April Richardson


April Marie Richardson Rossiter is an American stand-up comedian. She was a round table regular on the television show Chelsea Lately and a frequent contestant on @midnight. She is from Atlanta, Georgia.

Early life

Richardson was born in Savannah, Georgia. She spent several years in Manchester, England. She graduated from Lassiter High School in Marietta, Georgia in 1997. She is an alumna of Georgia State University.

Stand-up comedy

Richardson has performed at the Bridgetown Comedy Festival, SF Sketchfest, Aspen Laff Festival, Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival, North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival, Boston's Women In Comedy Festival, and performs regularly in Los Angeles. She has toured with Chris Hardwick, Rob Delaney, Jimmy Pardo, Dana Gould, and Matt Braunger.

Television

Richardson co-hosted TruTV's Almost Genius with Chris Fairbanks. She appeared regularly on Chelsea Lately, and on Fuel TV's The Daily Habit.

Podcasts

Richardson created and hosts a podcast called Go Bayside—a Saved by the Bell podcast in which she invites a friend over to her apartment to watch an episode and critically deconstruct it. As of September 15, 2015, there have been 85 episodes. The final 2 episodes were of her and her friend, Millie De Chirico, talking about the TV movie Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style and her and comedian Paul F. Tompkins talking about .
In October 2017, April and best friend Millie De Chirico started the podcast , where they "get to the heart of matters of least importance," including the black market, fast food favorites, mom clothes, and Huey Lewis. The podcast concluded when Richardson moved to England.