Maria Blasucci

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Maria Blasucci is an American actress and comedy writer. [1] She is best known for roles in television shows including Family Tree on HBO and Ghost Ghirls on Yahoo Screen.

Her basketball team is the subject of The Pistol Shrimps , a documentary produced by Morgan Spurlock that premiered at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival. [2]

She was an on-set writer for Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising . [1] [3] [4]

She currently stars in the Comedy Central series Drunk History and can be seen as Jessica Mundt in Mascots on Netflix. [5]

She is a co-founder of the Earios podcast network where she co-hosts The Big Ones as well as serves as producer and fan favorite of WebCrawlers.

She is a frequent guest star on the podcast Spontaneanation hosted by Paul F. Tompkins on Earwolf. [6]

She graduated from Marymount High School [7] and earned a degree in theater arts at Loyola Marymount University in 2008. [1] [8] [9]

She studied improv comedy at IO West. [9] [10]

References

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  2. "Pistol Shrimps - 2016 Tribeca Film Festival". tribecafilm.com. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  3. Berman, Eliza (19 May 2016). "How 'Neighbors 2' Became a Gross-Out Comedy With a Feminist Conscience". Time . Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  4. "Creating a female-centric sequel to 'Neighbors' was no easy task". Los Angeles Times . 12 May 2016. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  5. "Maria Blasucci". IMDb . Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  6. "Maria Blasucci on Earwolf". earwolf.com. Earwolf . Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  7. Swann, Jennifer (14 January 2015). "These L.A. Comedians Are Turning Their Women's Basketball League Into a Phenomenon". Laweekly.com. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  8. Swann, Jennifer (January 14, 2015). "These L.A. Comedians Are Turning Their Women's Basketball League Into a Phenomenon". L.A. Weekly. LA Weekly . Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  9. 1 2 "Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci". yahoo.com. Yahoo! On the Road. April 26, 2013. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  10. "The Pistol Shrimps: the origin story of Aubrey Plaza's basketball team". scpr.org. Southern California Public Radio. 9 August 2016. Retrieved September 12, 2016.