Frank Sriracha is the greatest showman in the history of entertainment, and the Frank Sriracha Comedy Hour? His greatest achievement. Join Frank and six of the greatest performers he's ever seen for a night of joy, fear, and laughs. Featuring Devin Hill, Layna Fisher, Mike Rose, Poundcakes, Tyler Pruyn, & Silent Partners! Hosted by Max Charbonneau!

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Dani Lyle and Sahana Srinivasan host this stand-up forward, variety open mic. Show up at 5:15 to put your name in the bucket!! Everyone gets 3 min each.

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Best friends and workout partners Brennan Lee Mulligan and Lou Wilson have bonded over years of lifting weights and spinning yarns. This commitment to growth is the beating heart of their brand new show, which will see the physically fit duo performing an hour of improv fueled by the audience's own pursuit of gains. Get ready to sweat alongside two DROPOUT stars as they push it to the limit!

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Clowns of Color are the resident company for 2025-2026. They will explore their diverse repertoire's group of characters to create an unforgettable show each month in the Vault. The first show is about the misadventures of two French chefs who come to America looking for fame and Fortune as they gain a star

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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 ten top performers, 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.

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Made Up! is a new play (don't all rush at once!) about a dramatic maid who cannot clean a room. You see, she cannot stop dancing. Now do you understand? She can barely put on gloves. Can you imagine? Then, something--maybe it's terrible, maybe it's wonderful--happens.

Molly McLean's performance style for this show is a mix of Liza Minnelli and Mr. Bean.

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Hey chatter. Welcome to the chat. Who will you be?

Jenn will help you find out.

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The Armando is Los Angeles’s adaptation of the longest-running improv show ever, The Armando Diaz Experience!

Of course, in Los Angeles, we have to be extra. So get ready to see the country’s top improv comedians create scenes based on stories invented by celebrities from all over the world!

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Why be a hot mess when you can be a hot Mess-terpiece? Comedian Melinda Hill (fm Adventure Time, Romantic Encounters & her comedy special Inappropriate) is excited to present the LA debut of her WIP one woman show. This empower hour is a master class in healing heartbreak through humor; or a MESS-terclass — and will inspire you to not wait on anyone or anything to live your best life now. It's a modern day Eat, Pray, Love Addict.

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Elysian’s monthly variety show with a rotating cast of LA’s best and weirdest comedians

Hosted by: Ian Bratschie

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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!

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Tired of talking into the void and getting nothing in return? Why not let the void talk back? Open mic host since birth/until death Megan Koester constructively criticizes your untested material, giving you the tools to determine if your new bit has "the goods." And if a tag is suggested? Why, you've GOT to take it — comedian's code! This FREE mic occurs every last Sunday in The Vault.

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Extraterrestrial Kink is a dark comedy about a woman seeking meaning in her earthly form after having mind-altering sex with a perfect alien being. The play follows Maura to the middle of nowhere Vermont where she seeks solace in an alien encounter support group.

This is a story of self-discovery— an intense, poignant, funny, and erotic deep-dive into the power of love, connection, transformation, and the mysteries of the universe.

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A hybrid open mic / comedy show! If you put your name in the bucket to perform, the show is FREE!

Hosted by Jo Scott, Meaghan Strickland, & Tim Lamphier

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Chelsea Peretti, Natasha Leggero and Sabrina Jalees

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Welcome to Superbloom, a new standup comedy show every Monday in the Vault at 8:30pm!

We bring you the best standup in LA with a focus on queer comedians.

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Chad Damiani is on a mission to save comedy.

Six comics are stripped of their prepared material and cheap tricks as they perform in their first-ever clown show. Are they ready to risk it all and follow their dumbest impulses? Or will they crumble under the ruthless comments and constant pressure of the one-and-only Clown Boss?

Come witness the joy of suffering.

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Your Cabbage Queens are back to host FUNKY CABBAGE—a weekly lottery mic to try out jokes that are funky before they turn great! Funky Cabbage isn’t your typical open mic—it’s a supportive space uplifting performers while enjoying some Cabbage Chaos. Where work-in-progress sets thrive and everyone from first-timers to seasoned pros are welcome.

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SEASON 3! Stranded on an island far off the coast of Fiji, 13 barely-vetted Castaways will be divided into 3 tribes to form new, chaotic societies as they adapt to their unfamiliar surroundings. Subjected to mental and physical challenges, the Castaways will be forced to choose between personal risk and reward, like game-changing advantages or a hot bowl of slop that could seal their fate.

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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 to put on the most unhinged, fundamentally evil showcase of comedic talent.

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A weekly stand-up show Tuesdays at 8:30 pm hosted by Biniam Bizuneh (Dave) and Andrew Lopez (The Bear) where the lineup is always a mystery.

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A weekly community event to play together, workshop ideas big and small, or come completely unprepared and find something new. It’s FREE!

