Born in Buffalo, NY and Raised in both Buffalo, NY and Shreveport, La, Kristen Becker has the kind of tested perspective one gains from spending half of her time in the north and the other half in the deep south. Honestly, she hates herself, but is usually too polite to let herself know. After 12 years in a Catholic school (yep, twelve, for those of you keeping track, that's pretty much ALL of them), she attended a Methodist college for one glorious semester, where she joined a sorority and vowed to do things the right way. After dropping out of numerous universities, and much, much drunken debauchery mixed with a lot of road trips, she knew it was time to chase the dream- the comedy dream.

Kristen began her comedy career at one of those workshops that comedy club owners put together in an  effort to pay the bills and maybe find a comic amongst the ten business men hoping to improve their public speaking. Kristen spent weeks preparing material for her four minutes on stage. Also, vomiting. Once on stage however, there was no question that was where she belonged. From the beginning, she has been a crowd favorite, earning the tag line "comic daredevil" for her ability to push the envelop both onstage and off. A DIY sort of girl, Kristen has been a driving force behind numerous shows, from Stand-up to Sketch to Burlesque, producing hundreds of shows in her young career. She has written, directed and performed with The Stripteasers Burlesque. Together the girls wrote and produced three full length burlesque shows in the style of old vaudeville- for The Stripteasers, skits are as important as pasties. This allowed Kristen to write the style of politically fused, sexually charged comedy that made up old school burlesque, all the while being surrounded by hot women. Not a bad job, at all.

In the Stand-up world, Becker has opened for the likes of Georgia Ragsdale, Jen Kober and Bob Smith, to name a few. She was the Winner of the Queen City Comedy Competition 2006, beating out 60 other contestants, all men. Feminism 1, Boys 0. 

Kristen continues to run a weekly open mike room in Buffalo, "Doin' Time", which showcases the best in regional stand up comedy, as well as touring professionals. On her thirtieth Birthday, Becker thought touring was what she needed, and having never really enjoyed working for anyone else, created The Dykes Of Hazard Comedy Tour, featuring the best in lesbian/gay/queer/just not mainstream and boring, comedians, the DOH comedy tour hit the states hard this past fall, hitting twelve cities and leaving the ladies wanting more. Kristen is currently keeping busy touring cities for the "2007 Summer Clambake Tour", and booking more shows . Kristen is also excited to be featured in a recent issue of Curve Magazine (April 2007). She refuses to stop until she can pay her rent a year at a time, in cash.

For more information on The Dykes of Hazard, check out their Myspace, or Mini-Page.

www.dykesofhazardcomedy.com (coming soon, but there's a Benefit page up for Slim Bloodworth, check it out).