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*SOLD OUT* 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.
Between Us: A Crowdwork Show
Rachel will be doing crowd work but in an interesting way. There may also be some stand-up comedy she wants to run by you.
*SOLD OUT* 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.
Kelly McCaughan: Catholic Guilt
★★★★★ Mumble Comedy
★★★★★ A Young(ish) Perspective
★★★★★ Pow Showbiz
★★★★ Chortle
★★★★ The List
★★★★ The Wee Review
★★★★ Scots Up
★★★★ Gig Gossip
WINNER: International Fringe Encore Series (2024)
NOMINEE: ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards - Best Show (2024), Best Newcomer (2023)
After sold-out Edinburgh runs and an extended Off-Broadway run, Catholic Guilt returns to the Elysian for one night only.
Does daddy Jesus’s naked body on the cross make you wet? Spoiler alert: so will this show (seriously, there’s water).
In this deranged, fractured church service, Kelly McCaughan unpacks everything from losing her virginity in the most holy way to abortion to a bowling experience that leads to eternal damnation, and everything in between. Blending clown and bouffon, Catholic Guilt is a high-wire descent into sex, shame, and spectacle. Hang on tight - we’re riding sky daddy all the way to hell.
CONTENT WARNING: Nudity, language, triggering themes, sexual content
Improv But Good
Improv But Good brings you a never before seen comedy event. Some of it is improvised, some is musical, and some is improvised and musical, but one thing you can be sure of is that all of it is GOOD. Hosted by Haley Stiel
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
Cruel Babes
Live-directed by Cirque Du Soleil front man John Gilkey (“Brilliant” - LA Times), the modern clown ensemble, Cruel Babes, invites the audience into a fever dream of physical comedy and extended absurdist composition for a new and once-in-a-lifetime ride each month. Featuring 12 top performers (comedians, actors and musicians), it is a direct descendent of the underground hit, Wet The Hippo – the show that kicked off LA’s modern clown scene back in 2012.
“Somewhere at the intersection of the sacred and the profane, of poetry and dire scatology, of clown and Dada, of community and exile, of fourth walls and no walls at all, lies Cruel Babes. Cruel Babes welcomes you to their family playroom for laughs, tears, and live-directed anti-theatrical chaos that is at its very least…absolutely not like anything else.” — Keith Fulton, Filmmaker (Lost In La Mancha)
Elysian Does Live Music with Satan’s Little Perverts
Elysian Does Live Music with Satan’s Little Perverts
American Boy Dolls
Inspired by the massive popularity of American Girl Dolls, their tragic histories and diverse trauma, introducing: American Boy Dolls! From abandoned orphans to criminalized children in poverty, American Boys demonstrate this nation’s variant cultures and violent past through customizable dolls available at a premium price. On this day, four quintessential American Boys - a Christian missionary, aspiring astronaut, ghost from Puritan New England, and “Jake” - unite under one singular goal: to become American Men.
This is a work-in-progress clown show & the second new work generated by The Law Offices during their 2026 Elysian Residency!
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!
Burly's Sweet 16 Birthday Fundraiser
This is a very special night celebrating our Creative Director Jessica Kelley's 16 year old cat Burly.
Join Jessica's friends Aimee Mann, David Farrier, Sam Vita , Clowns of Color, The Law Offices of M.O.W.S. and more to be announced for a night of silly games of various complexity (all inspired by Burly) to raise funds for Burly’s ongoing health journey. There will be fun surprises throughout the night and additional artistic moments brought to the show from Freak Nature Puppets and KLO Rebel.
CLOWNS in LA!
CLOWNS in LA!
Books sales by Skylight
w/ Jones, Stella Leoni, Bethy Squires, Nicole J. Georges, Deez Davidson, Christina Catherine Martinez, Scottie Harvey, Clement Goldberg, Amanda Verwey, Noel Alumit, Anya Ventura, Samara Halperin, Page Person, Lizzy Cooperman, Danny Levesque + MORE
ROOMIES with Dylan Adler, Sam Morrison & Kylie Vincent **MAIN ROOM**
EX roomies Dylan Adler (Late Late Show) & Sam Morrson (JFL) lived together for 2 years in harmony in Brooklyn, until Dylan betrayed Sam by moving to LA. After years of spreading heinous rumors behind each other’s back on their respective coasts, these two confirmed bachelors reunite along with Kylie Vincent to put on the most unhinged, fundamentally evil showcase of comedic talent.
