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The October 2011 Coalition Political Comedy Benefit
The October 2011 Coalition Political Comedy Benefit
Where: The Bowery Poetry Club (http://www.bowerypoetry.com/) 308 Bowery (between Houston and Bleeker), NYC
Price: $15 @ the door/ Cash bar
When: Wednesday, September 21 6PM (yes that is correct – 6PM)
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Description: Join Jamie Kilstein, Janine Brito, Negin Farsad, Lee Camp, John Fugelsang, and host Dennis Trainor Jr along with other surprise guests for a night of Schlock and Guffaw! 100% of the proceeds directly support the October 2011 Coalition.
Advance Reservations: email dennistrainorjr (at) gmail (dot) com
check out some clips from our featured performers: Jamie Kilstein has been seen on The Conan O’brien show, Showtimes The Green Room, CNN’s The Joy Behar Show, The Paramount Comedy Channel in the UK, The BBC, The Comedy Channel in Australia, HBO Canada, and Showtime Comedy in the Middle East. He Co-Hosts Citizen Radio which has been praised by Janeane Garofalo, Noam Chomsky, Robin Williams and him and his co-host were named by The Nation Magazine as top “media heroes” ... join Jamie and the rest of us on September 21st
John Fugelsang has appeared on “Politically Incorrect” more than 20 times and Bill Maher called him ‘one of my favorite comedians’, He’s recently performed for US Troops in El Salvador, Honduras, and on their humanitarian mission to Haiti & was once co-host “America’s Funniest Videos”
Negin Farsad was recently named one of the 50 Funniest Women by the Huffington Post, which wrote "Negin Farsad is a one-woman force: comedian, writer, actor, director, and producer."
“Lee Camp is an amazing writer and a great political thinker. He’s the change you and I want to see.” –Janeane Garofalo “Lee Camp is the Che Guevara of comedy. Congrats to him on his balls and integrity. Everything he does is SO good. We need more comedians with his kind of fearlessness.” –Paul Provenza
Janine Brito is a sarcastic, snarky smart bomb of comedy funk straight from the 80's - check out her bit , BIG GAY ANTI CHRIST: And then join Janine and the rest of us on September 21st
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