Dick Satori
Since joining the circus as a professional clown at age 15 Dick Satori has continued pursuing his passion for performing comedy over the past 21 years. As a physical Comedian he’s worked with artists from Cirque du Soleil & performed on Broadway. He studied acting at The University of North Carolina School of the Arts, wrote and performed a one-man show off broadway, on Theater Row NYC, and Premiered his fourth solo-show, “Monkey Off Back – Circus Still In Town!” at SOLOCOM Festival after previews at The Firehouse Fringe in Richmond VA. Satori is elated to going to Austin Texas for FronteraFest Short Fringe later this month as he embarks on a North American Tour, and is making plans for Edinburgh Fringe Festival followed by an off Broadway run starting in the winter.
Satori has performed in over 30 cities across America and in 4 countries. He’s worked with such artists as Hannibal Buress, Ahmed Ahmed, Rory Scovel, Nate Bargatze, and Eric Andre’. He recently featured for both Mike Gaffney and Craig Shoemaker in New York. Dick’s been a winner at comedy contests at The World Famous Comedy Store in Hollywood, Catch A Rising Stars in Princeton New Jersey, The New York International Clown Theater Festival, Cozzy’s Comedy Club, The Harlem Comedy Show, The Richmond Funny Bone, twice received the Will Rogers’ Comedy Award, and currently shares a Guinness World Record for Longest Comedy Show (with multiple comedians).
In addition to colleges he’s entertained on The Addicts Comedy Tour, The East Coast NA Convention, The 80th Annual International AA Convention, and is a regular guest on A Comic’s’ Life on LA Talk Radio. He has appeared in The New York International Fringe Theater Festival, the Richmond Comedy Festival, The Midwest Comedy Festival, Greenville Comedy Festival, and The Females in Comedy Festival in L.A. (yep he did that).
Dick has studied meditation and Dharma Art at the Shambhala Center of New York City for three years. He is a certified Yoga Teacher through Yoga Alliance, and is a certified facilitator of The Yoga of 12-Step Recovery (Y12SR). Satori is proud to have nearly four years of long-term recovery from drug addiction.
