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Ladies Night In Napa: Featuring Christina Pazsitzky, Tammy Pescatelli, Mary Lynn Rajskub and Loni Love

 It’s Ladies Night In Napa, but the guys are welcome to join in the festivities, to hold our purses and buy our drinks!


Ticket holders attending the
ladies night event qualify for a discounted room rate at The Westin
Verasa Napa, up to the first 40 guest rooms booked.  Rates and
availability differ based on room type selected, please use the link
below to make your discounted room reservation as this special rate is
not valid via phone.   Please ensure you can present your paid ticket
receipt to the event at time of check-in, or the rate will be updated to
the current rack rate at time of check in. The Westin Verasa Napa is
within 4 walking blocks of the Uptown Theatre and will be hosting the
live KGO broadcast of “Cooking With Ryan Scott”  from 4pm to 6pm July 27thin the Solera Courtyard.


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Christina Pazsitzky




Stand-Up Comedian, Writer and LA native Christina Pazsitzky is a series
regular on Tru TVʼs “Worldʼs Dumbest,” a roundtable regular on E!ʼs
“Chelsea Lately” and will be in Showtimeʼs new “Live From Amsterdam
Series!” Headlining comedy clubs around the country, Christina has also
entertained our troops in the Middle East, Africa and South Korea.
Christina has been called “pure comedy: honesty and a lot of
outspokenness.” fearless, empowering, and observational, Christina is a
modern day Rosanne Barr – with a dash of truck stop waitress.


A long-time veteran of television, sheʼs also been featured on the E!
Channelʼs “Wildest TV Moments.” She hosted the FX series “Hitchhiker
Chronicle”s and was a cast member on MTVʼs “Road Rules Australia.” She
was a regional finalist on Season 6 and 7 of NBCʼs “Last Comic Standing”
and is a featured comedian on Animal Planetʼs “The A List.” Christina
has lent her voice and written on various animated television series,
like “Trolls” and “Dr. Doolittle” and in the feature film “TV: The
Movie” with the boys from “Jackass.” She received the “Up and Coming
Writer” Award from Animation Magazine for her writing work..”


Before becoming a comedian, Christina studied Philosophy at Oxford University and attended Law School for two entire weeks.


 


Tammy Pescatelli




Growing up with all brothers will give a girl from Cleveland two things:
a great sense of security and an even greater sense of humor. Indeed,
comedienne Tammy Pescatelli got her fair share of both, but her sense of
humor is what has made her one of America’s funniest—and
hardest working—women of comedy. Since beating out thousands for the
enviable spot as part of the

Final Five on NBC’s “Last Comic Standing 2,”


Tammy’s current schedule is jam-packed with headlining appearances at
top comedy clubs and across the country, as well as adding her comedic
observations to specials on VH1, E!, G4, Country Music Television and TV
Land. She is also featured weekly as part of the “Fashion Police” panel
for US Weekly. And giving pros a run for their money in the poker
department, Tammy recently participated in the GSN poker series “Poker
Royale: Comedians Vs. Pros,” making it all the way to the finals. Tammy
also recently appeared in her own half-hour special for Comedy Central,
“Comedy Central Presents: Tammy Pescatelli”. Tammy also co-stars in
the upcoming indie films Everybody Wants to Be Italian and Made in
Brooklyn.


Tammy has appeared twice as a guest on “The Tonight Show with Jay
Leno,” and “Dennis Miller” and has been a featured comic on PAX’s
“Balderdash” National Lampoon’s “Funny Money” and Comedy Central’s “The
World Stands Up.” She has also performed on the “Jerry Lewis Telethon”
twice. More recently, she has performed on “TBS’s Evening at the
Laugh Factory,” “Last Call with Carson Daly,” and has been a guest on
the syndicated show “Comics Unleashed.”


 


Mary Lynn Rajskub




Mary Lynn Rajskub is an actress, comedienne and singer who is best known
as a co-star of Kiefer Sutherland on the popular television series “24″
.Rajskub made her debut on television, she was cast by David Cross as
one of the original cast members of “Mr. Show with Bob and David” .


As a skilled guitar player, Rajskub has been part of the comic duo
called ‘Girls Guitar Club’ and appeared on the NBC’s ‘Late Friday’ TV
show. In the 2000s she has ventured into more dramatic roles, most
notably her role as analyst Chloe O’Brian opposite Kiefer Sutherland on
the popular TV series “24″ . She joined the show in 2003 at the
beginning of the show’s third season, then

returned in the show’s fourth season as a recurring cast member. Her
character has been a hit with viewers and critics. Rajskub became a main
cast member in the show’s fifth season, then replaced Kim Raver as a
female lead, with top billing second only to Kiefer Sutherland in
the season of 2006 – 2007, until her character was arrested and skipped a
few episodes in 2007.


While she has been mainly a television star, Rajskub also played bit
parts on the big screen in Magnolia , Man on the Moon , Road Trip ,
among her other works. She offered mesmerizing performances in
Mysterious Skin , Sweet Home Alabama , and in Punch-Drunk Love ,
then played a few more visible roles such as Janet Stone in Firewall ,
opposite Harrison Ford, and as Pam in Little Miss Sunshine ). In 2006
Harrison Ford presented Rajskub with the Female Breakthrough Award for
her “high concept comedic stage productions, as well as her TV and film
acting skills.” She was also nominated for the Screen Actors Guild
Awards two times, in 2005, and in 2007.


 


Loni Love




A Detroit native, Loni performs regularly at the comedy clubs and
colleges all around the country. She was awarded the Jury Prize for best
stand up at the US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, voted one of
Variety’s and Comedy Central’s 10 Comics to Watch.


A former engineer by day and comic by night, Loni’s movie credits
include the MGM feature Soul Plane. Loni has made television appearances
on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Late Show with Craig
Kilborn, Comedy Central’s Premium Blend, Comedy Central’s Chocolate News
and The Best Damn Sports Show Period. Loni has been on VH1’s I Love the
70’s/80’s/90’s, and I Love The Toys, and has had guest starring roles
on UPN’s Girlfriends and the CBS sitcom Worst Week. Loni also had a
recurring role as Lunch Lady Rose on the Nickelodeon show Ned’s
Declassified School Survival Guide.


Loni premiered her first half-hour Comedy Central Special and was a
CNN Correspondent for the CNN show D.L. Hughley Breaks the News.
Currently, she is a guest host for the show GSN

Live as well as a regular panelist on the hit shows, Chelsea Lately on E! and Tru TV’s Smoking Gun Presents.

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