LGBTQ Comedy Benefit for the Center
Laugh it up and laugh out proud with two of the absolute best in the business! All proceeds will benefit the Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center.
Your headliner Jessica Kirson’s unique style and captivating stage presence captures the attention of audiences and club bookers everywhere she performs. Her wide variety of characters brings a diverse energy to her routine. Once you’ve seen her amazing talent, it’s easy to understand why she was selected to perform at the Hamptons, Toyota, Marshall’s Women in Comedy, Comedy Central’s South Beach, Montreal, and HBO’s Las Vegas comedy festivals. She was awarded “Best Female Comic” by the MAC association in New York City and recently accepted the Nightlife Award for “Best Stand-up Comedian” in New York City. Her YouTube channel “The Jessy K Show” has more than 100 videos with a combined total of over 2.5 million views. In 2013, she launched her own podcast titled, “The Jessica Kirson Podcast.” Jessica has been featured on various television shows, including, The Travel Channel, Comedy Central’s “Premium Blend” and “Fresh Faces,” Nickelodeon’s “Sixth in the Suburbs,” Noggin’s “LOL,” VH1’s “Awesomely Bad” Shows, Oxygen’s premier game show “Can You Tell?,” Bravo’s “The Great Things About Being,” The Women’s Television Network’s “She’s So Funny,” NBC’s “Last Comic Standing” Seasons 2 and 3, NBC’s “Last Call With Carson Daly,” NBC’s “Why We Heart Vampires,” Fox’s “The Dr. Oz Show,” The Travel Channel’s “When Vacations Go Bust,” TV Guide Network, AXS TV, two appearances on NBC’s “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” two appearances on ABC’s “The View,” Showtime’s “White Boyz in the Hood,” and NBC’s “Celebrity Apprentice.” She also has a one hour special on the Logo Channel called “My Cookie’s Gone” and has appeared on “The Joy Behar Show” on CNN-HLN numerous times. She made her big screen debut in Nick Cannon’s “School Dance” and has also been heard on “The Howard Stern Show.”
Joining her will be Frank Liotti. Frank is a stand-up comic living in New York City. He just completed filming a pilot for LOGO, titled “Everyone’s a Little Gay.” In addition, was seen headlining at Caroline’s on Broadway, and performs stand-up comedy across America. His sardonic wit and unique stream of consciousness style have won him praise in the prestigious Laughing Skull Comedy Festival, the Boston Comedy Festival, the Laughing Devil Comedy Festival, the Los Angeles Comedy Festival and the Long Island Laugh Off, and he’s been a finalist in every festival he’s entered to date. As an actor, he was seen playing criminals in Gotham on Fox, Blue Bloods, multiple episodes of Law and Order: Criminal Intent, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, Fox TV’s Jonny Zero,Canturbury’s Law with Julianna Margulies, and others. A graduate of Yale School of Drama as well as SUNY Purchase, he landed the cover of The New York Times Arts and Leisure section for the production of Cats Talk Back — a mockumentary of life as a cast member within the Broadway hit Cats — which was the winner of “Best Overall Production” in the 2003 NYC Fringe Festival. It was also performed at Yale Cabaret, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and revived in The Fringe’s 2011’s “Best Of” series. He also appears in the 2012 film BearCity2.
This phenomenal show wouldn’t be complete without an incredible host named Shawn Gillie!
Shawn is a comedian based out of Albany, NY. He’s performed throughout the northeast, as far west as Hawaii and on a cruise in the Caribbean. He’s a regular at the Funny Bone and Comedy Works in Albany. Shawn is also a DJ and a Travel Agent . He pokes fun at himself, his family, his every day struggles and pretty much complains about everything else because he can’t afford a therapist. You can check him out at http://www.shawngillie.com!
PLEASE NOTE:
– All shows are 18 and older, unless stated otherwise.
– A valid ID is required to enter.
– We start seating 30 minutes prior to showtime.
– Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
DURING THE SHOW:
– Please DO NOT heckle or comment on jokes. Be courteous to those around you and the comics on stage!
– Obnoxious, Loud, Drunken and otherwise disruptive behavior WILL NOT be tolerated in the showroom. Participating in such activity will result in IMMEDIATE EJECTION without warning or refund.
– Like any club or live performance, we have cell phone restrictions. Please turn cell phones off when entering the showroom.
– Photography and recoding is NOT allowed in the showroom. Please take all you pictures before or after the show.
