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As the star of MTV’s hit show “Disaster Date” K-von’s humor has made an international impact. This hilarious hidden-camera show displays his many talents as each of his characters prove funnier and more outrageous than the last. Additionally, after a two-year standup comedy tour and an appearance on SHOWTIME, K-von is ready to unleash even more of his ‘Hip Pop Culture’ brand of comedy both on-screen as well as in comedy clubs. Instead of going to Law School or pursuing the normal “good Persian son” path to medical school, K-von opted to follow his first love, making people laugh! He left the pursuit of Dentistry to his younger brother…
Coming February 10 & 11.
Hilariously entertaining and energetic, Eric Schwartz aka Smooth-E electrifies audiences with his blend of stand-up, music and video. Behind this geeky facade lies a multi-dimensional showman whose creations have been seen on “The Tonight Show,” Showtime, E!, BET, The CW, TMZ, G4 and more.
In fall of 2011, Eric debuts as the host of his own TV show, “On The Spot,” which airs nationally in syndication on CW, ABC, CBS and NBC stations. Each week, he takes to the streets to ask trivia questions people should probably know the answers to…but do they?
One of the internet’s hottest stars, “E! News Daily” host Ryan Seacrest says he is “rocking the web” with “video that’s got everyone Googling.” Grammy Award winner Jason Mraz tapped Eric to create a series of comedy promos for his summer tour entitled “Grati-Tube.”
Eric’s site
ELAYNE BOOSLER is a comedian, writer, and animal activist best known for her thoughtful and feisty political humor and her love of baseball and animals which all share a large part of her act. For the past 38 years, she has seemingly appeared on every talk show ever on TV, has produced and written 5 one-hour Showtime comedy specials, written and directed 2 movies for Cinemax, appeared on Comic Relief for many years and on Politically Incorrect over 30 times. She has been a frequent guest star on sitcoms including The Cosby Show, Dr. Katz, Duckman, and Sisters. She is a much sought-after host and performer for benefits, fundraisers, concerts and events around the country. Her name has been a clue in crossword puzzles over 25 times since 1994 (half of which were in the New York Times), the most recent being 46-down in The NY Times on September 12, 2011.
In 1985, Elayne financed her own comedy special “Party of One” when cable TV stations would not let a female stand up have a TV special. The success of that show blew open the gates of comedy for women. Recently, she was the permanent guest host on Stephanie Miller’s radio show for two years and hosted the TV game show “Balderdash” in 2005-2006. She is a frequent guest on The Joy Behar Show and has traveled the world doing stand up from Las Vegas to The London Palladium to The White House Press Correspondent’s Dinner for President Clinton to clubs and theaters everywhere. She has performed for the Queen of England as well as the President and Congress at Ford’s Theater. Elayne moderated the Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate on C-Span for NOW and is very active in women’s and political issues.
Elayne has written for TV, print and film; a large body of her work can be found on the Huffington Post: www.huffingtonpost.com/elayne-boosler – She is currently performing shows and working on several writing projects including a book that will be released early next year, along with a boxed set of her specials and a new tour. Elayne has been involved in hands-on animal rescue and advocacy since 1996, and in 2001 she founded and runs her own nationwide animal rescue and advocacy non-profit organization, “Elayne Boosler’s Tails of Joy” which has saved thousands of animals and advocated for better treatment of them throughout the world. www.tailsofjoy.net
The Almost Homeless Comedy Tour is made up of comedian friends and Renaissance Festival performers criss-crossing the country bringing merriment to all.
Almost perfect, almost famous, almost the greatest night of your life! A full night of Stand Up Comedy from seven of the funniest people you’ve almost heard of. Duncan Pace, Matt Connolly, Muggsy, Collette Desingue, Jeremy Jacksen, Louis Skaradek and Steve Cowen come from all over the USA and now tour nationally in their camper home. They are not just here for the indoor toilets, they also want to make you laugh!
Visit the tour’s site…
Rachael Feinstein
April 6 & 7
7 & 9PM
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Rachel Feinstein’s grew up outside Washington DC, the daughter of a civil rights lawyer and a blues musician, giving her a keen eye for the absurd and unjust. She developed her hilarious, character driven style by opening for her father’s blues band as a kid and doing impressions of various loud and jarring relatives.
Rachel has made numerous appearances on “Comedy Central” and can also be seen on episodes of “Comics Unleashed” as well as the ” Just For Laughs” comedy series on TBS.