ANXIETY THE MUSICAL! (do you like that title? is that okay?)
ANXIETY THE MUSICAL! (do you like that title? is that okay?) is a comedic exploration of mental health, packed with musical numbers, character monologues, and direct audience interaction.
This show jumps through time to tackle therapy sessions, the dilemmas of email-writing, devastating first crushes, and the imagined persona of Anxiety herself. Drawing from true events, the show seeks connection through laughter, aiming to remind audiences that no one is alone in their discomfort.
After sold-out shows at UCB, The Lyric Hyperion, and The Groundlings, ANXIETY (the show, not the feeling) comes to The Elysian!
Gregory Nussen: QFWFQ
Winner of Best Solo Theatre and the Sydney Fringe Exchange at the 2025 Hollywood Fringe, with an additional three nominations including Top of Fringe, and a BroadwayWorld LA nomination for Best Solo Production. QFWFQ is inspired by If On a Winter’s Night a Traveler and other works by the Italian post-modern author Italo Calvino. Touching on improvised music, Zionism, the genocide in Gaza, architectural marvels and trans identity, QFWFQ is a show that neither begins, nor ends. You’re confused. So are we. Catch it before it heads to Edinburgh and Australia.
*SOLD OUT* Heated Rivalry: The Musical Parody!
Sexy sports stars burn up the ice in this funny, filthy spoof of hockey's hottest romance. A full-scale production musical packed with songs, sex jokes, scandal and more pucking innuendos than should legally fit in one show. Lovingly parodying the show that had audiences swooning, blushing and caring about hockey for the first time. From Quick and Funny Musicals, the cult Upright Citizens Brigade LA creators known for turning pop culture obsessions into chaotic comedy musicals, this is an affectionate, outrageous musical send-up of passion, repression and the perfect foreplay to the rest of your night.
The Great Adult Do-Over Talent Show Extravaganza
In a desperate attempt to find joy and immerse herself in simpler times, Cyrina Fiallo (actor, writer, former-Sporty Spice) has enlisted some of her best friends and most hilarious colleagues for a good old fashioned talent show. Will this be the year she performs a choreographed dance to Spice Girls’ “Wannabe” or will her Ginger Spice chicken out again? Come find out!
Featuring: Renée Felice Smith, Chrissie Fit, Matt Jones, Chad Jamian (additional special guests tbd)
Andre Hyland Pres: The Jesse Miller Talk Show
Self proclaimed mogul and Hollywood insider Jesse Miller (Andre Hyland) guzzles energy drinks while hosting a late night style talk show. The JM show is mix of stand-up, and competitions, all revolving around guest interviews with comics, actors, filmmakers, artists, musicians and more. Where Jesse's well researched and ridiculous interview questions go deep into his guests lives and careers.
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!
Heated Rivalry: The Musical Parody!
Sexy sports stars burn up the ice in this funny, filthy spoof of hockey's hottest romance. A full-scale production musical packed with songs, sex jokes, scandal and more pucking innuendos than should legally fit in one show. Lovingly parodying the show that had audiences swooning, blushing and caring about hockey for the first time. From Quick and Funny Musicals, the cult Upright Citizens Brigade LA creators known for turning pop culture obsessions into chaotic comedy musicals, this is an affectionate, outrageous musical send-up of passion, repression and the perfect foreplay to the rest of your night.
Scannell / Booster
In their groundbreaking new show, Brendan Scannell and Joel Kim Booster (two famous gay guys), along with some of the funniest friends (some famous, some gay and sometimes guys), do the impossible: perform 90 minutes of stand up comedy for you to enjoy. A show like this has never been done before and will likely never happen again, so you won’t want to miss it!
