After graduating from F.U. in 1985, Jay took a year off to mull over his options. Realizing that pizza making by day, and stand up comedy by night was probably not the best use of his college education, medical school seemed the likely option. Jay completed his medical school training at The University of Connecticut School of Medicine, and delivered the valedictory address at his graduation in 1990 (clearly selected as the speaker not because he was the top student in the class, but because he was the funniest). After completing his residency in Pediatrics at Hartford Hospital, he has been in private pediatrics practice in South Windsor, CT since 1993. He was named a Pediatrics Top Doc by Connecticut Magazine in 2005,2008, and 2009. Dr. Sutay is Board certified in Pediatrics, but has no documentation that he is a comic, or for that matter, funny.
At the urging of his friend and comedian, Max Dolcelli, Dr. Sutay resurrected his long dormant stand up act in December 2006 by taking the stage at The Brew Ha Ha Comedy Club after 20 years away from comedy. According to those in attendance, he did not suck. Since that night, Dr. Jay has performed at multiple venues in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York, including The Hartford Funny Bone, The Brew Ha Ha Comedy Club, The Comedy Studio, The Comedy Works, and the Gotham Comedy Club. This past summer, he appeared in 5 shows at The Comedy Room at The River Palms Casino in Laughlin, NV. He was a finalist in the 2007 Western Mass. Valley of Laughter Comedy Festival, and a finalist in the Treehouse Comedy Club’s Funniest Comic in Connecticut 2008 Contest. In addition, he has performed his stand up comedy at charity benefits including "Golf Fore the Kids", “Autism Speaks”, and "Stand Up to CF".
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Hartford Funny Bone with comics Nathan Trenholm and Heath Hyche
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Dr. Jay Sutay, a somewhat frustrated pediatrician, brings his tales from the exam rooms, his experience working with kids and their parents, as well as his own tribulations as the father of two teenage daughters to his stand up comedy. His cutting and sometimes incisive commentary about society, parenting and raising kids, has left audiences laughing, and begging for more Dr. Jay!!
Dr. Sutay has had the good fortune to work with many funny local comedians, as well as some national comics, such as Max Dolcelli, Rich Vos, Bonnie McFarlane, Patrick DeGuire, Bob Gautreau, Leighann Lord, Mike Irwin, Heath Hyche, Guy Torry, Paul Venier, Jeff Norris, Johnny Rizzo, Jim Florentine, Dom Fig, Tom Dustin, Brian Kiley, Billy Winn, and R.C. Smith
