About Brassy Broads
SUE SHIREY
ASHLEY GARDNER
CAROLYN AYRES
Sue Shirey grew up in Raytown, Missouri, a town where you had to make your own fun, in a family full of funny people. Money was scarce but laughter and love were ubiquitous. After visiting California in High School, Sue knew she was a California girl and packed up her pickup truck and moved to San Diego. She never looked back and has
Sue Shirey grew up in Raytown, Missouri, a town where you had to make your own fun, in a family full of funny people. Money was scarce but laughter and love were ubiquitous. After visiting California in High School, Sue knew she was a California girl and packed up her pickup truck and moved to San Diego. She never looked back and has been laughing on the west coast since 1987. After raising a family in Coronado, she started doing standup in 2010. She is lead singer in a band called The Suenamis and is newly single and ready to mingle!
CAROLYN AYRES
ASHLEY GARDNER
CAROLYN AYRES
Carolyn Ayres is a Minnesota native and relocated to South California nearly twenty years ago. Her Norwegian heritage inspired her hobby of Scandinavian humor at a young age. She was an investment executive and served as Deputy Secretary of State in Minnesota. Carolyn took her first comedy class in 2022 to reignite the sense of humor
Carolyn Ayres is a Minnesota native and relocated to South California nearly twenty years ago. Her Norwegian heritage inspired her hobby of Scandinavian humor at a young age. She was an investment executive and served as Deputy Secretary of State in Minnesota. Carolyn took her first comedy class in 2022 to reignite the sense of humor that has always carried her through hard times. “I like to turn gut punches into punch lines.” She was a co-founder of the Brassy Broads in 2024.
ASHLEY GARDNER
ASHLEY GARDNER
ASHLEY GARDNER
Born in northwest England, Ashley immigrated to Toronto Canada at age 4 with her parents and 3 sisters. As a young woman she made her way to Vancouver, BC where she boarded a bus south to Southern California. After a 6-week class she landed her first radio gig followed by positions at several SD stations. An opportunity with local NBC
Born in northwest England, Ashley immigrated to Toronto Canada at age 4 with her parents and 3 sisters. As a young woman she made her way to Vancouver, BC where she boarded a bus south to Southern California. After a 6-week class she landed her first radio gig followed by positions at several SD stations. An opportunity with local NBC TV beckoned and Ashley spent the next 5 years as Host of Weekend Magazine. She then established her own video production company which she sold after 15 successful years. Now retired, Ashley spends her time with hubby Peter traveling the world, keeping a prolific vegetable garden and working on her stand-up comedy material.
About Brassy Broads
LYNNE GOODMAN
LYNNE GOODMAN
LYNNE GOODMAN
Lynne Goodman has been seen gracing the comedy stages of San Diego and LA for the last 10 years. She started out as an actress and played in many comedic roles, such as Jeannette in Neil Simon’s Last of the Red Hot Lovers, and Gert in California Suite. She has performed at the LA and La Jolla Comedy Stores, North Hollywood’s Comedy Cha
Lynne Goodman has been seen gracing the comedy stages of San Diego and LA for the last 10 years. She started out as an actress and played in many comedic roles, such as Jeannette in Neil Simon’s Last of the Red Hot Lovers, and Gert in California Suite. She has performed at the LA and La Jolla Comedy Stores, North Hollywood’s Comedy Chateau and Madhouse in San Diego, among many other venues. During the day she works as a funny nurse, cheering up her patients. Many years ago, in nursing school her instructor told her she used her sense of humor in a therapeutic way. Thus, was the start of her comedy career.
GINA MANNING
LYNNE GOODMAN
LYNNE GOODMAN
Gina Manning has been performing standup since her early days in Southern California and handles live audiences with humor and grace. By happenstance, she attended middle school Drama class with Quentin Tarantino, where he tried to kiss her, but she declined. Gina began her career in the 1980’s teaching comedy traffic school for Lettuc
Gina Manning has been performing standup since her early days in Southern California and handles live audiences with humor and grace. By happenstance, she attended middle school Drama class with Quentin Tarantino, where he tried to kiss her, but she declined. Gina began her career in the 1980’s teaching comedy traffic school for Lettuce Amuse U. Later, she trained at The Groundlings in Hollywood and Second City in Santa Monica. A schoolteacher by day, sometimes she even makes her students laugh; at her, not with her. Gina is the host of the now-famous, Brassy Broads show.
TIM DAUGHTERY
LYNNE GOODMAN
TIM DAUGHTERY
Award winning Pianist Entertainer Tim Daugherty has performed in over 50 countries and produced 15 CDs of popular and original music. As a performer, Tim has performed on stage with his own shows along with such popular artists as the Temptations, the Supremes, The Drifters and jazz luminaries, Maynard Ferguson, Bill Watrous, Buddy DeFra
Award winning Pianist Entertainer Tim Daugherty has performed in over 50 countries and produced 15 CDs of popular and original music. As a performer, Tim has performed on stage with his own shows along with such popular artists as the Temptations, the Supremes, The Drifters and jazz luminaries, Maynard Ferguson, Bill Watrous, Buddy DeFranco, and Kevin Mahogany. He has also been a musical director for countless theater productions. Now living in Coronoado, Tim enjoys living the life and serving as the musical muse for the Brassy Broads.