James Thomas Bailey

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James Thomas Bailey is Artistic Director of the National Comedy Theatre and ComedySportz Los Angeles, the longest running show in Los Angeles.

In addition to ComedySportz, Mr. Bailey has produced more than fifty shows in Los Angeles, most recently Kitty Carlisle Hart in her one-woman show, My Life on the Wicked Stage and the west coast premiere of Robert Fulghum's All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. He has appeared on The Drew Carey Show and Tuesdays with Morrie, a film starring Jack Lemmon, based on the best selling novel. He was also a regular on the nationally syndicated television show Quick Witz and can currently be seen on World Cup Comedy on the PAX network. In addition, Mr. Bailey has served as a creative consultant/trainer for Universal Studios, Walt Disney Feature Animation, ABC and Coca-Cola, among others. He has served on the boards of the Theatre League Alliance of Los Angeles (Theatre LA), the California Educational Theatre Association (CETA), West Coast Ensemble Theatre and the advocacy committee of the California Alliance for Arts Education (CAAE). He also received the professional Artist Award from the California Educational Theatre Association and was inducted into the California Thespians Hall of Fame.

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