Usama Siddiquee

Progress Michigan Presents Stand Up For Progress Featuring Usama Siddiquee

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Progress Michigan

Join us for a night of laughs for a good cause at Stand Up for Progress featuring Usama Siddiquee with special guest Pranav Behari

The Venue By E11

Doors open at 7:00pm and the show starts at 7:30pm*While this event promises to be hilarious, some of the content may not be appropriate for younger audiences.*Usama Siddiquee Bio:Usama Siddiquee is a Bengali-American stand-up comedian and actor based in New York. Known for his high-energy, sharp, and personal comedy, Usama’s act dives into topics like family, sex, religion, and cultural identity with rapid-fire wit and charisma.He has appeared on Netflix’s Inventing Anna, HBO’s And Just Like That, Comedy Central’s Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens, and FX’s Better Things. In 2024, he released a 30-minute special with Don’t Tell Comedy.Usama was featured on America’s Got Talent (2020), selected as a New Face at Just For Laughs (2018), and is a regular at the world-famous Comedy Cellar. His TV debut was on BET’s 50 Central, with other appearances on Desus &amp; Mero, MTV News, and Cash Cab.He’s won numerous comedy festivals including the Laughing Devil Cup (2016), Yonkers Comedy Festival (2015), and Make Me Laugh Albany (2015), and was a finalist in both the NBC Standup and New York’s Funniest competitions in 2017.He has also been featured in content from NBC, Buzzfeed, Refinery29, Mic, FusionTV, and HuffPost.Check out Usama Siddiquee on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@UsamaStandsUp" title="https://www.youtube.com/@UsamaStandsUp" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">YouTube</a>, <a href="https://x.com/UsamaStandsUp" title="https://x.com/UsamaStandsUp" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/UsamaStandsUp/" title="https://www.instagram.com/UsamaStandsUp/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@UsamaStandsUp" title="https://www.tiktok.com/@UsamaStandsUp" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">TikTok</a>, and <a href="https://facebook.com/usamastandsup" title="https://facebook.com/usamastandsup" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Facebook</a>Pranav Behari Bio:A standup comedian, actor, and writer, Pranav is a former writer for MAD Magazine and co-host of the popular Mango Bae Podcast. A favorite of stand up comedy festivals and clubs around the country, he was most recently featured in the 10k Laughs Festival (Best of the Fest) and Rogue Island Comedy Festival. As an actor, Pranav also has landed roles in episodes of The Marvelous Ms. Maisel, HBO’s The Other Two, Law &amp; Order: SVU, and a recurring role on Daredevil: Born Again. He is also the co-creator of the upcoming BRIC TV Web Series, Problematic.Check out Pranav Behari on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/pranahaha/" title="https://www.instagram.com/pranahaha/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.threads.com/@pranahaha" title="https://www.threads.com/@pranahaha" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Threads</a>, and <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@pranahaha" title="https://www.tiktok.com/@pranahaha" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">TikTok</a>.

Parking Directions for Event:The Venue by E11 is in the Lansing Mall, but it does have its own entrance and is the only way to get into the venue for this event. The best place to park will be in the northwest part of the Lansing Mall parking lot. To get to the northwest parking lot, please go north on Mall Dr W off of Saginaw and then take a right into the parking lot once you pass the first entrance. The above map shows where the parking lot is for the venue (Black X). The mall will close before our event is over. If you do park in a different lot, you will have a harder time getting to your car after the event.