Marla Schultz is a headlining standup comedian, speaker and actress. An advocate for mental health awareness, Marla’s motto blends comedy and therapy; “Saving lives one punchline at a time.”

She’s also been featured in the documentaries The Big Talk Over Dinner and the soon-to-be-released You’re Gorgeous, I Love Your Shirt: A Look Inside the Crisis of Bullying and Mental Health.

As a comedian, she’s headlined all over the country, entertained the troops overseas and toured nationwide opening for Chelsea Hander. Television credits include a second appearance on Comics Unleashed, Who Wants to Date a Comedian, Girls Behaving Badly, E! Entertainment Television’s The Entertainer with Wayne Newton, TV Guide’s Hollywood 411, Redeye, Sirius Radio, Raw Dog Comedy with Jim Breuer and WPIX Morning News.

Guest starring acting credits include TNT’s Men of a Certain Age and FX’s Dirt. She’s co-starred in several indie films, Ghost Shrink, Chutzpah, The Schmoole Glick Story, Sink or Swim and film festival favorite which she co-wrote and co-starred in What the Feng?

Stage credits include co-starring in The 2013 NY Fringe Festival’s British import, Kemble’s Riot which won the prestigious “Overall Excellence Award.” Additionally she co-starred in the Off-Broadway hit JAPS: The Jewish American Princesses of Comedy.

FACTS OF (MARLA’S) LIFE:
- Laughter is the lifeline to hope, healing, and happiness.
- Humor heals and creates compassion within ourselves and with others.
- Laughter punctures pain and the only way out is through it.
- Sharing her stories inspires others to stand up for themselves.
- Laughter defuses self doubt, shame, stigma, and loneliness.
- Laughter unites us. When we laugh with others we're reminded we're connected. We’re never alone - and that’s a big deal!