SHOWS
*SOLD OUT* Demi Adejuyigbe Works It Out
Demi Adejuyigbe is working out a bunch of new bits and songs.
Stand Up and Clown
"HOTTEST TICKET IN LA COMEDY" - KCRW
"THE FATHER OF MODERN CLOWN IN LA" - THE LAIST
Yes, Heated Rivalry fans -- this is THAT Chad Damiani!
Will these comics abandon their cheap tricks and bad habits -- and give the audience the dumbest and most epic performance of their lives? Or crumble under the ruthless pressure of the one-and-only Clown Boss?
*SOLD OUT* Hannah Pilkes Presents: Skiing (That Time I had a Mental Breakdown)
Hannah has melted down before. But never more mightily than the day all 5’11” of her was taken to the top of a mountain to try skiing for the first time, with zero experience, and newly lapsed medical insurance. A ridiculous fever dream of an hour that explores classism, currency, and what success really means. A critic recently described Hannah as part muppet, part Carol Burnett. And that’s correct.
With Chris Fleming!
SPOTS @ The Elysian
FEATURING Solomon Giorgio, Reggie Watts, Brent Weinbach, Chris Garcia, Jamel Johnson, Claire Woolner + More TBA!
NEW ELYSIAN STANDUP SHOW
We needed more spots.
Comedians needed more stage time.
So we made a chaos show.
Pop-up lineups.
Surprise drop-ins.
All three rooms.
If you like seeing great comics before everyone else does — this is your show.
#spots
DELULOUS
FEATURING: Jackie Smook and Grace Bahler and puppets with special Musical guest Joey Nebulous
DELULOUS: a show about two Los Angeles Woman from Chicago set out on a journey to make Los Angeles residents laugh. This is a Comedy Duo Jackie Smook (Dilly’s World, American Idol, The Onion) and Grace Bahler (Reductress, Laugh Factory, Subway Takes) performing just about everything! From Sketch to live puppetry, improv to musical numbers, this show is just the right mix of the Chicago Improv scene and theatrical showmanship. You won’t want to miss the next big comedy duo in DELULOUS.
Biz Baz!
Bizarre Bazaar is Elysian Theater’s staple variety show, featuring L.A.’s dumbest clowns, smartest stand-ups, sexiest dancers, and any other freaky folk ready to strut their stuff.
Hosted by Ian Bratschie and co-produced with the Elysian's Creative Director and Head Booker Jessica Kelley, Biz Baz pairs major comedy names experimenting with bold new material alongside the best clowns in town with music, juggling, dance, magic, and unexpected performance acts.
COLIN STANLEY: THOUGHTS ON GHOSTS
In Thoughts on Ghosts, Colin performs a night of stand-up, characters, and stories all woven together in an absurdist little blanket for you to wrap yourself up in. The blanket is warm, the blanket is soft, the blanket smells like grandmother... sorry, this show isn't about blankets. If you're looking for a show about blankets, I'd suggest googling "Blanket Show" or some such phrase. This show is about ghosts, thoughts on them, as well as other things… enjoy.
The Baby Radio Mystery Hour
Back by popular demand, it’s The Baby! Spring forward into suspense with the finest mystery program of Radio’s Golden Age, brought to life onstage with an Emmy-award winning Foley artist. Tyler Walker and Lilliana Winkworth present two butt-spanking new Baby adventures featuring the intrepid detective Gaston Novis (a baby with the faculties and deductive capabilities of a grown man) and his former Fiancée turned Nanny. Bring an extra set of diapers, cause these tales are sure to thrill, chill, and keep your bottle filled!
Featuring: Gabe Greenspan, Kaba Hues, Chris Duce, Jeff Murdoch, Katherine Bourne Taylor, Govind Kumar, T.J. Norton, Charlie Fay, Mark Winkworth, Lilliana Winkworth, and Tyler Walker.
Business Casual's Tenth Anniversary Improv Show
Business Casual celebrates 10 years as a trio by going back to their roots, sweet, sweet improv comedy.
One decade ago, during their Freshman Year at UCLA, Hunter, Jeremy and Cory placed 2nd in a March Madness improv tournament at the Improv Space (RIP) and the W's have not stopped coming.
Come celebrate with the boys and some of the friends they've made along the way!
