, casinos, and one-nighters anywhere that would let her. Small shows in the Texas panhandle turned into 35 states worth of comedy over the next 5 years as she climbed the comedy ladder one rung at a time. Audiences couldn't help but love the rapid fire edgy style of comedy coming from the "Preacher's Kid", and though female comics struggled to find work she was booked not for being a woman, but for simply being funny.

At 25, she moved to Austin, TX to be near a larger comedy scene. The move put her in exactly the right place at exactly the right time. Last Comic Standing was auditioning again, this time in Austin. Like every other Texas comic she stood in line hoping for a chance to be seen and to advance, and, after 7 hours of waiting, she got her chance. She also got the "red envelope" and thus, got her ticket to Hollywood. Of her audition Kristin said, "...my Goal was to get one joke on TV, just one joke!" She got more than just one joke, advancing to the semi-finals and beyond becoming the youngest person ever to make it into the house. Her years as a road comic payed off, and as the episodes aired, her fan base exploded.

After being seen by millions of comedy fans on NBC's Last Comic Standing, she has continued to utilize opportunities in radio, television, and live performance. Kristin is a favorite on the nationally broadcast Bob and Tom show and has been heard on Sirius and XM Radio for her own specials, as well as, radio shows including National Lampoon Comedy and The Comedy Channel. She now has two full length comedy CD's The Preacher's Kid Gone Wild and Buckle Up- Uproar Records and is still going strong. Much has changed moving from small town in the Texas panhandle to Los Angeles, California, but the one thing that hasn't changed is that rapid fire edgy comedy that has kept audiences rolling in the aisles from the beginning, and keeps getting better.

"I think chick comics get a bad rap. Not all female comics are male-hating housewives with kids and "grrrrLL" power. I don't want to get on stage and go on and on about my period, or how cute babies are. Being a woman is interesting but there's just better sh@t to talk about." - Kristin Key