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Gregory Shapiro
noun.
Comedy newsman, actor & writer from Chicago, living in Amsterdam.

experience.
- ‘Comedy Central News,’ Anchor
- Boom Chicago Comedy Theater
- BNR Newsradio; Sp!ts; Volkskrant.nl, Columnist
- 500+ corporate events as:
Speaker, Stand-up & MC / Host.

background.
Shapiro came to Amsterdam in 1994 and never managed to get back to Chicago. Since joining Comedy Theater Boom Chicago, his voice and face have appeared Dutch commercials (Chevrolet, Holland Casino), television (GTST, ONM) and films (‘Phileine Zegt Sorry’, ‘Radeloos’).

Shapiro’s cabaret career includes 2-man shows such as ‘Bye-Bye Bush’ & ‘Yankee Go Home,’ with Jon Rosenfeld. As a Solo Act, Shapiro performed the story of his Dutch passport (‘Greg Shapiro’s Going Dutch’) in Amsterdam and in Chicago for the Dutch Consulate at Second City Theater.
His writing has appeared in XM Magazine, Expats Magazine, Sum, The Amsterdam Times, The Scotsman, Sp!ts, and TimeOutAmsterdam.

currently.
- BNR Nieuwsradio: Wednesdays with Bas v Werven On the Move
- ‘Political Party’ with Maurice de Hond & Dutch candidates, Boom Chicago, 2010
- Solo cabaret show ‘How to Be Orange,’ tour 2010

reviews.
“Greg is hilarious! He is an exceptionally enthusiastic media professional, with whom it’s pleasure to work. Greg’s got a tremendous drive to perform; he’s hard working, intelligent, flexible, modest and truly funny.”
-Geert-Martin vd Jagt, MTVnetworks (Comedy Central News)

“Greg did a series of very funny and sharp video news columns about the US Elections in 2008 for our the website of Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant. Excellent work and a very original.”
-Annette Posthumus, de Volkskrant

“Greg definitely made the difference between a pretty good event and an excellent event. His total understanding of the content, combined with his ever-optimistic persona and great humour, gave the event depth and made it sparkling and entertaining.”
-Sylvester Lindemulder, De Garage (Logica’s Tranform09 conference)