Featuring an improv set by: Chris Tcholakian, Madison Dahm, Anna Garcia, Lawrence Marshallian, Claudio Saavedra, Hannah Pilkes & Kylie Brakeman
Tomorrow! w/ Ron Lynch
In its 20th year of lauded late night lunacy! Hosted by Ron Lynch (Bob's Burgers, Corporate, Portlandia) and featuring a rotating roster of top comedians, specialty acts, musicians and performance artists -- It is not to be missed! Every Saturday @ Midnight.
Yeti or Not!
Yeti or Not, here we come!
Yeti is one of LA’s premier improv teams and is also a group of biological siblings. Each show features two unique halves, one of them based on stories from our audience. Get ready for an evening of unparalleled unique fun inspired by you! Are you YETI for a good time?
Featuring:
Ally Beardsley, Devin Field, Victoria Longwell, Vic Michaelis, Zac Oyama, Talia Tabin, Lou Wilson, Jacob Wysocki
'Bride or Die'
Don your penis cap and dust off your pink cowgirl boots for a Bachelorette party themed reading of a brand new comedy, horror screenplay from the brains of Gracie Gillam and Suzee Dunn! - Free Penis straw with every ticket!
Comfort Watch with Izzy Roland (In-Person & Livestream)
Filmmaker and comedian Isabella Roland (D(e)ad, Dropout) loves watching stuff—especially the same stuff…a million times. Join Izzy and her funny friends to talk about your comfort watches: from Real Housewives to Twister to... that one Vine that you watch over and over and over again. With special guests Siobhan Thompson, Alex Fernie and more! Produced by Laser Webber.
*SOLD OUT* BLAMEGANGER
Come one, Come all! Bare witness to BLAMEGANGER!
Watch as Jacob Wysocki (Pitch Perfect), Vic Michaelis (Bless This Mess), and Lou Wilson (#VanLife) spread goodwill through the inconceivable power of improv.
Bluebird Improv
Bluebird is a collective of comedians performing a completely improvised experience. Bluebird uses a short series of audience conversations to inspire the spontaneous, unhinged and beautifully hilarious comedy mayhem.
Scheduled to perform: Matt Walsh (Veep), Brad Morris (Alum of The Second City), Joe Canale (Alum of The Second City), Stephnie Weir (Mad TV), Marc Evan Jackson (The Good Place), & Mary Holland (UCB, Veep).
Jack Tucker Special LA Watch Party Premiere Spectacular Extravanganza ONE NIGHT ONLY
Jack Tucker Special LA Watch Party Premiere Spectacular Extravanganza ONE NIGHT ONLY (Tonight!)
Playhouse Masterpieces
Join Neil, Paul, and a cast of some of the most profound improvisers in the world as they present an evening of legitimate theatre, featuring themes and subtext and like metaphors and stuff.
CLOWN ZOO
CLOWN ZOO started as an open theatrical mask rehearsal -- every Wednesday at noon at the old zoo at Griffith Park -- but quickly evolved into a full-scale production -- complete with (illegal) live music, costumes, large crowds and celebrity admirers. CLOWN ZOO helped usher in a new era of modern LA clown. Its members have gone on to create award-winning shows and perform all over the world, while also teaching the next generation of performers how to take bigger risks, break the rules and create art that defies description.
CLOWN ZOO shows are very rare these days. Come see the magic while you still can.
Fuck This Month (IN-PERSON & LIVESTREAM)
FUCK THIS MONTH is a monthly improv comedy show that aims to cure your misery by turning your shitty month into improv comedy. Toast this garbage month off by throwing up your middle finger and sharing what made it suck so royally. A cast of veteran comedians will take your stories of woe and spin them into comedy gold.
Cast: Angela Giarratana, Amanda Lehan-Canto, Tommy Bowe, Eli Gonzalez, Lauren Knutti, Jeff Whitaker and more TBA
LIVESTREAM AVAILABLE FOR REPLAY FOR UP TO A WEEK AFTER THE SHOW.
Embalming Play (Skunk Room)
Lauren Eileen Henke is an actor, creator, and licensed embalmer. This probably wasn’t the triple threat you were expecting, but here we are.
Embalming Play is Lauren’s playwriting debut, an autobiographical fever dream of vignettes and theatrical musings drawn from her real life experience working as an actor and embalmer in LA. It explores topics such as morbid fascination, aging & vanity, ambition & burnout, intimacy with both the living and the dead, and the surprising overlap between Hollywood, embalming, serial killers, and American culture.
The play first premiered at the Elysian Theater’s 2025 Spaghetti Festival was written and developed in just two months. Now BACK FROM THE DEAD, it has been revived for audiences in the Skunk Room for a limited engagement and further development.