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Why be a hot mess when you can be a hot Mess-terpiece? Comedian Melinda Hill (fm Adventure Time, Romantic Encounters & her comedy special Inappropriate) is excited to present the LA debut of her WIP one woman show. This empower hour is a master class in healing heartbreak through humor; or a MESS-terclass — and will inspire you to not wait on anyone or anything to live your best life now. It's a modern day Eat, Pray, Love Addict.

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Introducing Internet Request Live, the show where buzzy creators touch grass, translating their online material into real-life performances for a panel of surprise celebrity judges, a live audience, and a roaming live camera feed, all for a shot at immortality on the Wall of Fame—a grail-tier collection of fringe character actor headshots. It's the show that asks: "you have clout online, but do you have staying power IRL?"

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Rekha Shankar and Chris Grace host a night of standup comedy with your favorite pals.

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LPW Inc is looking for a new Diversity Hire. Every month a new guest gets interviewed by and does improv with Lemon Pepper Wet. Come and see if our guest is the right candidate for the position.

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Brain rot open mic is a bold and daring breakdown on the concept of an open mic. Hosted by Sarah Shtern, a clown who swears she’s a standup comedian. The only open mic where there is an endless steam of brain rot content being played while you perform. Anything goes here! Standup, clown, characters, dance, music, performance art. You are given 3-4 minutes, a microphone and a stage- what you do with that time is completely up to you. 

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Brandon R. Reynolds & Stephen Jackson present news of the world. Then, four improvisers — Mark Gagliardi, Hal Lublin, Annie Savage, and Janet Varney — riff on the news. Based on those scenes, Brandon & Stephen present yet more news ... which the improvisers again steal to do with what they will. So it goes! An enlightening evening of truth — and its consequences.

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A night of unhinged roasts, tender praise, and chaotic clownery starring the standups and weirdos Sarah loves (who unfortunately love her back). She’ll be watching from the corner like a proud lil comedy cuck. You? You’re invited to the mess.

Roast. Braise. Love. Clown.

Hosted by her polycule Eli Leonard and Reshma Meister

With live music by A Band Named Goof

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The Alarmist is a comedy podcast that discusses history's greatest tragedies and figures out "who's to blame?" From the sinking of the Titanic, to the Bubonic Plague, to the break-up of The Beatles, there's no disaster host Rebecca Delgado Smith can't get to the bottom of. And now, you can join in on the blame game!

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"It's your birthday -whether it's your birthday or not!" Even if it's not yours -or anyone's birthday ever- you can come to this birthday party comedy variety show and have so much fun! The Birthday Experience features Robert Dayton as your excitable host, wonderful puppeteer Molly Fite with Puppet Molly -a very good dancer, along with bandleader and sparkling keyboardist Lance Piebenga, and substitute clown George Chen as Mike Hans!

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Two struggling actresses finally land the opportunity of a lifetime: the leading roles in a hit TV show. There’s just one problem—they’ll have to share the stage with their sworn enemy.

Starring: Haley Stiel, Courtney O'Donnell, Bardia Salimi, Mike Liebenson, Avery Girion, and Connett Croghan.

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For the past 8 weeks, students in Playing Yourself have been devising material meant to kick off the creation of a new show from their "auto-mythology," Come be the first to lay eyes on what they've discovered, through a full-day of work-in-process performances based on their personal memories, stories, opinions, quirks, obsessions, big ideas, old emails, found text, and beyond.

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Enter the afterbirth at Anne Zander is MOTHER, a postpartum comedy! From the mind that created the “painfully funny”* smash-hit JUICEBOX (Official Selection 2020 HBO’s Women in Comedy Festival), and the body that birthed twins 3 years ago, this “raw and primal and side-splitting funny”* solo show is clown, character, truth and fantasy, all rolled into one woman, dancing to the beat of her own breast pump.

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The show BroadwayWorld calls a "powerhouse," with over 200 performances over 10 years in 14 festivals & 12 straight cagematch wins, THEE Improvised Musical is a polished, high-octane, fully improvised musical that will leave you thinking it's scripted.

Now featuring a four-piece band, opening act Down to Clown: Improvisers with Down Syndrome, and an after-party with refreshments and a food truck, they've opened for Rachel Bloom, and past celebrity guests have included Spencer Breslin & Cheri Oteri.

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In this show, Sara Caplan (UCB, QTs, she/her) plays a recently-fired professor doing her absolute best to cram a semester-long advanced seminar in Gender and Philosophy into the first and apparently last meeting of the class. Combining comedy, philosophy, trans memoir, and plenty of audience interaction, Sara does her best to keep it light while guiding her students through the existential void that lurks ever beneath us. This is the second performance of this show, after a sold-out premiere in the Joy Who Lived theater festival!

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Sabrina Wu, Freddie Shanel, and Liva Pierce explore what being handsome is all about. This is a comedy show.

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In a theatre far, far away… comes a variety show like no other, in the deep space of East Hollywood.

Featuring: Kevin Krieger, Camirin Farmer, Mike Rose, John Bradford, Kevin Chu, Weyam Ghadbian, Knuckle Sandwhich, plus more!

