Please confirm all details before leaving home in case something’s changed! Shows to add? Please email me at temewring@gmail.com. Happy laughing! And infinite thanks to the Chicago comedy community for making this site possible. JANUARY January 1: Ladylike at Lincoln Lodge January 1: Comics That Kill at Laugh Factory January 1: The Devil is in […]
Please confirm all details before leaving home in case something’s changed! Shows to add? Please email me at temewring@gmail.com. Happy laughing! And infinite thanks to the Chicago comedy community for making this site possible. JANUARY January 1: Ladylike at Lincoln Lodge January 1: Comics That Kill at Laugh Factory January 1: The Devil is in […]
The Mee-Ow Show put Evanston’s Northwestern University on the comedy map. And someone finally wrote about it! Mee-Ow alums include Paul Barrosse, Dana Olsen, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Seth Meyers, Ana Gasteyer, Dermot Mulroney, Craig Bierko and Kristin Schaal. Joseph Radding was the Mee-Ow Show’s first Surrealist in Residence. Paul W. Warshauer was one of the show’s […]
December 17, 2024 I got this text today: Dear Comedians Defying Gravity, Do you know what comedy is happening this weekend … wow, do I need it! ~Signed: This Year Was Too Much Dear TYWTM, Perfect timing! I just caught up with Victoria Zielinski, Paul Barrosse and Dana Olsen a/k/a The Practical Theatre Company. Their […]
December 8, 2024 What do these things have in common: Attorney, Actualizer, and Authentic? An Accurate answer is Paul Farahvar, an A-List multi-talented comedian known for his unique life, original wit, and a knack for comedic storytelling that will have you hanging on to every word. His most recent special Middle Western Middle Eastern is […]
CHICAGO COMEDIANS IN THE NEWS Major comedy happening in Chicago this week! The What’s Funny Comedy Festival begins tomorrow night and goes through Sunday. Events include a tribute to Mary Lindsey, standup from Sherri Shepherd, and an opportunity to attend Lil Rel Howery‘s standup special television recording. Schedule below! She’s Got Issues magazine published this […]
August 6, 2024 Finding your identity and true voice can be an exhilarating mission and a heaping load of faceplants. Sometimes you’re rocketing up, up, up to success. Sometimes you’re plummeting down, down, down to hell. I’ve been in all those places. Maybe you have, too. One of the things I love about Ali Clayton? […]
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