She’s written for “The Onion” and “Heeb Magazine.” Rachel has voiced various characters on Adult Swim’s “Venture Brothers,” the animated Comedy Central web series, “Samurai Love God” and Spike TV’s web series “Battle Pope.” She has also appeared on VH1′s, “Jewtastic” and CNN’s “Not Just Another Cable News Show.”
International spots include ” Montreal Comedy Festival”, Scotland’s “Glasgow Comedy Festival,” Amsterdam’s “Comedy Factory” and a U.S Military tour in Korea.
Rachel Appeared in “Circus Maximus” and “Turbo Charge”, a mockumentary about ‘The Cars.’ She can be seen on Russell Simmons new “Def Comedy Jam” series for Comedy Central. Rachel also taped her own half hour special, “Comedy Central Presents Rachel Feinstein”. Her character, “Ice Cold Rhoda”, “The Original Gangster Grandma” interviewed Ginuwine as VH1′s hip hop correspondent on their new music special, “The Winningest Winners of 2011″.
David Baker
April 13 & 14
7 & 9PM
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Don’t miss the chance to see this British super-star in Arizona!
Only five British stand up comedians have been a guest on ‘The Tonight Show with Jay Leno’ – Ricky Gervais, Eddie Izzard, Russell Brand, Jimmy Carr and DAVID BAKER.
David performs world-wide, including the UK, US, Canada and Australia. In 2010, David finished second place – out of over 1200 comedians entering worldwide – in the prestigious ‘Great Canadian Laugh Off’ contest. David was the only British comedian to reach the final 16. David also won the 2008 Broadway Comedy Club contest and was a semi-finalist in the 2009 World Series of Comedy. In 2009 Comedy Central’s website included David’s standup as one of the best of the year. David was the only foreign Comedian selected for the 2008 New York Comedy Festival.
David’s other appearances include a one-hour primetime special on The Comedy Network in Canada, ‘Comedy.TV’ on CBS, ‘The Bob and Tom Show’, three times on The Comedy Time Network, and over 150 radio stations. ‘Time Out’ magazine recently featured David in a series on comedians alongside Lewis Black, Bo Burnham and Zach Galifianakis. David’s stand up is also available on iTunes.
David performs world-wide, including in the UK at The Comedy Store, Comedy Café, Up The Creek, Downstairs at the Kings Head, Highlight and Jongleurs; in LA at the Improv; in New York at Caroline’s on Broadway and the Comic Strip; in Toronto at Yuk-Yuk’s; and in Sydney at The Comedy Store.
“An audacious stand-up performer whose foreign tone and perspective has increasingly landed him in America’s upper echelon of comedy” – Americas Comedy
“Sharp gags and anecdotes” – London Evening Standard
Adam Richmond
April 20 & 21
7 & 9PM
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Adam Richmond was one of the youngest touring headliners to come out of Canada in the year 2002. His high energy, and fearless stage presence has made him a favorite among colleges and clubs all around North America, as he now makes his way through the American Market. He resides in the entertainment capital of Los Angeles, and was showcased on this past season of ‘Last Comic Standing’ and was recently on NBC’s ‘Last Call’ with Carson Daly. He produces one of the most popular monthly shows called RHOC – ‘Richmond’s House Of Comedy’ once a month at the Hollywood Improv. While also doing regular audience warm-up work for ‘The Best Damn Sports Show Period’ and the TV Guide channel, Adam has also gone global! Not only did he complete a tremendously successful USO tour for the American troops in Japan/Korea/Guam, he’s added Australia to the list and has recently performed at Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Also a writer and an actor, Adam has appeared on Nickelodeon, Fox Sports Net, and several nationally televised commercials, and now can be seen on the TV and buses as the Spokesperson and ‘man on the street’ for the LA METRO. With his fun persona, Richmond has the ability to make an audience feel comfortable in his presence, and has definitely become a candidate as one of the new comedy faces the world will see for many years to come. Go see Richmond and witness how much you can get away with when an audience likes you.
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Friday & Saturday
7 & 9PM
Special Engagement
(No Groupon or similar/Comp Tickets accepted)
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Chris Franjola is a writer-comedian living and working in Los Angeles. He’s currently a writer and a regular performer on E!’s late-night hit show “Chelsea Lately”. Chris also recently secured a lead role in the scripted comedy series “After Lately” which has just been picked up for a second season on the E! Network.
When Chris isn’t busy writing and acting in Los Angeles, he spends most of his free time performing his standup on the road with Chelsea Handler, performing on the “Comedians of Chelsea Lately” tour, and headlining venues all over the country. Before working on Chelsea Lately, Chris wrote for other shows including Family Guy and the original Chelsea Handler Show. Chris also feels weird about writing this bio in the third person.