Kap’s Funniest Friends
Welcome BACK to the 5th installment of….
KAP’S FUNNIEST FRIENDS, a variety show featuring the bestest, weirdest, sweetest, queerest, comedy, and performance hosted by your buddy Kap Taylor. It's like a house party, but with comedy, puppets, performance art, plays, music, essays and yes -- BEER!
Who Wants $2.69 with Martin Urbano?
“Which sitcom star dated a high school student during the 5th season of his eponymous television show?”
“Which clothing company sold child-sized thongs featuring printed phrases such as ‘eye candy’ and ‘wink wink’?”
“What is the scientific term for the consumption of peepee?”
Comedian Martin Urbano (Jimmy Kimmel Live, This Fool, Edinburgh Fringe Best Newcomer Nominee) invites his showbusiness friends to sit in the Warm Seat™ and forces them to answer his dark, ridiculous, and often problematic trivia questions, all for a chance at winning very little money.
CHURCH
A one-woman standup show from a former mega-church pastor about queerness, race, and finding faith in humanity.
...Featuring live musical guests.
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
*lineup subject to change*
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
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.
Nori Is Present
Join Nori Reed as she wows the audience with a new hour of pure presence.
*SOLD OUT* Happy Foot Sad Foot: Live Podcast Taping
The best LAFC podcast named after a sign in front of podiatrists office that closed like three years ago. Hosted by comedy writers Travis Helwig and Darren Miller, and soccer expert Vince La Rosa, this podcast is the easiest way for new fans to fall in love with our club, and the most fun place for current LAFC fans to keep up with the team. Happy Foot Sad Foot is your gateway drug to Los Angeles Football Club.
Tickets will benefit CHIRLA: https://www.chirla.org/
More Happy Foot Sad Foot: https://happyfootsadfootpod.com/
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.
Courtney Pauroso: Gutterplum
Courtney Pauroso's critically-acclaimed hour of 'carnal clowning' returns.
"Hilarious and unsettling . . . flights of ridiculousness you can't believe you are seeing . . . outrageous and vulgar physicality with jarring notes of sentimentality." - NY Times
"You have to see this show. That's pretty much all you need to know." - The Scotsman
Co-devised by Corey Podell
Courtney Pauroso: Gutterplum
Courtney Pauroso's critically-acclaimed hour of 'carnal clowning' returns.
"Hilarious and unsettling . . . flights of ridiculousness you can't believe you are seeing . . . outrageous and vulgar physicality with jarring notes of sentimentality." - NY Times
"You have to see this show. That's pretty much all you need to know." - The Scotsman
Co-devised by Corey Podell
In The Name Of Audre
Black lesbians and queer women loving women are not only a marginalized community in multiple ways, we are also marginalized within the queer community. Often going unseen and uncelebrated not only in “mainstream” entertainment culture but also in art and entertainment that is supposed to reflect queer culture.
Despite this truth, the ancestors of our community put their work in the world and claimed the space that was not given to them.
One of the greatest to ever do this was Writer, Poet, Activist and Visionary Audre Lorde. It is on her shoulders that our creativity stands. With this gathering, we present our talents In The Name of Audre. From the visual work presented on altars to the talent on the stage, this is a showcase of Black, sapphic creativity with one intention: to take up creative space.
In The Name Of Audre
Black lesbians and queer women loving women are not only a marginalized community in multiple ways, we are also marginalized within the queer community. Often going unseen and uncelebrated not only in “mainstream” entertainment culture but also in art and entertainment that is supposed to reflect queer culture.
Despite this truth, the ancestors of our community put their work in the world and claimed the space that was not given to them.
One of the greatest to ever do this was Writer, Poet, Activist and Visionary Audre Lorde. It is on her shoulders that our creativity stands. With this gathering, we present our talents In The Name of Audre. From the visual work presented on altars to the talent on the stage, this is a showcase of Black, sapphic creativity with one intention: to take up creative space.
Making Love With David Magidoff
Turning your bad date stories into musicals since 2017!