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Yeti or Not, here we come! Improv team Yeti and a highly curated guest team bring you two unique improv sets. Are you Yeti for a good time?

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Just To Be Close To You is a solo clown show starring the renowned lounge singer Carl Poteraychke, who is here to serenade, seduce, and show you what it means to love…just for an hour. Expect to be thoroughly wooed.

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Local clowns/performers in your area throw up things they are working on! Come see some over 15 artists at work. This wild show will be UNPREDICTABLE and often INTERACTIVE. Folks are encouraged to provide feedback to artists who ask for it on their work-in-progress pieces!

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After a nine week run Off-Broadway in NYC with three extensions, an international tour and a New York Times Critic’s Pick, the bad boy of clown Zach Zucker returns to LA to practice immortalizing his show once and for all! A well-respected journeyman and bonafide legend on the Upstate New York regional comedy scene, Jack Tucker is the ultimate comedian's comedian. Fighting to save his marriage, regain the respect of his son, and pay off countless loansharks looking to collect their debts, Tucker (Jack) will do whatever it takes to make you laugh.

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A hybrid open mic / comedy show! If you put your name in the bucket to perform, the show is FREE!

Hosted by Jo Scott, Meaghan Strickland, & Tim Lamphier

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Welcome to Superbloom, a new standup comedy show every Monday in the Vault at 8:30pm!

We bring you the best standup in LA with a focus on queer comedians.

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Trivia meets improv! The right answer wins points, but so do the funniest wrong ones. Every other Monday come to the Skunk Room (or stay after Funny Games) with your funniest and smartest friends to try your luck at winning a ~fabulous~ prize

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Your Cabbage Queens are back to host FUNKY CABBAGE—a weekly lottery mic to try out jokes that are funky before they turn great! Funky Cabbage isn’t your typical open mic—it’s a supportive space uplifting performers while enjoying some Cabbage Chaos. Where work-in-progress sets thrive and everyone from first-timers to seasoned pros are welcome.

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SEASON 3! Stranded on an island far off the coast of Fiji, 13 barely-vetted Castaways will be divided into 3 tribes to form new, chaotic societies as they adapt to their unfamiliar surroundings. Subjected to mental and physical challenges, the Castaways will be forced to choose between personal risk and reward, like game-changing advantages or a hot bowl of slop that could seal their fate.

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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 to put on the most unhinged, fundamentally evil showcase of comedic talent.

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A weekly stand-up show Tuesdays at 8:30 pm hosted by Biniam Bizuneh (Dave) and Andrew Lopez (The Bear) where the lineup is always a mystery.

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Good Showbiz is a celebration of the spirit and vibrant history of Jewish Theater. Eli Leonard (Curb Your Enthusiasm) hosts this immersive spectacle of Showbiz tradition in this very-physical comedy satire show. Stand-up! Broadway! Vaudeville! The Yiddish Theater! Good Showbiz has it all. While this is a theater show at its core, Leonard will make it abundantly clear that Good Showbiz is also, quite practically, his business. To be in the Good Showbiz audience is to participate in the vital work of bringing this show to life, and for that work, all participants will be fairly compensated.

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Cameron Esposito develops a new hour about defying death. Presented by the Elysian.

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After a nine week run Off-Broadway in NYC with three extensions, an international tour and a New York Times Critic’s Pick, the bad boy of clown Zach Zucker returns to LA to practice immortalizing his show once and for all! A well-respected journeyman and bonafide legend on the Upstate New York regional comedy scene, Jack Tucker is the ultimate comedian's comedian. Fighting to save his marriage, regain the respect of his son, and pay off countless loansharks looking to collect their debts, Tucker (Jack) will do whatever it takes to make you laugh.

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Once a month, comedian Matt Braunger (Netflix, MADtv) invites two funny friends to join him for a solid hour of 20-minute sets in The Vault. First Wednesdays at 8:30pm. $12 tickets.

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Brain rot open mic is a bold and daring breakdown on the concept of an open mic. Hosted by Sarah Shtern, a clown who swears she’s a standup comedian. The only open mic where there is an endless steam of brain rot content being played while you perform. Anything goes here! Standup, clown, characters, dance, music, performance art. You are given 3-4 minutes, a microphone and a stage- what you do with that time is completely up to you.

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Neil Campbell and Paul Rust present an improvised play of great artistic importance.

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A monthly Stand-Up Hoedown in the Vault.
Hosted by Grace Roushdi, Produced by Jess Wolinsky.

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Widdle Women is back after a sold out show at the 2024 Spaghetti Fest!

Widdle Women is a coming-of-age story that follows four, four-inch teens, played by four, regular-sized comedians in their mid thirties. Over the course of the play, we follow the very tiny Davenport sisters as they experience fundamental moments of young woman-hood, from falling in love for the first time, to masturbating to an oversized Cosmopolitan magazine.

