Durham, NC (April 19, 2023) – Coming hot off a weekend of two sold-out arena shows in her hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee, Leanne Morgan is pleased to announce the second leg of her national headlining theatre and arena tour, Just Getting Started. Coming to the Triangle at DPAC on Friday, August 18, 2023.

 

Tickets go on sale Friday, April 21, 2023, at 10:00 AM.

• Online at DPACnc.com
• Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Ticket Center at DPAC: 919.680.2787,
  123 Vivian Street, Durham, NC
• Ticketmaster.com   

The enthusiasm for Leanne continues to grow unabated. Morgan has sold out the first leg of her ‘Just Getting Started Tour’, with over 50,000 tickets sold and counting. In addition, her new special, Leanne Morgan: I’m Every Woman, placed in the Top 10 shows on Netflix within the first week after the special’s debut.  Her fans were recently out in full force in her hometown of Knoxville, TN where she performed two sold-out arena shows with over 11,000 tickets sold.  This is followed up by a sold-out show in Nashville, TN at the iconic Grand Ole Opry.

 

Morgan’s standup celebrates every woman – mothers, daughters, sisters, best friends, grandmothers. Through personal stories from her experiences growing up in rural Tennessee, being married for over 20 years, the adventures of raising her three kids, and becoming a grandmother for the first time, Morgan’s life is on full display and no member of her family is spared from her opinion.

 

“I named my second tour “Just Getting Started” because I’m a 50-something mother and grandmother that’s having the time of my life!  This is a dream come true! I truly feel like I am in the prime of my life. I’ve had the honor to travel to over 100 cities across this great country performing in front of my fans who feel like my best friends. I’ll be sharing more stories of my real life, my family, and my experiences and I hope people will still come away from this new hour saying, ‘this is my life- is Leanne spying on me??,’” says Morgan.

 

LEANNE MORGAN: JUST GETTING STARTED TOUR 2023 DATES

NEW SHOWS ADDED

*Early Show - 4 p.m.

 

July 7, 2023                 Grant, OK                                Choctaw Casino

*July 9, 2023               North Myrtle Beach, SC          Alabama Theatre

Aug. 11, 2023              St. Louis, MO                           The Factory

Aug. 12, 2023              Louisville, KY                           Whitney Hall

Aug. 18, 2023              Durham, NC                            DPAC

Aug. 19, 2023              Richmond, VA                         Carpenter Theatre

Aug. 25, 2023              Des Moines, IA                        Hoyt Sherman Place

Aug. 26, 2023              Chicago, IL                               The Chicago Theatre

Sept. 15, 2023             Austin, TX                                Austin City Limits Live at the Moody Theater

Sept. 16, 2023             San Antonio, TX                      Majestic Theatre

Sept. 22, 2023             Pensacola, FL                          Saenger Theatre

Sept. 23, 2023             Atlanta, GA                              Fox Theatre

Oct. 6, 2023                 Fayetteville, AR                       Walton Arts Center

Oct. 7, 2023                 Wichita, KS                              Century II Performing Arts Center

Oct. 27, 2023               San Diego, CA                         Balboa Theatre

Oct. 28, 2023               Denver, CO                             Paramount Theatre

Dec. 1, 2023                Birmingham, AL                      Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex Concert Hall

Dec. 2, 2023                Memphis, TN                          Orpheum Theatre

 

 

ABOUT LEANNE MORGAN

After discovering her passion for stand-up comedy later in life and finding the time and confidence to pursue her dream, Leanne Morgan has cemented herself as a must-watch comedian.

 

Leanne was feeling the lure of Hollywood after graduating high school, yet the idea of moving there was unheard of and too daunting for a country girl who had never been away from home. She enrolled in college at The University of Tennessee, where she graduated (by the skin of her teeth) with a degree in Child and Family Studies.

 

Shortly after, she married her husband, Chuck, and they moved to Bean Station, Tennessee located in the beautiful foothills of the Appalachian Mountains.

 

To stay busy after having her first baby, Morgan started selling jewelry at home parties. She was supposed to talk about the jewelry but instead conversed about breastfeeding, hemorrhoids and being a mama. The party guests thought that she was hilarious, and before she knew it, she was booked a year in-advance. 

 

The jewelry company saw what was happening and asked her to speak at their sales rallies. It was there that women started saying, “you need to do stand-up!” That gave Morgan the courage to really go for it! She finally had access to comedy clubs when her family moved to San Antonio in 2001, and her career in comedy quickly officially got underway.

 

Morgan’s comedy has landed her at the prestigious Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal and has brought her development deals for her own sitcom with ABC and Warner Brothers, writer/producer Matt Williams (Rosanne and Home Improvement), TV Land and with Sony Television.

 

Morgan has garnered over 2.5M followers across social media and her popular online stand-up special, So Yummy, has reached over 50M views on YouTube. Her fan base continues to grow with her relatability as she discusses everything from being a housewife, sharing Jell-O recipes to having a new grandbaby. Morgan has appeared on the third hour of the Today Show, The Kelly Clarkson Show, The View, and Nick at Nite’s Funniest Mom.

 

Now that her children are grown, Morgan is moving full steam ahead with a career rooted in her everyday comedy. In December 2022, she concluded The Big Panty Tour with Outback Presents which spanned 100+ shows in theaters across the U.S.  She also taped her first Netflix standup special which premiered on the platform on April 11, 2023, where the special was in the Top 10 shows watched during the first week.  Morgan is back on the road with her next 100+ show Just Getting Started theater and arena tour with Outback Presents. Her first book, What in the World?, is set to be published by Random House/Convergent, in September 2024.

 

When not on the road, Leanne cherishes spending time in Knoxville, Tennessee with her husband, three children, grandbaby, and two beagles.

 

For more info on her tour go to: www.Leannemorgan.com 

 

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About DPAC

Since its opening in 2008, DPAC (Durham Performing Arts Center) has become the center for live entertainment in North Carolina. Recognized for its contemporary design, DPAC features 2,700 seats, intimate sightlines, and state-of-the-art sound and video. Ranked annually among the top-ten theaters in America by three leading national magazines that cover live entertainment events and venues, DPAC was recently nominated for Theatre of the Decade by Pollstar Magazine.

With a mission of presenting one-of-a-kind live entertainment events, DPAC truly has “something for everyone,” hosting 500,000 guests per year to its 200+ performances. Each season, the stage at DPAC comes alive with spectacular touring Broadway productions, high-profile concert and comedy events, family shows and the heralded American Dance Festival. Owned by the City of Durham and operated under the direction of Nederlander and Professional Facilities Management (PFM), since 2011 DPAC has been listed as the #1 performing arts organization in the region by the Triangle Business Journal. 

For more information, please visit www.DPACnc.com.