Comedian (and Cincinnati Native) Gary Owen Headlines a Night of Stand-Up the Taft Theatre

Owen will present a whole new hour at the downtown theater

Dec 11, 2018 at 3:42 pm

click to enlarge Gary Owen - Photo: Mathieu Young
Photo: Mathieu Young
Gary Owen
Gary Owen is a busy man between doing stand-up and acting. However, when he’s not working, he really enjoys his down time.

“I watch sports, all day,” he says. “I don’t like to leave the house, and if I’m on vacation, I don’t like to leave the hotel or resort. I’m like a hermit. Like Bigfoot.”

The Hamilton, Ohio native and his family now split time between the Tri-State and California, an arrangement he made to please his agents — and because his wife is from the Golden State and has a lot of family out west.

Coming back to Cincinnati is always special, though. And speaking of specials, “the show at the Taft this week will be a live taping,” he says. He’s reluctant to call it a “special,” per se, as he’s not sure where it will run or who he’ll sell it to.

“But I’ve got a lot of new material,” he says. “If you saw me at the Taft last year, I have a whole new hour.”

8:30 p.m. Saturday (Dec. 15). $28-$78. Taft Theatre, 317, E. Fifth St., Downtown, tafttheatre.org.