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Come see Natasha Mercado and Adam Smith work out their new show. The only thing for sure-- there is a blow up doll. You will laugh, you will cry, you will see neo-clown-futurism. Early show and late show will be very different.

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First Thirst is a podcast about our first crushes and sexual awakenings and the pop culture figures that triggered them. Join Siri for the launch party, a live version of the show featuring Little Puck, a performance by Gollum (Miriam Landru) and surprise guests.

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Come see Natasha Mercado and Adam Smith work out their new show. The only thing for sure-- there is a blow up doll. You will laugh, you will cry, you will see neo-clown-futurism. Early show and late show will be very different.

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A suburban fever dream — An absurd, penultimate Home Owner Association (HOA) meeting. A grappling of control. A beautiful front lawn...Will you rat out your neighbor to gain a drop of power? Did you pick up after your dog? Who is taking minutes?! Will you vote to overthrow your HOA president, Karey Pine? Or do you like her Karen-esq, side-ways rules keeping your neighborhood flourishing and orderly...What can we learn from nature herself?

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America's Funnyman Neil Hamburger returns to the Elysian for a full set, with special musical guests Hasco Enjoyments.

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Clown Boss Chad Damiani (STAND UP AND CLOWN) is building a brand-new solo clown show! For most of us, seeing a clown show is a chance to have some lighthearted fun and escape reality. But what if the stakes were much higher - for both the performer and the audience? One hour. One impossible goal.

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George Aivaliotis has a baby inside him. But he's not pregnant. It's him, he's the BABY! No one is a bigger fan of Rachel Troy's award winning solo clown show than George! Watch him try (and probably fail) to recreate the magic... Is this a show, or an audition? Only one way to find out if George can become the next BABY! Live directed by original baby, Rachel Troy.

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Just To Be Close To You is a solo clown show starring the renowned lounge singer Carl Poteraychke, who is here to serenade, seduce, and show you what it means to love…just for an hour. Expect to be thoroughly wooed.

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Your Mother's Favorite Comedy Show. On Mother's Day, Come Join us for a night of comedy, music and mischief all on the theme of MOTHER.

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A suburban fever dream — An absurd, penultimate Home Owner Association (HOA) meeting. A grappling of control. A beautiful front lawn...Will you rat out your neighbor to gain a drop of power? Did you pick up after your dog? Who is taking minutes?! Will you vote to overthrow your HOA president, Karey Pine? Or do you like her Karen-esq, side-ways rules keeping your neighborhood flourishing and orderly...What can we learn from nature herself?

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A hybrid open mic / comedy show! If you put your name in the bucket to perform, the show is FREE!

Hosted by Jo Scott, Meaghan Strickland, & Tim Lamphier

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Widdle Women is back after a sold out show at the 2024 Spaghetti Fest!

Widdle Women is a coming-of-age story that follows four, four-inch teens, played by four, regular-sized comedians in their mid thirties. Over the course of the play, we follow the very tiny Davenport sisters as they experience fundamental moments of young woman-hood, from falling in love for the first time, to masturbating to an oversized Cosmopolitan magazine.

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Welcome to Superbloom, a new standup comedy show every Monday in the Vault at 8:30pm!

We bring you the best standup in LA with a focus on queer comedians.

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Your Cabbage Queens are back to host FUNKY CABBAGE—a weekly lottery mic to try out jokes that are funky before they turn great! Funky Cabbage isn’t your typical open mic—it’s a supportive space uplifting performers while enjoying some Cabbage Chaos. Where work-in-progress sets thrive and everyone from first-timers to seasoned pros are welcome.

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SEASON 3! Stranded on an island far off the coast of Fiji, 13 barely-vetted Castaways will be divided into 3 tribes to form new, chaotic societies as they adapt to their unfamiliar surroundings. Subjected to mental and physical challenges, the Castaways will be forced to choose between personal risk and reward, like game-changing advantages or a hot bowl of slop that could seal their fate.

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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 to put on the most unhinged, fundamentally evil showcase of comedic talent.

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A weekly stand-up show Tuesdays at 8:30 pm hosted by Biniam Bizuneh (Dave) and Andrew Lopez (The Bear) where the lineup is always a mystery.

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Cameron Esposito develops a new hour about defying death. Presented by the Elysian.

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This is a variety show about pop culture and the sketches it inspires! We combine culture, music, and comedy with a monthly theme and our special guests. A guest will be interviewed about a moment in pop culture that affected their lives, and Anointed Greens will then perform sketches inspired by their stories.

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Idiot Workshop welcomes you to Hippodrome: an open jam - part rehearsal, part class, part show led by John Gilkey and others. You're invited to come hang for any and all of it. Let's see what we discover and what form this work can take!

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A stand-up comedy show co-hosted by Sierra Katow & Nick Skardarasy featuring some of the best names in comedy!

Produced by Olivia Ghersen and Morgan Kowalewski

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Brain rot open mic is a bold and daring breakdown on the concept of an open mic. Hosted by Sarah Shtern, a clown who swears she’s a standup comedian. The only open mic where there is an endless steam of brain rot content being played while you perform. Anything goes here! Standup, clown, characters, dance, music, performance art. You are given 3-4 minutes, a microphone and a stage- what you do with that time is completely up to you.