The Miss Woof Woof Doggy VisionEyez BarkUP Sparkling Sunshine State Drag Pageant Spectacular 2026
A wild drag whodunnit - like if Clue, Waiting for Guffman and Drop Dead Gorgeous had a homicidal drag baby. "Miss Woof Woof" is a pitch-black comedy set in the absurdly glamorous world of a Los Angeles drag pageant, following a group of dramatically-inclined gay club performers and attendees - but when contestants start dropping like flies, those left must uncover who’s responsible… and fight to survive.
Tomorrow! w/ Ron Lynch
In its 20th year of lauded late night lunacy! Hosted by Ron Lynch (Bob's Burgers, Corporate, Portlandia) and featuring a rotating roster of top comedians, specialty acts, musicians and performance artists -- It is not to be missed! Every Saturday @ Midnight.
SAME. GREAT. TASTE.
It's high octane, it's low brow, It's the sketch show no one will shut up about, it's: SAME GREAT TASTE. Fresh off a sold out runs at San Francisco Sketch Fest and the Hollywood Fringe Festival, Same Great Taste is returning to the Elysian Theater for ONE NIGHT ONLY to debut an hour of brand new sketch comedy! HOLY CRAP! This is your chance, please don't mess this up... and GET YOUR TICKETS NOW! Featuring (in height order): Isa Moon, Hannah Berkowitz, Clare Jackson, Lauren Raff, Sam Yates, Max Murphy, Finn Wagstaff, Zach Honer, and Matt Barrett Miller!
Stamptown Proudly Presents Zach & Viggo: Thunderflop
WINNER: Best Comedy Award (Brighton Fringe)
WINNER: Best Comedy Award (Adelaide Fringe)
The world’s greatest Norwegian-American comedy duo returns for a special one-off performance of their internationally-acclaimed show for the first time in nearly 7 years.
Award-winning clowns Zach Zucker (Stamptown, Jack Tucker) and Viggo Venn (Britain’s Got Talent Winner) have done it all — they’ve performed everywhere from NBA Halftime Shows to The Royal Variety Show, Off-Broadway and on The West End, and most importantly, are unsure if they can still fit into their costumes from 11 years ago.
This is the show that started our careers, come watch us muck around and have a blast <3
Directed by Jonny Woolley.
Emotional Support from Steffen Hanes, David Zucker and Dylan Woodley
Addiction Story
In this meta-theatrical monologue, Mitra Jouhari plays trans Brooklyn-based Jewish playwright Laura Jacoves as she tells the story of her desperate attempt to escape an endless drug-fueled death-spiral by making a deal with Jesus Christ. Sobriety is promised in exchange for a cis transformation. ADDICTION STORY collapses recovery cliches with surreal irreverence and visceral immediacy. Jouhari-as-Jacoves hops across genres and tones in ecstatic and contagious reverie.
Content Warning: sexually explicit, epic tales of drug use
DUCE NIGHT
Duce Night brings the best stand ups, clowns, and characters in the world into the Elysian Theater for an evening of shocking, absurd, and transcendent comedy. It will ruin your life.
*SOLD OUT* Puck Bunnies: A Heated Rivalry Drag Musical Parody
We're all victims of the Heated Rivalry psychosis that’s taken over America. But those 6 episodes simply aren’t enough. We need more. And we need it in the form of a comedy drag musical. In Puck Bunnies, Shane and Ilya, played by women in drag, will yearn, bone (implied), and sing their hearts out. The cast will be rounded out by a gaggle of other drag kings playing iconic characters like Scott, Kip, Hayden, and Ilya’s Russian dad(dy), and will also feature the beloved women of the show as well two announcers. By re-creating some of the show’s most iconic scenes and adding context where the TV show left things out, Puck Bunnies will have the audience begging to come to the cottage… we mean, the Elysian.
Faster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill! (In-Person and Livestream)
In this D&D-meets-comedy improv live show, four intrepid 1st-level characters go up against an epic monster and meet their gruesome but heroic demise. The show’s Host, live musician, and audience participation add to the fun. Come and witness this live version of the official D&D TV show, "Faster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill!" —and leave your notions of “the heroes always win” at the door.
Cast includes Todd Stashwick (Star Trek: Picard, 12 Monkeys), Rekha Shankar (Dropout TV, Between Two Ferns: The Movie), Rashawn Scott (Dimension 20, Game Changer), and Jared Logan (Destroy All Neighbors, Glass Cannon Network), along with DM Jon Ciccolini and Host Bill Rehor.
