Geneva Rust-Orta

NYC

Geneva Rust-Orta is a comic and writer based in Brooklyn, New York. She hosts a monthly variety show called Chatty Kathies that combines music, comedy, and talk show-style interviews, as well as a pop-up Queer comedy show called Beef Curtains. Originally from Oakland, she has performed on the lineup of SF Sketchfest, Santa Cruz Comedy Festival, and the Oakland Comedy Festival. Geneva took her half-hour show, “Messed Up” to the Edinburgh Fringe in 2016 and 2017. While in the UK, she competed in London’s Jewish Comedian of the Year competition and was named “Second Funniest Jew.” The daughter of four Jewish moms, Geneva has led a sheltered and happy life.