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Join Mae Martin, Stephanie Allynne and Alana Johnston as they do improv based on personal questions asked by the audience! Before the show, audience members will write down any questions they have for the performers and those questions will be used as inspiration for improv scenes. Just when you think this couldn’t get any more fun, the show will end with an improvised, dramatic pilot that will never air.

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Fresh from its Off-Broadway run at SoHo Playhouse, this 1-hour stand-up comedy show is about how Jon Schnitzer went from being the biggest little zealot at Jewish private school to questioning everything - Family, Religion, Israel, Palestine, Circumcision, and that's... JUST THE TIP

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Join Mae Martin, Stephanie Allynne and Alana Johnston as they do improv based on personal questions asked by the audience! Before the show, audience members will write down any questions they have for the performers and those questions will be used as inspiration for improv scenes. Just when you think this couldn’t get any more fun, the show will end with an improvised, dramatic pilot that will never air.

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Sylvie and Edib each do their half-hour work-in-progress show where they challenge the ideas of gender, race, situationships, and the nature of time itself. Non-stop laughs or your friggin money back (not a guarantee).

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Please Take Off Your Shoes is a sketch show featuring LA’s premiere South Asian talent! Jaz Saini and Nakul Makkad host a special guest comedian, weaving standup, sketch, and music into a night of nonstop fun and belly laughs. Grab your ticket now and catch these brand new sketches from your favorite creators!

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Comedians Jared Goldstein and Brendan Scannell each bring you a half hour of comedy with an opening act by one of their hilarious friends.

Jared Goldstein has appeared on Netflix’s Black Mirror and hosts the Sorry, What? Podcast: an advice podcast from a bad listener. Brendan Scannell is a comedian known for starring in the Netflix dark comedy series Bonding, for which he was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Series.

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Join Ian on his journey of building a brand spanking new solo show no one asked for. A couple months into the process now, the show is starting to take shape, tons of shapes in fact- circles, squares, rectangles and even octagons by god! A lantern, a top hat, and lots fog. Be a part of the process before the show blows up like it undoubtedly will. Oscar, Tony, Emmy, Gram etc... all you folks bet get ready to give statues to this idiot.

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Rachel Toy has a baby inside of her. But she's not pregnant. It's her, she's the baby. BABY is a theatrical clown psychological carousel about the inner child, attachment theory, and therapy... Performed by a real life therapist.

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Does anyone speak my language? Slürt isla manashkiî kleinanta estlika ma whore. Slürt dreams in a language only she can speak. Born completely alone in Antarctica, she feels the pull for human connection and begins a very long walk across the pond. Will anyone understand her? Join her dreamlike adventure into the beauty and absurdity of the human heart. Debuted as part of the 2024 Spaghetti Fest, this is a WIP in preparation for main stage show 5/29 @ 9:30 p.m.!

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The Armando is Los Angeles’s adaptation of the longest-running improv show ever, The Armando Diaz Experience!

Of course, in Los Angeles, we have to be extra. So get ready to see the country’s top improv comedians create scenes based on stories invented by celebrities from all over the world!

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In the golden age of bimbos one actress emerges more pathetic than the rest. Her mission? To write and rewrite her unpublished memoir in front of a live audience. What's worse than being a child actor? What happens when failure is the only option? She is destined to find out.

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Elysian’s monthly variety show with a rotating cast of LA’s best and weirdest comedians

Hosted by: Ian Bratschie

Lineup coming soon!

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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; Retrospecs).

Our May 18 show features scripts by Ilana Peña (creator, Diary of a Future Presedent) & Anne Sundell (upcoming: Single at the Wedding) and Chris Marcil & Sam Johnson (How I Met Your Mother; Frasier).

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Join Ian on his journey of building a brand spanking new solo show no one asked for. A couple months into the process now, the show is starting to take shape, tons of shapes in fact- circles, squares, rectangles and even octagons by god! A lantern, a top hat, and lots fog. Be a part of the process before the show blows up like it undoubtedly will. Oscar, Tony, Emmy, Gram etc... all you folks bet get ready to give statues to this idiot.

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Let’s face it; this month is trash... but we’re here to help! A cast of veteran comedians will take your shitty month and spin them into a fully improvised show. Catharsis through comedy!

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Glamorous, queer, astrological cabaret (with the energy of a living room performance). Embark on a journey through Emma Irene’s natal chart one drag character at a time. No astrology knowledge needed — but self love is a must! From the dramatic glamourpuss Leo Sun to the spacey weirdo Aquarius Moon to the elusive Scorpio Rising, each character embodies a different aspect of Emma Irene’s personality, as told by the stars.

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Rachel Toy has a baby inside of her. But she's not pregnant. It's her, she's the baby. BABY is a theatrical clown psychological carousel about the inner child, attachment theory, and therapy... Performed by a real life therapist.

