DeAnne Smith & Acquaintances! (Zoom Live-stream)
Born during 2020 Covid, when you needed to laugh and comedians needed to eat, DS&A keeps going because it’s grown into a really fun, really sweet community. This show’s a win-win for everyone; we donate a portion of each month’s proceeds to a different cool ass organization. So far, we’ve supported: National Black Food and Justice Alliance, Indigenous Environmental Network, DTES Response, Dream Defenders, a NYC comedian’s hospital bills, Black Lives Matter Canada’s Black Mutual Aid Fund, The Okra Project, Red Canary Song, the Desai Foundation’s COVID-19 Relief Fund, Trans Lifeline, Trans Santa, and MECA, Middle East Children’s Alliance, among many others. The show starts at 6:00PM PT/9:00PM ET and lasts about 75 minutes.
Who’s DeAnne Smith? Well, not only are they the humble person writing this bio, they’re an international comedy sensation. (Okay, “sensation” might be pushing it.) But their video “Straight Men Step Up Your Game” has been viewed over 47 million times (that’s pre TikTok, baby!), and DeAnne’s critically-acclaimed Netflix special, Gentleman Elf, is available right this minute as part of the groundbreaking Comedians of the World series. They’re also featured in Hannah Gadsby’s Gender Agenda, also on Netflix, but honestly, they don’t even pay for that horrible platform, so they support you never seeing those. (Even though both appearances are kinda great.) DeAnne has performed everywhere from Iceland to New Zealand, and is a regular at both the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Montreal’s prestigious, invite-only Just for Laughs Comedy Festival. Time Out Melbourne says DeAnne “blends smart and silly subjects with expert conviction” and the UK Telegraph says they’re “Very funny. Effortless charm lets them get away with murder.” They’ve never actually murdered anyone, however, unlike the current and every former U.S. administration. Oops, ended on a bit of a down note there. Anyway, DeAnne’s pretty cool (they’re working on positive self talk) and this show will be a lot of fun!
Who’s everyone else? A rotating cast of DeAnne’s friends and mere acquaintances! Past acts include Naomi Ekperigin, Andy Kindler, Judah Friedlander, River Butcher, Myq Kaplan, Josh Gondelman, Danielle Perez, Robby Hoffman…and so many more, but that’s pretty good for DeAnne (hi, it’s me!) just rattling names off the top of their/my head.