Fishers resident Rita Beck used to hide behind her mother’s skirts when meeting strangers, but said she quickly grew out of that phase and has been a “ham” for most of her life.
“I enjoy making people laugh, for sure,” she said. “Making people laugh — it’s kind of a stress reliever.”
Beck — retired since 2014 from Rita’s Backyard Tea Room and Garden Center — recently put her sense of humor to work and started performing as a stand-up comedian in various venues in the Greater Indianapolis area…