Embalming Play (Skunk Room)
Lauren Eileen Henke is an actor, creator, and licensed embalmer. This probably wasn’t the triple threat you were expecting, but here we are.
Embalming Play is Lauren’s playwriting debut, an autobiographical fever dream of vignettes and theatrical musings drawn from her real life experience working as an actor and embalmer in LA. It explores topics such as morbid fascination, aging & vanity, ambition & burnout, intimacy with both the living and the dead, and the surprising overlap between Hollywood, embalming, serial killers, and American culture.
The play first premiered at the Elysian Theater’s 2025 Spaghetti Festival was written and developed in just two months. Now BACK FROM THE DEAD, it has been revived for audiences in the Skunk Room for a limited engagement and further development.
Tomorrow! w/ Ron Lynch
THIS PERFORMANCE OF THE TOMORROW SHOW IS AT 9:30 PM !!
In its 20th year of lauded late night lunacy! Hosted by Ron Lynch (Bob's Burgers, Corporate, Portlandia) and featuring a rotating roster of top comedians, specialty acts, musicians and performance artists -- It is not to be missed!
Dead Pilots Society (In Person & Video On Demand)
In Dead Pilots Society, scripts that were developed by studios and networks but were never produced are given the table reads they deserve.
Presented by Andrew Reich (Friends; Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story) and Ben Blacker (Thrilling Adventure Hour; The Writers Panel).
The April 19 show features a pilot by writer/actor/comic Joel Kim Booster (Fire Island; The Other Two) and an adaptation of the Valley Heat podcast by its creator Christian Duguay (Mad TV).
Cast includes:
Mitra Jouhari (Bigmouth; The Bear)
Poppy Liu (Hacks; I Love Boosters!)
Beth Stelling (Netflix; HBO Max comedy)
Matt Braunger (Netflix comedy)
Chris Garcia (WTF with Marc Maron; This American Life; host of Scattered!)
Charlie Barnett (Russian Doll; The Acolyte)
Mike O'Connell (DTF St Louis; Patriot)
Emily Maya Mills (Key & Peele; Orange Is the New Black)
DeMorge Brown (Destroy All Neighbors)
Kevin Camia (The Dress Up Gang; Fallout)
Merrill Davis (Comics Unleashed; Time Out Comics to Watch)
and more to be announced!
Bellingham Bay
A feat of comedic storytelling with PowerPoint and a stellar soundtrack, Bellingham Bay is the greatest TV show ever solely to exist in the mind of Katherine Bourne Taylor.
Escape to Bellingham Bay, 1992. Father Peter arrives in a close-knit Pacific Northwest town. He quickly clashes with Stella, the striking local pub owner with the voice of an angel- and a secret of her own.
Bellingham Bay is for the romance girlies (gender inclusive), the screenplay bros (gender inclusive), fans of BBC comfort shows, anyone who secretly loves the Goo Goo Dolls, and the dreamers who believe we'd all be ok if we just had a friendly bar we meet at every night in this coastal, one-pub town.
Denouement: An Improvised Murder Mystery (IN PERSON & LIVESTREAM)
Some of LA's best improvisational minds create and then solve a mystery before your very eyes!
Featuring: Siobhan Thompson, Alex Fernie, Dhruv Uday Singh, Vic Michaelis, Kimia Behpoornia, Grant O'Brien, John Milhiser, Jacquis Neal, Angela Giarratana, Cathryn Mudon, & Ele Woods
Dyke Storytelling
Dyke Storytelling is a multi-generational storytelling show where a queer person of every decade (20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s) tells a true story from their life.
A Moment to Spare
It's a comedy show (hopefully) where Colin, me - hi there, literally just needs a few minutes of your time to quickly rewrite his (my) past so he (me) can be perfect in the future. But it'll be fun....like a game...
The Law Offices Presents: Nekrotik Inanna
An infamous Norwegian black metal band reunites by popular demand after their murderer lead singer is released from prison, forcing its estranged members (clowns in corpse paint) to confront their feuds, fears, and faces… inches apart… wait are they gonna kiss?
PLEASE BEWARE there are moments where we will be squirting fake blood in the direction of the audience - all of it is washable and will not stain. Trash bags will be provided as ponchos. We advise you don't wear your Prada.
Antics Consultant: David Bridel
This show is restricted to ages 18+.
