Katie Hughes

Working out of Los Angeles after coming up through the southern comedy circuit, Hughes builds her material around her own lack of status. She refers to herself on stage as a “poverty influencer,” turning the realities of living in an expensive city into a point of aggressive pride. Her hours, including Double Feature and The Haunting of Hopscotch, draw laughs from the gap between polite LA culture and her own stubborn dirtbag habits. She frequently casts herself as the chaotic element in a quiet room, like a long routine about deliberately ruining a healthy meal with acquaintances she resents.

Her North Carolina roots provide a slight twang and a deep familiarity with small-town boredom. That background anchors the absurdity. Even when she is pitching a diet where you eat river rocks like a dog, she sounds like someone who just thought of it while waiting in line at a discount store.