Award Winning Comedian Don Barnhart Returns Home To Perform At The New Jack Diddley's Comedy Club In Kennewick, WA April 30-May 2
Award Winning comedian Don Barnhart is fast becoming one of the next big comedy stars and makes his way back to his home to perform at Jack Diddley's Comedy Club in Kennewick Washington April 3-May 2, 2009

LAS VEGAS, NV, April 20, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Award winning nationally acclaimed comedian Don Barnhart returns to his native home of Washington State to perform at Jack Diddley's Comedy Club April 30-May 2, 2009. Barnhart was born in Yakama and grew up in Spokane until he headed south to pursue his dream of stardom and he is fast becoming a regular household comedy name.

Don was just nominated by fans as the 2009 Best Comedian in Las Vegas. It seems as Don Barnhart's comedy star is rising fast as past winners include George Carlin, Rita Rudner, Carrot Top, George Wallace and Louie Anderson. Don also serves as the opening act for Louie Anderson when he's in Las Vegas. "I'm just thrilled to have my name associated with such comedy greats and legends as I'm still a huge fan of them all and try to see their shows when I'm not performing my own." said Barnhart from a recent phone interview where he was on tour headlining for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines.

Besides his numerous Vegas shows, Barnhart continues to tour worldwide headlining the top comedy clubs across the country as well as entertaining the troops for Comics On Duty with plans to go back to Iraq and Afghanistan right after his appearance at Jack Diddley's. When asked why? Don replied, "I've been fortunate to make a comfortable living doing what I love and it's just one way to put something back. We all have an obligation to support our troops and this is my way by going over there to do shows and let them know we care".

Barnhart had just returned from being selected for the Comedy Festival in Montreal when he was the Featured Comedian on MySpace, which Barnhart acknowledges is a career booster. Don is currently on tour and admitted, "The power and exposure of the internet is absolutely insane. It's amazing how many people watched my video clips and added me as a friend and now want to come see me live".

Barnhart combines physical characterizations with well written clever material that makes audiences of all ages howl with laughter and then keep coming back for more. You have to watch and listen at the same time or you'll miss half the show. Don literally has to stop and give the audience a break several times during his show to let the audience catch their breath. At a recent show one lady laughed so hard, her water broke and she had to leave the show to go deliver her baby.

Barnhart was also named, 'One of the Top Comedians to See' three years in a row by Entertainment Business Weekly. In addition to stand-up, Barnhart recently completed production on his independent drama, 'China Dolls' a film he wrote, directed and stars in. He is also a contributing author on the book, 'I Killed: True Stories of the Road from America's Top Comics', which The New York Times called "hilarious". The Vegas resident is also producer and host for the television series, 'The Freedom of Speech Comedy Show'.

Barnhart Jr, who won the 2007 American Idol Underground's Comedy Contest and was named, 'Best Emerging Artist' came up with The Freedom of Speech Comedy Show while entertaining U.S. troops overseas. Barnhart explains, "We were censored by the government while entertaining the men and women putting their lives on the line to make the world a safer place. The concept of the Freedom of Speech Comedy Show is no gimmicks or censorship; just the top touring comedians performing in front of real comedy club audiences doing what they do best".


Don and his producing wife Linda Vu are currently in pre-production on the feature film, "Freeloader" which Barnhart wrote, will direct and will star in. They plan to shoot later this year in Las Vegas.

Freeloader is the story of a returning Veteran that finds out his wife is cheating on him and by selling off their house and belongings leaves him alone and homeless. Setting out to find himself, he ends up on the streets in Las Vegas and uses his wit and humor to find his way back to reality.

This is will be the second feature film written and starring nationally acclaimed and award-winning comedian Don Barnhart, Jr. "The story deals with the ongoing homeless problem here in Las Vegas and Freeloader becomes the Robin Hood of the homeless", added Barnhart. "I really like using comedy to deal with current affairs and hard to face issues and I try to do that in my stand up show as well."

Freeloader will be produced under the Don Barnhart Entertainment production company and is truly a family run business with producer and wife of Barnhart Jr, Linda Vu who produced and starred in China Dolls and is the author of Fit, Feminine & Fabulous along with Skip Burrows whose recent credits include Con Air, The Mexican, 12 Monkeys and 3000 Miles To Graceland.

Don Barnhart can also be heard as a regular guest on The Bob & Tom Show, XM and Sirius Satellite. In addition to headlining at the top comedy clubs in the country including The Improv and Punchlines is also an alumni of the prestigious Second City Conservatory Program in Los Angeles. Barnhart's first film, "China Dolls" was a self-funded independent film that deals with the issue of human trafficking and is getting great audience reviews and earning the company money. Don added, "This was an ultra low-budget project that we shot ourselves and put it up on the Internet and self distributed. With the power of the online community, we've already made our money back thru downloads and DVD sales."

"With the success of our first project, it was really a no-brainer to produce Freeloader ourselves and take on another film," said Vu. She added.

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