Content Warning: nudity, suicide, violence, sexual content
Tomorrow! w/ Ron Lynch
In its 20th year of lauded late night lunacy! Hosted by Ron Lynch (Bob's Burgers, Corporate, Portlandia) and featuring a rotating roster of top comedians, specialty acts, musicians and performance artists -- It is not to be missed! Every Saturday @ Midnight.
Comedian Clash - A Game Show Experience (In-Person and Livestream)
Join host Jacquis Neal as he invites some of the best and funniest people in the world to Clash it out, on a game show that tests how well each person can guess the top answers to life's most basic questions that we ask!
Plus 6 audience members will have their chance at glory alongside our stars. As we will randomly select willing members from the crowd to play with our stars throughout the show! Real prizes on the line, real answers, real fun!
Enormous Things: The Musical
Enormous Things an ensemble musical about Claes Oldenburg, the real-life contemporary sculptor of enormous everyday objects, which he made because he was in love with a giant from another realm. But when his window to that realm gets blocked, he go on a journey to meet other famous sculptors of enormous works in order to understand how they are able to get their inspiration back, and learn why each even makes art in the first place. Also Jeff Koons is the villain. He weirds us out.
Enormous Things: The Musical
Enormous Things an ensemble musical about Claes Oldenburg, the real-life contemporary sculptor of enormous everyday objects, which he made because he was in love with a giant from another realm. But when his window to that realm gets blocked, he go on a journey to meet other famous sculptors of enormous works in order to understand how they are able to get their inspiration back, and learn why each even makes art in the first place. Also Jeff Koons is the villain. He weirds us out.
Enormous Things: The Musical
Enormous Things an ensemble musical about Claes Oldenburg, the real-life contemporary sculptor of enormous everyday objects, which he made because he was in love with a giant from another realm. But when his window to that realm gets blocked, he go on a journey to meet other famous sculptors of enormous works in order to understand how they are able to get their inspiration back, and learn why each even makes art in the first place. Also Jeff Koons is the villain. He weirds us out.
Enormous Things: The Musical
Enormous Things an ensemble musical about Claes Oldenburg, the real-life contemporary sculptor of enormous everyday objects, which he made because he was in love with a giant from another realm. But when his window to that realm gets blocked, he go on a journey to meet other famous sculptors of enormous works in order to understand how they are able to get their inspiration back, and learn why each even makes art in the first place. Also Jeff Koons is the villain. He weirds us out.
Silent Partners’ Picture Show
A Silent Movie Live Onstage! A poor lonely man. An extravagant bastard high up in the hills. A beautiful star on the cusp. And a train.
Tomorrow! w/ Ron Lynch
In its 20th year of lauded late night lunacy! Hosted by Ron Lynch (Bob's Burgers, Corporate, Portlandia) and featuring a rotating roster of top comedians, specialty acts, musicians and performance artists -- It is not to be missed! Every Saturday @ Midnight.
The Drill Master
Conceived by Jenny Zigrino (Conan, Badass Bitches of History) and co-written with Caleb Zeringue (Luigi: The Musical), comes The Drill Master, a new comedic play about the life and times of the Prussian immigrant and gay polyamorous founding father of the United States, Baron Friedrich Wilhelm Von Steuben. Just in time for the United States’ 250th Anniversary, the play is set to debut as a staged reading in San Francisco at The Eagle on April 1, followed by a star-studded reading in Los Angeles at the Elysian Theater on May 3.
Both readings will star co-writers Jenny Zigrino as the title character ‘The Baron,’ and Caleb Zeringue as Alexander Hamilton with additional parts read by Gianmarco Soresi, Jonny Stein who played Luigi in Luigi: The Musical’s SF run, Bobcat Goldthwait, Cameron Esposito, Dylan Adler, Lady Bushra and many more (full cast and credits below).
The Drill Master is set in 1778 when General George Washington and his Continental Army were on the brink. The camp at Valley Forge was a cesspool of disease, desertion, and disillusion, and only one thing could save them: a middle aged, polyamorous, openly gay Prussian Captain, The Baron Friedrich Wilhelm Von Steuben, often referred to as ‘The Baron,’ and recruited by Benjamin Franklin himself. Over three long, hard winter months, ‘The Baron’ drilled the men (and drilled the men) from a rag tag group of scattered militia troops into a coordinated army of disciplined red coat killing machines, and a coordinated force capable of standing toe-to-toe with the British, with or without pants.
Without this super gay, flamboyant and fabulous immigrant, not only would America's current army not exist today, but America's future may never have existed at all.
Yeti or Not!
Yeti or Not, here we come!
