about gab
“She’s the real deal and fucking hilarious.” High praise for comedian Gab Bonesso from one of the greats, Richard Lewis.
Gab Bonesso has carved out a quirky niche in a crazy business. She specializes in Alternative Comedy, and she is definitely an alternative to the traditional kind of club (frat boy) comedic style. Her dad died at Christmas. Naturally, Gab somehow finds the humor. A dog gets a little too friendly with an unsuspecting infant. Gab examines the canine’s point of view.
Bonesso calls Pittsburgh home, because that’s where she’s from. She was named Pittsburgh’s Best Comedian by the Pittsburgh City Paper Reader’s Poll. She’s performed in San Francisco, New York, L.A., Chicago, Philadelphia and Seattle, with such comedic luminaries as Richard Lewis, Will Durst, Christian Finnegan, Dan Levy, Sandra Bernhardt and Eddie Brill. Her cutting edge comedy was a regular fixture on the John McIntire show on WTZN-FM Pittsburgh where she wrote, produced and starred in topical edgy comedic radio plays, in her role as on-air sidekick and producer.
She also was a regular guest co-host on the Alan Cox “The X” morning drive show. Of Bonesso, says Cox, “Gab is one of the most frenetic and inventive comedians to emerge from Pittsburgh in many years. She comes across as a raw, exposed nerve and you just want to touch her.” Gab has performed in storied venues such as The Laugh Factory, The Punchline, The Purple onion, UCB, the PIT, and The New York City Comedy Club. She was a top ten finalist in The New York City Underground Comedy Festival.
Her considerable acting skills landed her the role of the psychotically hysterical Lois in The No Name Players Production of David Lindsay-Abaire’s “Wonder Of The World” in Pittsburgh. Typecasting? Perhaps. Gab has written three full-length sketch comedy shows produced in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. She’s written for print, television, radio and stage.
Pittsburgh’s number one radio morning team, Krenn and Bauman, call Gab “the hardest working woman in show business.”