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Local clowns/performers in your area throw up things they are working on! Come see some over 15 artists at work. This wild show will be UNPREDICTABLE and often INTERACTIVE. Folks are encouraged to provide feedback to artists who ask for it on their work-in-progress pieces!

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A hybrid open mic / comedy show! If you put your name in the bucket to perform, the show is FREE!

Hosted by Jo Scott, Meaghan Strickland, & Tim Lamphier

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Cat works out her new show.

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Welcome to Superbloom, a new standup comedy show every Monday in the Vault at 8:30pm!

We bring you the best standup in LA with a focus on queer comedians.

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Trivia meets improv! The right answer wins points, but so do the funniest wrong ones. Every other Monday come to the Skunk Room (or stay after Funny Games) with your funniest and smartest friends to try your luck at winning a ~fabulous~ prize

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Your Cabbage Queens are back to host FUNKY CABBAGE—a weekly lottery mic to try out jokes that are funky before they turn great! Funky Cabbage isn’t your typical open mic—it’s a supportive space uplifting performers while enjoying some Cabbage Chaos. Where work-in-progress sets thrive and everyone from first-timers to seasoned pros are welcome.

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SEASON 3! Stranded on an island far off the coast of Fiji, 13 barely-vetted Castaways will be divided into 3 tribes to form new, chaotic societies as they adapt to their unfamiliar surroundings. Subjected to mental and physical challenges, the Castaways will be forced to choose between personal risk and reward, like game-changing advantages or a hot bowl of slop that could seal their fate.

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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 to put on the most unhinged, fundamentally evil showcase of comedic talent.

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A weekly stand-up show Tuesdays at 8:30 pm hosted by Biniam Bizuneh (Dave) and Andrew Lopez (The Bear) where the lineup is always a mystery.

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Cat works out her new show.

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The staged reading series returns to The Elysian, and we're moving on up to The Vault! Get your tickets now to a comedy reading series unlike any other! Including pilots, one-acts, narrative podcasts, and feature scripts that highlight upcoming talent, build community, and create some god damn joy.

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A dangerous new take on the “open mic”. Welcome to the Vault, a new space to explore all your wild and experimental ideas. Whether it be standup, characters, poetry, clown, music or truly anything else, come try it out! With the option to play live improv games to adjust what’s working on the fly.

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Come join Little Stinkers in the Skunk Room at The Elysian Theater for a fun night of local and unique talent!

Hosted by Haley Hanson

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Cool Cuts Inc. presents Lost Angels: a recurring night of darkly humorous, provocative, and acerbic original one-act plays by a mix of emerging and established writers, actors, and directors!

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Monthly night of Music, Stand up, Storytelling, Clownery and of course, Buffoonery. Hosted by Bente Engelstoft and Peter Kim.

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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 ten top performers, 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.

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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.

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Four bands playing in the Skunk Room - a fundraiser for PDA
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In the golden age of bimbos one actress emerges more pathetic than the rest. Her mission? To write and rewrite her unpublished memoir in front of a live audience. What's worse than being a child actor? What happens when failure is the only option? She is destined to find out.

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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!

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Clowns of Color are the resident company for 2025-2026. They will explore their diverse repertoire's group of characters to create an unforgettable show each month in the Vault. The first show is about the misadventures of two French chefs who come to America looking for fame and Fortune as they gain a star

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Tired of talking into the void and getting nothing in return? Why not let the void talk back? Open mic host since birth/until death Megan Koester constructively criticizes your untested material, giving you the tools to determine if your new bit has "the goods." And if a tag is suggested? Why, you've GOT to take it — comedian's code! This FREE mic occurs every last Sunday in The Vault.

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Finally! A Halloween party every month! Co-ghosts Griffin Kelly and Jacks McLaughlin are here to put the "ha" in "haunted" with this monthly variety show / costume party / desperate attempt to find some comfort in this increasingly scary world. Snacks and drinks included!

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A hybrid open mic / comedy show! If you put your name in the bucket to perform, the show is FREE!

Hosted by Jo Scott, Meaghan Strickland, & Tim Lamphier

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Welcome to Superbloom, a new standup comedy show every Monday in the Vault at 8:30pm!

We bring you the best standup in LA with a focus on queer comedians.

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Chad Damiani is on a mission to save comedy.

Six comics are stripped of their prepared material and cheap tricks as they perform in their first-ever clown show. Are they ready to risk it all and follow their dumbest impulses? Or will they crumble under the ruthless comments and constant pressure of the one-and-only Clown Boss?

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Your Cabbage Queens are back to host FUNKY CABBAGE—a weekly lottery mic to try out jokes that are funky before they turn great! Funky Cabbage isn’t your typical open mic—it’s a supportive space uplifting performers while enjoying some Cabbage Chaos. Where work-in-progress sets thrive and everyone from first-timers to seasoned pros are welcome.