Yeti is one of LA’s premier improv teams and is also a group of biological siblings. Each show features two unique halves, one of them based on stories from our audience. Get ready for an evening of unparalleled unique fun inspired by you! Are you YETI for a good time?
Featuring:
Ally Beardsley, Devin Field, Victoria Longwell, Vic Michaelis, Zac Oyama, Talia Tabin, Lou Wilson, Jacob Wysocki
*lineup subject to change*
*SOLD OUT* Netflix Is A Joke Presents: Natalie Palamides
Natalie Palamides is a multi-hyphenate comedic performer known for her avant garde, boundary pushing performances and her one person shows built around complex, multi-dimensional characters. NATE, Natalie’s one-man show was released globally on Netflix on December 2020. The show, produced by Amy Poehler’s Paper Kite Productions, brings to screen a long-gestated character she first performed at Pig Iron Theater while she was in college. More recently, she is developing a series at Freeform, finishing a comedy series with Duplass Brothers Productions, and is a lead in the feature film “Apocalypse Clown” which won the Galway Film Fleadh’s top prize.
Netflix Is A Joke Presents: Stand Up and Clown
“A VERITABLE RINGLEADER” - LA TIMES
“THE HOTTEST TICKET IN LA COMEDY” - KCRW
“THE FATHER OF MODERN CLOWN IN LA” - LAIST
Chad Damiani is the last true artist in LA. That’s why he’s waging a one-clown war against uninspired, corporatized comedy.
Watch as Chad live-directs well-known comics through a full-blown clown show – complete with music, costumes and confounding surprises. As cruel as he is profound, Chad ruthlessly roasts the cast and pushes them to abandon their intellect and pursue their dumbest impulses. Will they embrace the joy of suffering and win over the audience? Or wither in the shadow of the legendary CLOWN BOSS?
This event is 18+
Netflix Is A Joke Presents: Cameron Esposito in FEAT
Coming off a worldwide debut at the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago, FEAT is Cameron Esposito’s latest comedy hour that was featured in Chicago Sun Times, Chicago Tribune, Fox 32, WGN Morning News, and more.
As seen recurring on ABC, NBC, Amazon, and TBS, Cameron Esposito (she/they) is a Los Angeles-based and Chicago-born standup comic, actor, host, writer, podcaster, and best-selling author, who has previously been named a Comic to Watch by The New York Times, Variety, The Guardian, LA Weekly, Time Out Los Angeles, Jezebel, Los Angeles Magazine, Chicago Tribune, New York Magazine, and Cosmopolitan. In 2025, Cameron released the hour-long standup special FOUR PILLS, written and directed by Cameron, and produced by Cameron alongside Dropout TV (formerly CollegeHumor Originals). FOUR PILLS was praised in LA Times' 33 Best Standup Specials of 2025, NY Times' Best Comedy of 2025, Vulture’s Best Standup Specials 2025 list , as well as features in Variety, LA Times, People Magazine, and Glamour.
Netflix Is A Joke Presents: The Amazing Banana Brothers
Bill O'Neill is a clown. His first show was Baby Goes to Factory, a one man musical about a baby who goes to war to become a man. He was a writer and actor on FXX's Two Pink Doors. He has worked as a gardener, a waiter, a roadie, a ticket taker, a fishmonger and a door to door vacuum salesman. One time, a pilot let him steer the plane. His only goal is to deliver you the most thrilling night of your life.
Netflix Is A Joke Presents: Langston Kerman
Langston Kerman’s comedy special Bad Poetry, directed and produced by John Mulaney, was released last year by Netflix. It was named one of the best 10 specials of the year by Vulture, and Jason Zinoman, the NY Times comedy/culture critic, calls it a “terrific debut hour.” Langston recently wrote/produced for Everybody’s Live With John Mulaney (Netflix).
This event is 18+
Netflix Is A Joke Presents: And Then The Rodeo Burned Down
The rodeo is the best place in the world. Why would anybody burn it down?
This alleged tale of arson fractures into the story of two clowns desperately trying to afford to put on a show. A metatheatric absurdist Western that follows a rodeo clown desperately climbing the Rodeo hierarchy to one day be a cowboy. From consecutive 2022, 2023, and 2024 Fringe First Award-winners Xhloe Rice and Natasha Roland comes a send up of upward mobility, masculinity, and the American dream.
