Name: Laughs For Good
Start: 2024-03-08T19:30:00-05:00
End: 2024-03-08T22:00:00-05:00
Location: 100 Underhill St

Laughs For Good

Lana Savoca

Join us for a night of laughter and goodwill! Indulge in delicious food and beverages while enjoying comedy. Proceeds support Gaza Relief.

100 Underhill St

Laughs for Good is a comedy fundraiser benefiting Doctors Without Borders &amp; The Egyptian Red Crescent delivering relief to Gaza. Each in-person ticket includes delicious Palestinian food from Ayat &amp; beverages, &amp; stand up comedy from 5 prominent comedians. Zoom tickets are available as well. Featured Comedians:Adam Mamawala: Adam Mamawala is a <a href="https://www.adammamawala.com/standup" title="https://www.adammamawala.com/standup" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">stand-up comedian</a>, <a href="https://www.adammamawala.com/acting" title="https://www.adammamawala.com/acting" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">actor</a> and <a href="https://www.adammamawala.com/podcasts" title="https://www.adammamawala.com/podcasts" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">podcaster</a> based out of New York City. He has appeared on Comedy Central, MTV, BET, Amazon Prime and SiriusXM, and both of his albums, <a href="https://album.link/wd4px00skqwks" title="https://album.link/wd4px00skqwks" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Statistically More Relatable</a> (2022) and <a href="https://www.adammamawala.com/album" title="https://www.adammamawala.com/album" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">One of the Good Ones</a> (2017) debuted at #1 on the iTunes Comedy Charts. Most recently, Adam starred in the 6 episode comedy series <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Shay-Sparks/dp/B0BY39QKSY/ref=sr_1_1?crid=UX6246DZ0IWK&amp;keywords=under+cover+comic&amp;qid=1687802856&amp;s=instant-video&amp;sprefix=under+cover+comic%2Cinstant-video%2C88&amp;sr=1-1" title="https://www.amazon.com/Shay-Sparks/dp/B0BY39QKSY/ref=sr_1_1?crid=UX6246DZ0IWK&amp;keywords=under+cover+comic&amp;qid=1687802856&amp;s=instant-video&amp;sprefix=under+cover+comic%2Cinstant-video%2C88&amp;sr=1-1" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Under Cover Comic</a> (2023), now streaming on Amazon Prime. Adam has been a freelance contributor to Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update and Someecards and currently co-hosts podcasts Away Games and HORSE, as recently featured in the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/08/at-home/coronavirus-sports-podcasts.html" title="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/08/at-home/coronavirus-sports-podcasts.html" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">New York Times</a>! Maysoon Zayid: "If there were an ‘Oppression Olympics’, I would win gold: I’m Arab, I’m Muslim, I’m a woman of color, I’m divorced, I'm disabled, and I live in New Jersey!"Maysoon Zayid is a comedian, actress, writer, and disability advocate. Co-founder of New York Arab American Comedy Festival. Contributor to Keith Olbermann, The Daily Beast, appearances on 60 Minutes, CNN, ABC News, and Oprah Winfrey Networks. Maysoon had the most viewed TED Talk of 2014. Maysoon is an author of a children's graphic novel, Shiny Misfits! Atheer Yacoub: NYC-based comic/podcaster featured on Comedy Central Arabia, Gotham Comedy Live, SF Sketchfest, Boston Comedy Festival and many more. Yacoub wrote for The Breakdown and Passport Control on Brooklyn’s Emmy award-winning network BRIC TV. Atheer recently released her first comedy album Denied Entry with Comedy Records. The album features material written and honed by the New York comedian over 10 years while frequently headlining sold-out shows all over North America. Cansu Karabiyik: UK turned NYC comic, she was a regular on the London circuit and performed in more than 15 cities across the UK. She is the founder of the non-profit Laugh 4 Change, an organization that produced more than 50 shows in 10 different cities across the UK to raise relief aid for refugees in Greece. Cansu will be our MC! Michael Schirtzer: CA-based Comedian/Podcaster @thepalestinepod/Slam Poet. Katie Halper: Katie Halper is a writer, filmmaker, comedian and host of the Katie Halper show, a weekly radio show and podcast. The Katie Halper Show takes a humorous look at the news, politics, pop culture. Katie writes for The Nation, Rolling Stone, Vice, The Guardian, and has appeared on MSNBC, HuffPost Live, RT, Sirius Radio. She is also the co-host of Useful Idiots podcast. Event will be March 8th 7:30pmSaint John's Episcopal100 Underhill StYonkers, NY 10710

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Join us for standup comedy from multiple prominent comedians. Each ticket includes food from Ayat & beverages. Zoom tickets are available too!

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