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SEASON 3! Stranded on an island far off the coast of Fiji, 13 barely-vetted Castaways will be divided into 3 tribes to form new, chaotic societies as they adapt to their unfamiliar surroundings. Subjected to mental and physical challenges, the Castaways will be forced to choose between personal risk and reward, like game-changing advantages or a hot bowl of slop that could seal their fate.

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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 to put on the most unhinged, fundamentally evil showcase of comedic talent.

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A weekly stand-up show Tuesdays at 8:30 pm hosted by Biniam Bizuneh (Dave) and Andrew Lopez (The Bear) where the lineup is always a mystery.

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Cameron Esposito develops a new hour about defying death. Presented by the Elysian.

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Join us for Party Motivators, a feature-length comedy from the twisted mind of Rachel Joravsky.

When a liberal, family run B-Mitzvah entertainment company finds themselves working a red-state Bat Mitzvah for a disgraced Republican president, they must survive a weekend of right-wing Florida mania with their reputation and sanity intact.

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A seasonal parade of artists literary, comedic, and magical, assembled by Priyanka Mattoo.

Featuring: Tejal Rao, Skyler Higley, Molly Lambert, Rekha Shankar, Amanda Lund & Maria Blasucci, Natalie Shapero

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Brain rot open mic is a bold and daring breakdown on the concept of an open mic. Hosted by Sarah Shtern, a clown who swears she’s a standup comedian. The only open mic where there is an endless steam of brain rot content being played while you perform. Anything goes here! Standup, clown, characters, dance, music, performance art. You are given 3-4 minutes, a microphone and a stage- what you do with that time is completely up to you.

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Best friends and workout partners Brennan Lee Mulligan and Lou Wilson have bonded over years of lifting weights and spinning yarns. This commitment to growth is the beating heart of their brand new show, which will see the physically fit duo performing an hour of improv fueled by the audience's own pursuit of gains. Get ready to sweat alongside two DROPOUT stars as they push it to the limit!

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A brave and humble ensemble of clowns, led by an even braver and twice as humble director, Paul Schlesinger, bring their most dramatic acting and heartfelt singing to stir the audience into a frenzy of emotion on a high-stakes riverboat casino. This month’s cast is Linzy Beltran, Sarah Knittel, Akela Munsey, Sam Pirie, Zoey Smith and Jamonte Williams and features music accompaniment by JC Wright.

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Los Angeles is at a crossroads of livability. The wildfires displaced over a hundred thousand people from their homes, putting massive pressure on a housing market that leaves far too many on the streets. Now the city will host the 2026 World Cup and the 2028 Olympics, events known to squeeze locals even farther. The Bitchuation Room podcast will bring together comedians, electeds and experts to SOLVE IT ALL IN ONE NIGHT!

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Following sold-out shows & multiple rave reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe, London's Off-West End Soho Theatre, and NYC Soho Playhouse, comedian Ricky Sim brings ‘Coming Out To Dead People’ to the Elysian - a chaotic stand-up about growing up as a gaysian immigrant in NY, to coming out to his conservative Chinese-Malaysian mom… just as she’s diagnosed with cancer. Good timing, huh? Combining stand-up and storytelling, an autobiographical hour explores grief, secrets, and queer joy.

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Caught in between SNL and Black Mirror, Subversia is a seven-act play with vignettes that focus on our modern relationship with technology. By using interactive film, live music, and audience participation, Subversia flips the script on a normal theater show, allowing us to laugh, think and be projected into the situations.

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In the golden age of bimbos one actress emerges more pathetic than the rest. Her mission? To write and rewrite her unpublished memoir in front of a live audience. What's worse than being a child actor? What happens when failure is the only option? She is destined to find out.

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Milan Patel hosts a comedy b-b-b-battle royale featuring his biggest sworn enemies. Standup, sketch, video, and animation. This show quite literally has it all. Oh yeah, and in case we forgot to mention, it's actually really funny.

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Elysian staff and friends will perform until our goal is met to pay for AC installation in the Vault space.

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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.

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Good Showbiz is a celebration of the spirit and vibrant history of Jewish Theater. Eli Leonard (Curb Your Enthusiasm) hosts this immersive spectacle of Showbiz tradition in this very-physical comedy satire show. Stand-up! Broadway! Vaudeville! The Yiddish Theater! Good Showbiz has it all. While this is a theater show at its core, Leonard will make it abundantly clear that Good Showbiz is also, quite practically, his business. To be in the Good Showbiz audience is to participate in the vital work of bringing this show to life, and for that work, all participants will be fairly compensated.

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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!

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A stand-up comedy show co-hosted by Sierra Katow & Nick Skardarasy featuring some of the best names in comedy!

Produced by Olivia Ghersen and Morgan Kowalewski

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Clown Boss Chad Damiani (STAND UP AND CLOWN) is building a brand-new solo clown show! For most of us, seeing a clown show is a chance to have some lighthearted fun and escape reality. But what if the stakes were much higher - for both the performer and the audience? One hour. One impossible goal.

