A parable on habits colliding.
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Carina Magyar has been performing stand-up comedy in Austin since 2010. She was the runner-up in the 2017 Funniest Person in Austin contest. Recently, she's performed at the Moontower Comedy Festival, roast battled at SXSW, riffed movies with Doug Benson, headlined the Velveeta Room three different weekends, and been featured in the Amazon Prime documentary "Funniest." She's the showrunner for the longest-running standup showcase in Austin, Live at Coldtowne, every Friday night. She has opened or featured for Laura Kightlinger, Jen Kirkman, Michael Ian Black, Joe DeRosa, Vanessa Gonzalez, Kate Willett, Maggie Maye, Chris Cubas, Johnny Hardwick, and many more. By day, she's a Senior Content Strategist for Springbox, and has led workshops on content strategy for private clients and conferences around the United States. She's also the mother of two small children and one very small freelance journalism career. She wrote a children's book and runs the Austin comedy website Last Gas Comedy. She's affordable.
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Album
It's finally here! Sure Thing Records published my debut album on March 29, 2019, and now I have to write all-new material. But I'm very proud of it. I think it's good. Buy it on iTunes or at the link below.
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Productions
Live at Coldtowne
Austin's longest-running weekly standup showcase. Takes place every Friday at 10pm. Co-produced with Ky Krebs.
Out of Bounds
Standup producer for Austin's longest running comedy festival. Takes place every year the week leading up to Labor Day.
Slap Bracelet
Creator of a monthly women's standup-and-panel show format at Alamo Drafthouse's Barrel O' Fun. 4th Wednesday of every month. Co-produced with Brett VerVoort.
Austin Pride Comedy
Producer for the Official Austin Pride comedy showcase in 2019. All-local, all-queer event raised money for OutYouth's safe house for LGBTQ+ youth.
Last Gas Comedy
Webmistress of Austin's most complete online comedy calendar.
Date or Die
Creator of blind dating-themed show in which two random comedians are thrown on stage to get to know each other for 15 minutes. Available for festivals and pop-up events.
Standup Co-op
Creator and organizer of a biannual standup mutual education group, where comedians swap knowledge on various topics.
Shows
Press
As a comedian who is transgender, her role first and foremost is to make us laugh, but inherent in good comedy are the thought experiments that twist our mental processes and extract pleasant surprise.
Richard Goodwin: Comedy Wham, Read more...
I got hooked, I got the bug, and I was terrible for years. That's how it works.
Austin After Hours: CBS Austin, Watch the clip...
The world always needs more LGBTQ perspectives, and for Austinite and trans comedian Carina Magyar, comedy is the best way to put hers out into the world.
Josh Watkins: Spectrum South, Read more...
As the runner up in this year’s Funniest Person in Austin contest and Live at Coldtowne host, she’s become a comedic city gem with her unique and hilariously relatable jokes.
Courtney Naquin: Austin Chronicle, Read more...
That’s usually the root of good comedy, somebody who’s had a real experience that’s worth sharing.
Courtney Runn: Austin Woman, Read more...
Selected Credits
Laughed Out
Las Vegas
Headlining act at the inaugural queer comedy festival in 2020.
Jen Kirkman
North Door, Austin
Featured for a sold-out show, joined Jen on stage for a skit.
Roast Battle
SXSW Comedy, Moontower
Yeah, I won.
Moontower Comedy Festival
Austin
Bye Felicia, I Don't Think So Honey
Oooh neat!
A parallax transition!
These never get old, right?
Thanks, Academy!
Weird Brunch
For the Kingdom
A beautifully illustrated children's book about a wild adventure through a magical realm.
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For the Kingdom
48 pages of gorgeous illustration, gripping adventure, and weird creatures the whole family will love. Reading level: Grades 1 to 4.
$20
Jukebox Stories
Journalism
Head Cheese:Austin Chronicle
Pat Dean takes over The Velveeta Room, a venue that's redefining what a "comedy club" can be.
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Confidence Man:Austin Chronicle
Vietnam-born comedian Tai Nguyen on insecurity and his shot-in-the-dark TV special.
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King for a Month:Austin Chronicle
How comedian Chris Cubas talked his way into being one of the wealthiest people in Austin – temporarily.
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Awful / Lucky:Austin Chronicle
The Austin comedian and Baskets co-star Martha Kelly has two ways of looking at her improbable path to fame.
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In Her Shoes:Austin Monthly
After 30-plus years of denial, a transgender woman discovers that while the transitions from male to female brings fears and doubts, it also brings acceptance and, ultimately, freedom.
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