Projectorfest: Bari + Why You Should Hire Me To Care For Your Child/Beg Me To Date Your Son

These shows are presented as a part of Projectorfest 2026, a weeklong showcase of ambitious multimedia-driven comedy projects. More at projectorfest.com. This performance includes two 30-minute shows.

BARI – Akmal Tajihan
Realizing he is the same age his father was when he immigrated to the United States. Akmal Tajihan uses his two loves, visual arts and comedy, to explore his relationship with his father

WHY YOU SHOULD HIRE ME TO CARE FOR YOUR CHILD/BEG ME TO DATE YOUR SON – Madelyn Miller
Through the eyes of a star babysitter and woman who's had multiple boyfriends' moms thank her for being a good influence on their sons, Madelyn presents a shameless plug of her many strengths, whilst roasting grown men with needs and behaviors similar to children, and examining her proclivity to seek partners that double as practice offspring.

ABOUT THE CREATORS
Akmal Tajihan is a Comedian and Visual Artist living in Brooklyn. He has two monthly shows at Upright Citizens Brigade ( Duchovny and What The Hell) and he also performs weekly at the BCC. He has been featured in Vulture and more recently was in a production of Ivanov at the Royal Family Theatre

Originally from Chicago, Madelyn has lived in New York since 2012 and plans to stay planted here till the end of her days. In addition to being a critically acclaimed childcare provider and substitute preschool teacher, and an experienced practitioner of romantic pursuits and intimate exchanges, Madelyn works professionally in film and TV. She specializes in post production and indie/short form producing, and previously worked as a digital producer at Comedy Central for The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. Madelyn has performed sketch, stand up, improv, and slideshow comedy at institutions like The PIT, QED, Caveat, Young Ethel's, GOLD Comedy, Brooklyn Comedy Collective, Chicago's iO, and Second City, and more. She received a BFA in Film and Television from NYU Tisch, and more recently, a Complete Pathological Response to Treatment for her stage 2 triple negative breast cancer at Memorial Sloan Kettering.