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Rhea Butcher

Comedian

Rhea Butcher grew up in Akron, Ohio, as a skateboarder and a printmaker. She cut her teeth comically at The Second City and iO before eventually landing in standup. Rhea has performed in clubs such as Zanies (Chicago), Comedy Works (Denver), and The Improv (LA); as well as alternative comedy institutions like Chicago Underground Comedy and The Lincoln Lodge (Chicago), The Meltdown (LA), UCB (LA), Union Hall (NY) and The Bell House (NY). She has appeared at SF Sketchfest and the Bridgetown Comedy Festival, New York Comedy Festival and Atlantic Ocean Comedy & Music Festival.

You can catch Rhea featured in Buzzfeed’s “Ask A Lesbian” webseries, FeralAudio/AST Records live standup podcast, Put Your Hands Together, and on her movie podcast, Wham Bam Pow, on Maximum Fun.