SAMANTHA BEE’s COMEDY TRIVIA GAMESHOW, WITS END COMES TO LOS ANGELES FOR A LIMITED RUN AT THE ELYSIAN.
COME AND JOIN US:
Feb 10th - KRISTEN SCHAAL v KURT BRAUNOHLER
Feb 11th - NORI REED + HAYDEN JOHNSON (TRANS-IT GIRLS) v SAM MORRISON + RACHEL SCANLON
Feb 12th - TBC
Imagine a trivia game show where being funny is almost as important as being right. - Comedy Bureau
Organized Chaos or the Best Party Ever - YOU DECIDE.
“Be sure to come up with a clever team name—some .. favorites include Jodie Foster's Privacy, Fartin' Scorsese, Air Will Be Bud and Nicholas Cage Fighters.” GOTHAMIST
"I didn't realize this was a career," said Mr. Kesner, 32 years old - Wall Street Journal
Past guests include: DAVID CROSS, EUGENE MIRMAN, WYATT CENAC, JOHN HODGMAN, PHOEBE ROBINSON, SAM MORRISON, JOSH GONDELMAN, MARTIN URBANO, H JON BENJAMIN, JOHN ROBERTS and SAMANTHA BEE.
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Hosted by: Adam Kesner is the Minister of Information at Wit’s End. Under the name Trivial Dispute, he’s spent the past 15 years writing and hosting the most raucous, high energy trivia nights in NYC, as well as corporate workshops, team-building events, and private events for clients like Google, American Express, Tommy Hilfiger, A24, Magnolia Films, and more. He’s hosted games everywhere from bars to breweries to Brooklyn block parties to under the Blue Whale in the Museum of Natural History. For the past 3 years, he’s also hosted a weekly streaming Trivia Game Show on Twitch, with hundreds of teams playing from around the world.
Presented by: Legendary Comedian and host Samantha Bee received global recognition from the success of her weekly comedy series, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee,which was nominated for 70 awards and ran for seven seasons on TBS. Bee has personally been nominated for 18 Emmy awards, winning for both writing and executive producing the longest running satirical late-night show hosted by a woman.
Directed by: Ryan Cunningham (she/her) is a queer writer/director and Emmy and Peabody award-winning producer. She's EP/Director on the docuseries EXPECTING AMY (HBO Max) about Amy Schumer’s pregnancy, and the standup specials ILANA GLAZER: THE PLANET IS BURNING (Amazon), and CLUB CUMMING PRESENTS A QUEER COMEDY EXTRAVAGANZA! (Showtime), hosted by Alan Cumming. Ryan recently completed production on her feature directorial debut, LONE WOLVES, set to release in 2024. In 2023, she also directed Sam Morrison’s critically acclaimed and award-nominated SUGAR DADDY for its extended off-Broadway run at Soho Playhouse in NYC and sold-out run in London at Soho Theatre. Select TV producer credits include BROAD CITY and INSIDE AMY SCHUMER (Comedy Central), SEARCH PARTY (HBO Max), THE LAST O.G. (TBS); and ZIWE (Showtime).
Produced by: Olivia Wingate’s credits in TV include: MARON (IFC) which ran for four seasons, BOBCAT GOLDTHWAIT’S MISFITS & MONSTERS (Tru TV), and JOE MANDE’S AWARD WINNING STANDUP SPECIAL (Netflix), WHY SHIT SO CRAZY(Netflix), JOHN HODGMAN’S RAGNAROK (Netflix), WYATT CENAC’S BROOKLYN (Netflix) and AN EVENING OF COMEDY IN AN FAKE UNDERGROUND LABORATORY (Comedy Central). In film, Olivia produced the documentary feature IT STARTED AS A JOKE which premiered at SXSW 2019, and premiered her narrative feature WE STRANGERS at SXSW 2024. Upcoming projects include features by BOBCAT GOLDTHWAIT, STEPHEN BELBER and SAMUEL D HUNTER.
Doors at 6:30 PM, Show starts at 7:00 PM
Seating begins 15 minutes before showtime, there is NO LATE SEATING. Seats are assigned on a first come first served basis, from the front of the theatre to the back. If you want to sit closer, be sure to arrive earlier.
Shows start no later than 10 MINUTES after the scheduled show time.