*SOLD OUT* Netflix Is A Joke Presents: Rhys Darby: The Legend Returns
Hot off a series of sell-out shows in New Zealand, Australia, the UK and Ireland, the US can now enjoy the Kiwi icon’s sensational return to standup after an almost decade-long break! In a world full of AI and Robot tech can a simple dad with slightly tight jeans stay relevant? Ancient Astronaut Theorists say yes! Rhys hopes to prove that right now a touch of very human silliness is more important than ever!? Perhaps his unique human skills once thought of as absurd, might just be useful after all!
This event is 16+
Netflix Is A Joke Presents: Scott Thompson
Well known to fans as a member of the sketch comedy troupe, The Kids in the Hall, Scott Thompson is anything but your average comedic talent. After Lorne Michaels discovered them in the late eighties, The Kids in the Hall became a groundbreaking television series which ran from 1989 to 1995 on the CBC in Canada and on HBO and CBS in the United States. After the Kids left television in 1995, Scott and the boys went on to write and star in their own feature film, the cult favorite Brain Candy. In 2020, Amazon announced they would be bringing back an eight-episode order of the critically-acclaimed cult sketch series which made its premiere in May 2022. Scott was also a series regular on the cult-favorite HANNIBAL on NBC and played Brian, Hank Kingley’s assistant, on THE LARRY SANDERS SHOW. Recently, Scott recurred in the Arnold Schwarzenegger series for Netflix FUBAR for two seasons and the CBC hit series SORT OF. Other TV and film credits include SHORESY, THE SIMPSONS, AMERICAN GODS, RUN RUNNIE RUN, THE PACIFIER, MICKEY BLUE EYES, RENO 911!, TIM AND ERIC AWESOME SHOW and MAN SEEKING WOMAN. Scott has also had numerous guest appearances on various talk shows such as Politically Incorrect, The Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Late Night with Seth Meyers and was a regular fixture on Late Night with Conan O’Brien. Next up, Scott will be starring in the new Jared Keeso project I KILL THE BEAR.
This event is 18+
*SOLD OUT* Netflix Is A Joke Presents: Joel Kim Booster: Chose This Way
Joel Kim Booster is a Chicago-bred Los Angeles-based stand-up comedian, writer, and actor. He is best known for writing and starring in Searchlight Pictures’ FIRE ISLAND which, following its June 2022 release, went on to land him two Emmy nominations along with a “Best First Screenplay” nom at the Independent Spirit Awards. The multi-hyphenate has also been seen starring opposite Maya Rudolph in the Apple TV+ comedy series LOOT, which recently premiered its third season. He recently lent his voice to Sony Pictures Animation’s K-POP: Demon HUNTERS, one of the biggest animated hits of the year, further showcasing his versatility as a performer His first hour-long comedy special, JOEL KIM BOOSTER: PSYCHOSEXUAL, exploring his experiences and observations as a gay Asian American male with commentary on identity, sexuality, cultural expectations, and more, debuted on Netflix in 2022. The special was nominated for a Critics Choice Award and named one of the best comedy specials of 2022 by Variety. He also appears in Freeform’s "Chrissy & Dave Dine Out,” which follows Chrissy Teigen and David Chang, who, along with Joel, cracked the restaurant scene wide open in Los Angeles. Joel can also be seen in a guest star role in the latest season of INDUSTRY (HBO) and will be in the SCRUBS reboot for ABC premiering in 2026! Joel also is the host for the Smartless podcast Bad Dates, where he invites his friends to share their most iconic dating fiascos.
Netflix Is A Joke Presents: Garry Starr: Classic Penguins
International sell-out, award-winning, cult-hit Garry Starr is hell-bent on saving books from extinction by performing every Penguin Classic novel ever written. Mostly naked (but with flippers). Don't miss this 'very funny man who is peculiarly averse to wearing trousers' (★★★★★ Scotsman) as he takes over the Elysian in a night of 'euphoric chaos' (★★★★★ Metro).
'Ingenious comic’ (★★★★ Guardian) wunderkind Starr takes us on a literary adventure through the world’s most iconic works of fiction. From The Little Prince to Moby Dick and everything in between, nothing is safe from being lampooned with his ‘bonkers, ingenious…and hilarious’ (Daily Mail) nincompoopery.
Produced by Francesca Moody Productions AND Fiery Angel in association with MILKE
*This event is strictly 18+. Please be aware that this production includes full nudity and audience participation will be invited at the discretion of the performer. No photography or filming.
