About Steve

Steve Vanderploeg is a comedian, writer, producer and actor from Denver, Colorado. He gained notoriety around Denver for his intelligent heavyweight punchlines combined with his off-dry antics. Steve is a regular performer and headliner at the World Famous Comedy Works in Denver, which he is proud to call his home club. He can be seen regularly touring the country headlining clubs. He has performed on over thirty festivals, including the High Plains, Limestone, 10,000 Laughs Comedy festivals and SF Sketchfest. Steve’s career has also led him to perform at many non-traditional settings such as The Fest and Treefort music festivals and on events for the Anaheim Ducks and the Korn Ferry tour. He was once seen on Good Morning America trying to eat soup with a fork. Steve often works with comedians much more famous than him, and usually, they like him.

Steve is also known for creating Rotating Tap Comedy - An award-winning beer themed comedy series that produces live shows at multiple breweries across the United States.

STEVE'S FESTIVAL APPEARANCES:

High Plains Comedy Festival (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)

Denver Improv Festival (2015, 2016)

Crom Comedy Festical (2016, 2017)

Orange County Improv Festival (2016)

Memphis Comedy Festival (2017)

Cape Fear Comedy Festival (2017)

Rogue Island Comedy Festival (2017, 2019, 2025)

208 Comedy Festival (2017, 2019)

Beast Village Comedy Festival (2018)

SF Sketchfest (2018)

Cream City Comedy Festival (2018)

Motor City Comedy Festival (2019)

Wootenanny (2019)

Out of Bounds Comedy Festival (2019)

Presidential Comedy Festival (2019)

The Chief Comedy Festival (2019, 2021, 2023)

Black Hills Comedy Festival (2021, 2022, 2023, 2025)

West End Comedy Festival (2022)

Treefort Music Festival (2022, 2025)

Limestone Comedy Festival (2022)

Madison Comedy Week (2022)

10,000 Laughs Comedy Festival (2022)

Fountain City Comedy Festival (2022)

Savage Henry Comedy Festival (2023)

The Fest (2025)

Additionally, Steve has worked with many great comedians such as Kevin Nealon, Darrell Hammond, Adam Ray, The Sklar Brothers, Sam Tallent, Ali Macofsky, Shang Wang, Nick Mullen, Stavros Halkias, Liza Treyger, Jackie Kashian, Jon Lovitz and Ron Funches just to name a few.

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