Reno started performing at such haunts
in New York City’s East Village as Dixon Place, St Mark’s
Poetry Project, WOW and P.S. 122. Her first full-length show, “Reno
in Rage and Rehab,” began at PS. 122 and was done off-Broadway,
later adapted into an ACE Award-nominated HBO comedy hour. Other full-length
shows done off-Broadway and toured extensively include “Reno Once
Removed” and “Citizen Reno.” In 2001, her non-fiction
sitcom television series, also called “Citizen Reno,” premiered
on Bravo. Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner exec-produced that as well as
the film she made with Lydia Pilcher for HBO, "Reno Finds Her Mom,"
co-starring Mary Tyler Moore and Tomlin. “Rebel Without A Pause,”
her critically acclaimed, Drama Desk Award-nominated personal/political
rant show about the events of September 11, 2001, opened October 4,
2001 in Nicky Paraiso’s club at LaMaMa ETC and closed off-Broadway
at the end of summer 2002. Acting roles include: Tony Kushner’s
A Bright Room Called Day (The Public); Edith Ann’s shrink
in ABC’s “Edith Ann” (by Jane Wagner). Films include
Kinsey, Manchurian Candidate, 24-Hour Woman
(by Nancy Savoca, with Rosie Perez). Reno’s Web site is www.citizenreno.com.
[extracted from 2005 brochure]
