The very funny star of The Office recounts stories of her growing up with her Irish bar owning father and the story of her booking the job of a lifetime on the iconic Emmy winning NBC show at the age of 40, while still waiting on the rich and famous at a restaurant in Beverly Hills. Kate has waited on Hollywood notables like Whitney Houston, Bruce Springsteen, director Billy Wilder & Paul Newman to name a few. She is the epitome of a late bloomer.
In this new show Kate weaves songs and stories, recounting her days coming up at Chicago’s Second City, the Annoyance Theater & her off Broadway hit run as Neely O’Hara in Valley of the Dolls at the Circle in the Square. Kate sings some expertly arranged jazz versions of Broadway tunes, movie and pop songs arranged by her Musical Director, Tony Guerrero coming off their hit album and tours with the great Jane Lynch. Kate is featured on their Billboard top 10 album A Swingin Little Christmas. Kate and jane have toured for the past 9 years together and played the Kennedy Center in D.C. & NYC’s Cafe Carlyle. Kate Flannery was great on The Office as Meredith and she’s great OUT OF THE OFFICE. Come and see for yourself. (That’s what she said).
Kate Flannery is more than just a former TV drunk from The Office. New York audiences might remember Kate from her critically acclaimed portrayal of Neely O'Hara in Theater a Go-Go's Valley of the Dolls at the Circle in the Square or her very funny turn as Alice in the Real Live Brady Bunch at the Village Gate. Kate also starred in Love, Loss and What I Wore at the Westside Theater. She is a former member of Chicago's famous Second City National Touring Company and she's an original member of Chicago's Annoyance Theater.
She has also performed along-side Jane Lynch in their anti-cabaret act Two Lost Souls at the Café Carlyle, A Swingin' Little Christmas tour, based on the Jane's billboard top 10 album featuring Kate. They have played Feinstein's, The Venetian Room, City Winery, Joes Pub, the Kennedy Center and over 30 cities with Tim Davis and the Tony Guerrero Quintet. Kate also has sung with the Ocean City Pops and sings in her original cult comedy lounge act The Lampshades, mashing up songs from the '70s & '80s in music and comedy festivals all over the country and has continued to play Hollywood monthly for more than 15 years.
In 2019 Kate starred on ABC's Dancing with the Stars and toured with the show for 3 months in early 2020. She is currently on Cartoon Network's OK O.K.! Let's Be Heroes and has a recurring role on Steven Universe. TV audiences have also seen her on American Housewife one ABC, Fox's New Girl and Brooklyn Nine Nine, the Netflix films 4th Man Out, Tenured and Elijah Woods' Cooties. Kate is also on Hulu's new teen hit, All Night.