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Grace Freud (The Eric Andre Show, Rick and Morty, Girl God) explores audiences' expectations of truth in comedy by closely examining the veracity of the jokes she's told about her father's death and other family tragedies throughout the last decade on stage. Starting as stand up before becoming something more akin to a documentary being edited live in front of your very eyes, you've never seen anything like MY FATHER HAS BEEN MURDERED.

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LA's finest long-form improvisers dive into a high-octane homage to everyone's favorite improv TV show. Come witness our very own 'Drew Carey' and see if the points really DO matter!

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Cameron Esposito develops a new hour about defying death. Presented by the Elysian.

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Come join Little Stinkers in the Skunk Room at The Elysian Theater for a fun night of local and unique talent!

Hosted by Haley Hanson

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Cameron Esposito develops a new hour about defying death. Presented by the Elysian.

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Cherry Baby (Veronica Osorio, Coen Bros. Soderbergh, CBS, Netflix) is a self-proclaimed "Certified Lover Girl" seeks to marry someone in the crowd by the end of the night. What makes this evening even more electrifying is that the performer will be actually six months pregnant, raising the stakes of this unconventional quest for love.

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Monthly night of Music, Stand up, Storytelling, Clownery and of course, Buffoonery. Hosted by Bente Engelstoft and Peter Kim.

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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 ten top performers, 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.

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HOLE! is a musical about a strict religious sect in Nebraska who wear butt plugs at all times. Why? Because they believe that if they take them out, a wrathful God shall suck them up, ass-first, to burn on the face of the sun. The crazy thing is: they're right. In the apocalyptic aftermath of The Great Sucking, the only people left on earth are the fanatical Nebraskans… and anyone else who was wearing a butt plug at the time. In a world where pulling your plug spells certain death, two young men who are definitely not in love embark on an epic mission to discover life outside their cult.

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Tired of talking into the void and getting nothing in return? Why not let the void talk back? Open mic host since birth/until death Megan Koester constructively criticizes your untested material, giving you the tools to determine if your new bit has "the goods." And if a tag is suggested? Why, you've GOT to take it — comedian's code! This FREE mic occurs every last Sunday in The Vault.

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Chad Damiani is on a mission to save comedy.

Six comics are stripped of their prepared material and cheap tricks as they perform in their first-ever clown show. Are they ready to risk it all and follow their dumbest impulses? Or will they crumble under the ruthless comments and constant pressure of the one-and-only Clown Boss?

Come witness the joy of suffering.

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Every Saturday of July our spotlight is on Work-in-Process performances gearing up to travel to the biggest arts/culture festival on the planet, the Edinburgh Fringe!

Come support the creative development of upcoming Fringe shows, be an important part of the process, and help expand a community that can share resources and ideas before anyone gets on the plane. Ticket purchase gets you entry into ALL THE SHOWS!

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This is a variety show about pop culture and the sketches it inspires! We combine culture, music, and comedy with a monthly theme and our special guests. A guest will be interviewed about a moment in pop culture that affected their lives, and Anointed Greens will then perform sketches inspired by their stories.

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A stand-up comedy show co-hosted by Sierra Katow & Nick Skardarasy featuring some of the best names in comedy!

Produced by Olivia Ghersen and Morgan Kowalewski

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Cameron Esposito develops a new hour about defying death. Presented by the Elysian.

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Cameron Esposito develops a new hour about defying death. Presented by the Elysian.

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Monthly night of Music, Stand up, Storytelling, Clownery and of course, Buffoonery. Hosted by Bente Engelstoft and Peter Kim.

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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.

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Chad Damiani is on a mission to save comedy.

Six comics are stripped of their prepared material and cheap tricks as they perform in their first-ever clown show. Are they ready to risk it all and follow their dumbest impulses? Or will they crumble under the ruthless comments and constant pressure of the one-and-only Clown Boss?

Come witness the joy of suffering.

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Following a sold-out DUKES mini-tour and Jane’s SNL debut, comedians Liva Pierce and Jane Wickline are returning to the stage together. Original sketches, songs, and special guests…. it’s something completely new.

Jane Wickline & Liva Pierce (DUKES) are a sketch comedy duo based in Brooklyn, NY.

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A stand-up comedy show co-hosted by Sierra Katow & Nick Skardarasy featuring some of the best names in comedy!

Produced by Olivia Ghersen and Morgan Kowalewski

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Monthly night of Music, Stand up, Storytelling, Clownery and of course, Buffoonery. Hosted by Bente Engelstoft and Peter Kim.

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Chad Damiani is on a mission to save comedy.

Six comics are stripped of their prepared material and cheap tricks as they perform in their first-ever clown show. Are they ready to risk it all and follow their dumbest impulses? Or will they crumble under the ruthless comments and constant pressure of the one-and-only Clown Boss?

Come witness the joy of suffering.

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Papayaso is a Chilean clown (played by Andres Parada) who has performed on America’s Got Talent, and all over Los Angeles. This is the deeply stupid story of how he came to America, and risked everything to make people laugh.

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