Netflix Is A Joke Presents: Garry Starr: Classic Penguins
International sell-out, award-winning, cult-hit Garry Starr is hell-bent on saving books from extinction by performing every Penguin Classic novel ever written. Mostly naked (but with flippers). Don't miss this 'very funny man who is peculiarly averse to wearing trousers' (★★★★★ Scotsman) as he takes over the Elysian in a night of 'euphoric chaos' (★★★★★ Metro).
'Ingenious comic’ (★★★★ Guardian) wunderkind Starr takes us on a literary adventure through the world’s most iconic works of fiction. From The Little Prince to Moby Dick and everything in between, nothing is safe from being lampooned with his ‘bonkers, ingenious…and hilarious’ (Daily Mail) nincompoopery.
Produced by Francesca Moody Productions AND Fiery Angel in association with MILKE
*This event is strictly 18+. Please be aware that this production includes full nudity and audience participation will be invited at the discretion of the performer. No photography or filming.
Denouement: An Improvised Murder Mystery (IN PERSON & LIVESTREAM)
Some of LA's best improvisational minds create and then solve a mystery before your very eyes!
Featuring: Siobhan Thompson, Alex Fernie, Dhruv Uday Singh, Vic Michaelis, Kimia Behpoornia, Grant O'Brien, John Milhiser, Jacquis Neal, Angela Giarratana, Cathryn Mudon, & Ele Woods
UNDERGROUND MONK SHOW WORK IN PROGRESS SHOW
Yes. You asked for it. Hot Monk Action. Stupid. Sexy. Sacred and profane. Failure and success. Good. A group of idiots have come together to make the greatest monk show you’ve ever seen.
Featuring:
Max Baumgarten (Opium)
Dee Marcucci (Absinthe)
John Norris (Mr Chonkers, Piggy Time)
Bill O'Neill (The Amazing Banana Brothers)
Claire Woolner (A Retrospection)
Co-created with Sam Fishman
Co-directed by Corey Podell (Vanessa 5000, Mr Chonkers) and John Norris
Conor Janda
Conor Janda runs an hour. Janda was recently named a a New Face of Comedy at the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal. He is the co-creator of web series BOYS CLUB with Nico Carney.
Tomorrow! w/ Ron Lynch
In its 20th year of lauded late night lunacy! Hosted by Ron Lynch (Bob's Burgers, Corporate, Portlandia) and featuring a rotating roster of top comedians, specialty acts, musicians and performance artists -- It is not to be missed! Every Saturday @ Midnight.
Ithamar Has Nothing To Say
Don’t miss the final performance of this show!
Ithamar Enriquez performs a one-man sketch show without saying a single word. After touring around the country and being developed into a series produced by Jordan Peele and Keegan Michael Key, this show continues to grow in its universality and popularity as Ithamar delivers a tour de force performance, playing multiple characters and scenarios, all to an exciting selection of music while never uttering a word on stage.
Otto & Astrid: The Stages Tour
Join Berlin’s Prince and Princess of Art Rock and Europop on The Stages Tour, as they thunder through a blisteringly hilarious set of songs from (almost) all of their albums.
A lipstick-smeared sonic collision between The B-52s, The Pixies, Kraftwerk and early Ramones, Otto & Astrid are the dysfunctional sibling duo you didn’t know you needed. Their shows are fast, loud, and strangely heartfelt; their chemistry is impossible to look away from.
Reuben Solo - Someone in This Crowd Will Betray Me
I came here to tell jokes and figure out who’s going to betray me. And I’m all out of jokes.
As booed on America's Got Talent
Nominated - ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Show 2025
'Offers nothing personal and almost no actual content.' ★★★★ Chortle (UK)
'Egotistical delusions.' ★★★★ The Scotsman (UK)
'Indescribable.' ★★★★ The List (UK)
'Disorderly.' ★★★★★ Isolated Nation
Tomorrow! w/ Ron Lynch
THIS PERFORMANCE OF THE TOMORROW SHOW IS AT 9:30 PM !!
In its 20th year of lauded late night lunacy! Hosted by Ron Lynch (Bob's Burgers, Corporate, Portlandia) and featuring a rotating roster of top comedians, specialty acts, musicians and performance artists -- It is not to be missed!
Comedian Clash - A Game Show Experience (In-Person and Livestream)
Join host Jacquis Neal as he invites some of the best and funniest people in the world to Clash it out, on a game show that tests how well each person can guess the top answers to life's most basic questions that we ask!
Plus 6 audience members will have their chance at glory alongside our stars. As we will randomly select willing members from the crowd to play with our stars throughout the show! Real prizes on the line, real answers, real fun!