Tuesday Night Live Comedy features 5-7 different comedians, both fresh talent on the rise, alongside veteran comics from around the world. Our theatre-style stage combined with an intimate comedy club atmosphere provides a truly unique and memorable experience. Stress relief from laughter? It’s no joke! Join us for an evening of comedy and catharsis.
THE COMEDIANS
Will Durst
The New York Times has called Will Durst, “quite possibly the best political comedian working in the country today.” He writes a nationally syndicated humor column and is a frequent contributor on CNN, MSNBC & Fox News. He’s performed for 3 presidents, a Mayor’s Convention and a Governors Conference. In 2016, “Elect to Laugh” ran for 41 weeks in San Francisco and currently his new one- man show “Durst Case Scenario,” in touring theaters across the country and world. He is also one of the titular characters in the documentary “3 Still Standing” which can be seen on Amazon Prime. His 800+ television appearances include: HBO, The Today Show, Letterman, Inside Politics, GMA, Jon Stewart Show, Showtime, Comedy Central, CBS Morning News and many more. Durst has told jokes in 16 countries, is author of 4 books, 5 CDs and has been fired by the San Francisco Examiner twice, PBS three times and he once ran for Mayor of San Francisco, spending $1200, pulling 2% of the vote, meaning on a dollar per vote basis, he is mayor of San Francisco. His heroes remain the same as when he was 12… Thomas Jefferson and Bugs Bunny. And despite blistering reproach he continues to thwart convention by squeezing ketchup onto his bratwurst.
Arj Barker
Comedian and actor Arj Barker has appeared on all the late-night shows including “The David Letterman Show,” “The Tonight Show” and “Late Night with Conan O’Brian.” He’s starred in multiple one-hour Comedy Central specials and he was a semi-finalist on the fifth season of NBC’s Last Comic Standing. Arj regularly appears on the international festival circuit performing to sold-out audiences across the UK, Australia and New Zealand and beyond. In 2007, he landed a recurring supporting role in HBO’s Emmy-nominated sitcom, “Flight of the Conchords.” Arj currently resides in Australia, where he has been named Australia’s favorite US comedian…and we can understand why!
Dhaya Lakshminarayanan
Dhaya Lakshminarayanan is the 2016 winner of the Liz Carpenter Political Humor Award (previously awarded to Samantha Bee, Wanda Sykes and satirist/humorist Mark Russell) presented by the National Women’s Political Caucus. KQED named her one of the twenty “Women to Watch” a series celebrating women artists, creatives and makers in the San Francisco Bay Area who are pushing boundaries in 2016. Dhaya is also a TV host and storyteller. She hosted the premier year of the Emmy award-winning series High School Quiz Show on PBS’s WGBH. She is a frequent comedic storyteller on NPR’s Snap Judgment and has appeared live in Austin on The Risk podcast. She is currently the host of San Francisco’s monthly Moth StorySLAM after winning a Moth StorySLAM and competing in the GrandSLAM at the Castro Theater (capacity 1400). ON24 awarded her the grand prize for “Best Travel Disaster Story.”
Lamont Ferguson
Lamont Ferguson has appeared on Comedy Central, Comics Unleashed and ABC’s Family Channel. He was the Winner of the Seattle International Comedy Competition, three-time semi-finalist at the Boston Comedy Festival and finalist in the San Francisco International Comedy Competition. He’s also been named “Best of Fest” at the Detroit and San Luis Obispo comedy festivals. He has the distinction of being one of the only comics in the country that has opened for all the following comedians: Steve Harvey, George Lopez, Larry Miller, Garry Shandling, Richard Jeni and George Carlin. He’s also an Emmy nominee as well as the creator, director of The West Coast Funnies, San Diego County’s longest running comedy variety show.
Pippi Lovestocking
Pippi Lovestocking, drag queen comic extraordinaire, has insulted audiences from down under to over there with international performances in England, Ireland and Japan. Pippi’s television appearances include HBO’s Looking and Jerry Springer.
DNA
DNA’s unique brand of comedy skewers America with a psychedelic double twist. The creator of several comedy festivals and a web series, DNA has opened up for Moshe Kasher, Janeane Garofalo, Myq Kaplan and most of the Bay Area. A BOD member of Comedy Day in Golden Gate Park, DNA has not left his activism behind and uses comedy to bridge the gap between generations, genders, religions and species. A true intergalactic performer. From his time as Timothy Leary’s chauffeur, to his opening act for Ralph Nader (as heard on NPR’s Snap Judgement http://snapjudgment.org/nudists-nader ) to his creation of one of the first crossover rap/country songs, DNA is poised to storm the castle.
Josh Cocks
Josh Cocks (yes, that’s his real name) began his career in Bloomington, IN where he was a regular feature at The Comedy Attic before making the move to Chicago. He’s a regular at several midwest clubs such as Go Bananas in Cincinnati, The Laughing Derby in Louisville, Morty’s Comedy Joint in Indianapolis, and The Laugh Factory in Chicago. He has been featured at The Limestone Comedy Festival, Arch City Comedy Festival, Laughing Derby Comedy Festival and Cincinnati’s BrewHAHA Comedy Festival. Most importantly Josh likes you and says nice things about you when you’re not around.