Comedian and mushy-hearted Jew, David Magidoff (Dexter: New Blood, The Morning Show) interviews one real person from the audience & one real famous celebrity guest to share one good / bad / psychotic / existential love story, and then David and his friends turn it into a full blown improvised musical!
Biz Baz - 2 Year Anniversary Show!
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.
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.
"Be Good!" with Paulette
OH LOOK! HERE COMES THE MILDEST MAN IMAGINABLE.
Paulette stumbles into a room full of the most strangers he's ever seen, and he doesn't know whether to panic or mingle—so he does both. Sporting a brown sweater and a hot-off-the-fist black eye, he dares to address the room armed with nothing but an arsenal of pleasantries and a monumental fear of rejection.
Hot off of touring in Europe, the UK, and even the east coast, Daniel Maseda brings well-mannered idiot Paulette to Los Angeles for the very first time with this fan-favorite show that never plays out the same way twice. A good night for anyone who wants to scream at a polite person.
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.
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.
Cruel Babes
Live-directed by Cirque Du Soleil front man John Gilkey (“Brilliant” - LA Times), the modern clown ensemble, Cruel Babes, invites the audience into a fever dream of physical comedy and extended absurdist composition for a new and once-in-a-lifetime ride each month. Featuring 12 top performers (comedians, actors and musicians), it is a direct descendent of the underground hit, Wet The Hippo – the show that kicked off LA’s modern clown scene back in 2012.
“Somewhere at the intersection of the sacred and the profane, of poetry and dire scatology, of clown and Dada, of community and exile, of fourth walls and no walls at all, lies Cruel Babes. Cruel Babes welcomes you to their family playroom for laughs, tears, and live-directed anti-theatrical chaos that is at its very least…absolutely not like anything else.” — Keith Fulton, Filmmaker (Lost In La Mancha)
Rabble Rabble: Sketch Sketch Show Show
In a future, post-apocalyptic Los Angeles brought about by comedic decimation, one sketch-comedy team emerges from the wreckage to deliver ha-has and funnyisms to a starved populace.
Tomorrow! w/ Ron Lynch *EARLY EDITION!*
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! Every Saturday @ Midnight.
Horse Around Stand Up Comedy Show
Horse Around is a stand-up comedy show hosted by Meaghan Strickland & Melissa Strype. This month features Chris Fleming! Saddle up and see you there!
Hannah Pilkes Presents: Skiing
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.
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.
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).
This Month's Pilot and Cast TBA!
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*
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.
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
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
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
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.
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.
Tomorrow! w/ Ron Lynch *EARLY EDITION!*
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! Every Saturday @ Midnight.
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
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
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
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.
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*
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.
Bad Student Film Fest
Filmmakers showcase the first (and worst) films they ever made. We share a big cathartic laugh as we come to terms with the past and cringe our way through the night. BSFF is equal parts film festival, comedy show and group therapy. After two blocks of short films, all are welcome to join a laid-back afterparty with ridiculous awards and casual networking.
Block 1: 6:30 PM
Block 2: 8:30 PM
This event is restricted to ages 18+
Time's Arrow 2
Time’s Arrow is a multimedia rock show that examines the ridiculousness and (hopefully) hilariousness of picking an identity early on, only to dismantle that logic later in life, using music, projection mapping, cameras, mixed media, and clowning. Join us for an evening of great music, utter nonsense, and a sprinkle of self-reflection!
CONNOR RATLIFF presents THE ACTING CLASS
Professional actor/comedian CONNOR RATLIFF (Dead Eyes) performs a fully-improvised one-person show that pretends to be a real acting class.
Good Showbiz
King Of Comedy meets Fiddler On the Roof in GOOD SHOWBIZ, starring Eli Leonard (Curb Your Enthusiasm), as the legendary and magical Showbiz host, Sandy Synagoguenstein.
Leonard / Synagoguenstein takes his crowd through space and time to explore Jewish Comedy and Theater throughout the ages in a fearless and provocative piece of experimental, clown comedy. Together they will laugh at the Jewish Stereotype and earn money along the way. Because Good Showbiz is a show. But it’s also a business.
