HE'S PERFORMED AT JAILS AND COLLEGES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, LADIES AND GENTLEMAN....RICH SATORI!
Since joining the circus as a professional clown at age 15 Rich Satori has continued pursuing his passion for performing comedy over the past 21 years. As a physical Comedian he’s worked with artists from Cirque du Soleil & performed on Broadway. He studied acting at The University of North Carolina School of the Arts, wrote and performed his hilarious and inspirational talk off broadway, on Theater Row NYC, and Premiered his fourth keynote, “Monkey Off Back – Circus Still In Town!” at SOLOCOM Festival and The Firehouse Fringe in Richmond VA. Satori is elated to have toured his talk twice to Austin Texas, Wilmington NC, Kerrville TX, San Antonio TX, Nashville TN, Owensboro KY, and Louisville KY during his ongoing North American Tour. There are plans for UK Tour and an Edinburgh Fringe Festival followed by an off Broadway starting next year.
Satori has shared his story in over 40 cities across America and in 4 countries. He's worked with such artists as Hannibal Buress, Ahmed Ahmed, Rory Scovel, Nate Bargatze, and Eric Andre’. He recently featured for both Mike Gaffney and Craig Shoemaker in New York. Rich’s been a winner at comedy contests at The World Famous Comedy Store in Hollywood, Catch A Rising Stars in Princeton New Jersey, The New York International Clown Theater Festival, Cozzy’s Comedy Club, The Harlem Comedy Show, The Richmond Funny Bone, twice received the Will Rogers’ Comedy Award, and currently shares a Guinness World Record for Longest Comedy Show (with multiple comedians).
In addition to colleges he’s made appearences at The Addicts Comedy Tour, The East Coast NA Convention, The 80th Annual International AA Convention, and is a regular guest on LA Talk Radio. He has appeared in The New York International Fringe Theater Festival, the Richmond Comedy Festival, The Midwest Comedy Festival, Greenville Comedy Festival, and The Females in Comedy Festival in L.A. (yep he did that).
Ty has studied meditation and Dharma Art at the Shambhala Center of New York City for three years. He is a certified Yoga Teacher through Yoga Alliance, and is a certified facilitator of The Yoga of 12-Step Recovery (Y12SR). Satori is proud to have over five years of long-term recovery from addiction.
About Keynote: As featured on NBC Affiliate WECT, National Public Radio Affiliate WHQR, The Austin Chronicle, Recovery People Radio, Pure Motive Radio, and in association with The Collegiate Recovery Community at UNCW. Entertained at The International Conference of Young People in AA, Young People in Recovery (YPR) Chapters across the Country, Refuge Recovery at Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Center in Nashville, The Comedy Addiction Tour, The Recovery Rock Fest, The Chesterfield Jail Heroin Treatment Program, The East Coast NA Convention, The Recovering Artists Worldwide Tour, and The 80th Annual International AA Convention comedy shows.
