About Mary Ryan Brown
A singular, delightfully idiosyncratic voice in the world of comedy, Mary Ryan Brown is a wife, mother, writer, and comedian who leaves no moment unexamined. Born, raised, and still residing in Mississippi, Mary Ryan both mocks and participates in the cultural carnival of the Deep South. She loves to establish patterns, then disturb them. Tell stories, then revise them in real time. Oh–and talk about the Muppets, motherhood, and the endless sex appeal of Simon Cowell.
After giving birth to her daughter in 2021, Mary Ryan began hand transcribing Netflix comedy specials while breastfeeding her colicky child and wading through the muck of postpartum depression. In July of 2022, when the fog of infancy began to clear, Mary Ryan and her husband started attending open mic comedy at a local brewery in their hometown of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Mary Ryan was mesmerized by live standup. Hooked. Terrified. She wrote and performed a four-minute set, then the rest was history. In the first two years of her unlikely comedy career, Mary Ryan has performed two hour-long shows at two different venues in Manhattan, an hour-long show at Dallas Comedy Club, and has opened for Ryan Hamilton, Steve Byrne, Ariel Elias, Cody Smith, Mark Caesar, and more.
Mary Ryan’s latest hour of comedy, Gifted and Damaged, is autobiographical, observational, and absurd. Deftly written and easily manipulated into a variety of time lengths and levels of appropriateness, her material is versatile enough to delight audiences at corporate events, intimate venues, rambunctious clubs, and established theaters. Clean or dirty, brainy or physical, Mary Ryan does it all. In the words of her doppelganger, Boy George, she’ll tumble for you.
In addition to performing, Mary Ryan leverages a master’s degree in creative writing and over a decade of experience in the branding and marketing worlds to consult on and write for creative agencies and their clients. She has written for organizations like NASCAR, Nike, NBA 2K, and several regional corporations and small businesses. If you have a project that needs another set of eyes, she’ll tumble for you, too.
Writing and performing comedy is changing Mary Ryan’s life for the better. Her ultimate hope? That her unique voice will give others permission to cultivate their own. As her career continues to evolve and her new podcast Superfreak prepares to launch, Mary Ryan aspires to work with artists, brands, and venues that celebrate the life-affirming power of comedy and storytelling.