Written by Eli Leonard and Theodore Bressman (Pam & Tommy, Miracle Workers).
Directed by Theodore Bressman
Featuring Sarah Shtern and Music by Goof
*SOLD OUT* Aliza Kelly's Tea Party: A Live Astrology Show
Join celebrity astrologer Aliza Kelly for tea; the brew is piping hot and anything can (and will) happen. What starts as an astrology experience slips into something stranger, spookier, and far more chaotic than anyone (including Aliza) had planned. A theatrical, high-energy spiral of readings, rituals, and revelations — a one-night-only soirée you won’t want to miss. Tea attire requested.
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
Viggo Venn: One More Time
The Norwegian comedy tornado and winner of Britain’s Got Talent, Viggo Venn, brings his wildly unpredictable solo show to Los Angeles for one night only.
Expect high-visibility vests.
Expect dancing.
Expect beautifully timed stupidity.
Viggo’s comedy is physical, fearless, and gloriously absurd — a playful chaos where the audience becomes part of the adventure. With childlike innocence and total commitment, he builds a world where the smallest idea explodes into something hilariously epic.
*SOLD OUT* 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
*SOLD OUT* 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: Riki Lindhome: Dead Inside
Riki Lindhome is an Emmy-nominated actress, writer, comedian, and songwriter. She is best known as one half of the musical comedy duo Garfunkel and Oates and for her role on the hit series Wednesday. Riki co-created and starred in the Comedy Central series Another Period, and her acting credits include Queens of the Dead, Hand that Rocks the Cradle,Knives Out, Under the Silver Lake, and The Wolf of Snow Hollow. She has written songs for TV and movies including The Lego Movie 2, The Addams Family, The SpongeBob Movie and Duncanville. She just finished a run of her hit one-woman musical, Dead Inside, in London.
*SOLD OUT* 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.
*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: 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: 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+
*SOLD OUT* 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: 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+
*SOLD OUT* 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: 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: SPOTS @ The Elysian
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.
*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.
*SOLD OUT* 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*
The Drillmaster
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.
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.
STAMPTOWN Warm-Up Show!
A raunchy and chaotic, full-on fever dream, Stamptown is a late-night variety show featuring the best alternative performance on the international scene.
*SOLD OUT* Heated Rivalry: The Musical Parody!
Sexy sports stars burn up the ice in this funny, filthy spoof of hockey's hottest romance. A full-scale production musical packed with songs, sex jokes, scandal and more pucking innuendos than should legally fit in one show. Lovingly parodying the show that had audiences swooning, blushing and caring about hockey for the first time. From Quick and Funny Musicals, the cult Upright Citizens Brigade LA creators known for turning pop culture obsessions into chaotic comedy musicals, this is an affectionate, outrageous musical send-up of passion, repression and the perfect foreplay to the rest of your night.
STAMPTOWN Warm-Up Show!
A raunchy and chaotic, full-on fever dream, Stamptown is a late-night variety show featuring the best alternative performance on the international scene.
Heated Rivalry: The Musical Parody!
Sexy sports stars burn up the ice in this funny, filthy spoof of hockey's hottest romance. A full-scale production musical packed with songs, sex jokes, scandal and more pucking innuendos than should legally fit in one show. Lovingly parodying the show that had audiences swooning, blushing and caring about hockey for the first time. From Quick and Funny Musicals, the cult Upright Citizens Brigade LA creators known for turning pop culture obsessions into chaotic comedy musicals, this is an affectionate, outrageous musical send-up of passion, repression and the perfect foreplay to the rest of your night.
STAMPTOWN Warm-Up Show!
A raunchy and chaotic, full-on fever dream, Stamptown is a late-night variety show featuring the best alternative performance on the international scene.
COUCH
A staged reading of the new play by Jessica Garrison - a dark comedy about a girl who eats her couch, and the upholsterer who loves to feed her. Raina, who has just about given up on civilized society and turned to her couch to satiate all her human needs, implores Maxim, a loyal and obsessive aficionado of high density foam, to give her one last fix.