Good Fortune: Comedian-actress Feimster talks about her tour headed here

Fortune Feimster's recent Critics' Choice Awards appearance ended with her spouse's arm in a sling.

Feimster's wife, Jacquelyn, slipped and tumbled after the ceremony, breaking an elbow.

"She was in a dress and heels, and there was a cobblestone walkway and rain, and all of that did not mix," Feimster said.

Jacquelyn is recovering from that Jan. 15 fall in good spirits, and might be healthy enough to join Feimster on tour, as the fast-rising comic and TV star heads to Pittsburgh and New England this March.

Enough time has passed that Feimster might even crack a joke or two about the accident ― "I got to come up with something," she said ― as she comes looking for laughs at two March 2 shows at Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall in Munhall; March 16 at Chevalier Theatre in Medford, Mass.; March 17-18 at the Wilbur Theater in Boston; and two March 19 shows at the State Theatre in Portland, Maine.

Feimster's Live Laugh Love! tour is all-new material, following up her hour-long Netflix concert special, "Good Fortune," where her confessional, homespun comedy captured the hearts of viewers and earned a Critics' Choice nomination.

"This tour picks up where the last one left off," Feimster said. "I talk about our honeymoon, and settling into the married life and how there are approaches from a different perspective. I talk about my mom again, because she's become a fan favorite from my podcast and other stories I've told about her on stage. I'm leaning into that even more because that's where the whole 'Live Laugh Love' part of the tour comes from, since that's one of her favorite signs and now I'm becoming more like my mother."

Feimster says you'll know you've become just like your mom when you start displaying framed artwork that bears folksy messages like "Live, Laugh, Love."

"It's a weird full circle," she said. "There's a lot of fun stories in this show, and it's an interactive show. I'm talking with the audience more. I give someone a mic at some point and let others tell stories. It's pretty fun. I've been getting a lot of great feedback from the people who've come out this first month."

In her affable, leisurely paced North Carolina voice, with a laugh always around the corner, Feimster's early evening phone interview Feb. 21 pointed out how busy she's become. The following morning, she needed to be on set for a movie she'll appear in starring Jennifer Garner.

As a cast member, she'll play a smart, sarcastic CIA agent in Netflix's upcoming, still-untitled Arnold Schwarzenegger spy adventure series, and is set to star in two features "Bad Cop, Bad Cop” and “Field Trip,” which she wrote and were acquired by Steven Spielberg’s production company, Amblin.

Feimster also voices the popular-in-school Olive character in HBO Max's animated "Velma," starring Mindy Kaling, with whom she previously worked on the Fox/Hulu series "The Mindy Project."

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From being a panelist on "Chelsea Lately," to appearing in the comedy film “Office Christmas Party,” to co-hosting a daily SiriusXM radio show to guest stints on "2 Broke Girls" and "Glee," Feimster has given people many ways to discover her talents.

"I obviously have a very distinguishable look. I don't look like other people, and I have this big hair and Southern accent, so I do get recognized a lot," Feimster said. "So, I'm always curious 'How do you guys know me?' and 'From what thing?' and it always runs the gamut."

Her second Netflix comedy, "Good Fortune," debuted in October 2022, and became a pivotal career achievement, earning raves from sites like Decider, which said “Feimster remains the fun aunt, cousin, or friend you want to sidle up to at the party.”

One topic Feimster joked about in "Good Fortune," and subsequent TV talk show appearances, is how she strived for the perfect, most romantic way to propose to Jacquelyn ― including candles and rose petals. That extravagant proposal hit unforeseen snags, like when the scattered rose petals looked more like a crime scene.

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"It was a crazy weekend, but it makes for a very memorable story," Feimster said.

Two-plus years in, how's marriage treating the couple?

"It's really good. I feel like if you can get through a pandemic with somebody you really know you can go the distance," Feimster said. "She's awesome. We're such a team at this point. I'm really lucky to have someone like her."

If Jax is cleared by doctors to travel, Feimster concertgoers might also get a glimpse of Biggie, their beloved 7-pound Pomeranian.

Feimster hopes her comedy concerts bring people together, proving to audiences of all ages, backgrounds and sexual orientations that common ground is only a joke or two away.

"The show is silly and fun. My goal is for people to leave the show feeling better than when they got there," she said. "If people want that, hopefully they'll come check it out."

Scott Tady is entertainment editor at The Beaver County Times and easy to reach at stady@gannett.com.

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