Solo Show
Scott Thompson as Buddy Cole in The Last Glory Hole (in LA)
Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Café 2106 Hyperion Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesScott Thompson from the ‘Kids in the Hall’ brings his most famous character, lounge lizard ‘Buddy Cole’, to the intimate setting of ‘The Lyric Hyperion’ for an exploratory run of his new show ‘THE LAST GLORYHOLE’. The show is an evening of hilarious and incendiary monologues leading to an existential crisis where Buddy discovers that he is a ficional character. This new show is funnier, sillier and yet somehow more dangerous than ever. Join Buddy in an intimate setting as […]
Three Cults Walk Into a Bar (in LA)
Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Café 2106 Hyperion Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesFollowing a SOLD OUT first show, Uriah Wesman returns for a second run of "Three Cults Walk Into a Bar." Uriah will explore his journey of growing up around three different cults. One of these was a doomsday cult, which had serious emotional ramifications for him. As if this wasn't enough, Uriah was also kidnapped as a child and survived a near-death experience. These experiences led him on a journey into stand-up comedy and he is now ready to share […]
Scott Thompson as Buddy Cole in The Last Glory Hole (in LA)
Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Café 2106 Hyperion Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesScott Thompson from the ‘Kids in the Hall’ brings his most famous character, lounge lizard ‘Buddy Cole’, to the intimate setting of ‘The Lyric Hyperion’ for an exploratory run of his new show ‘THE LAST GLORYHOLE’. The show is an evening of hilarious and incendiary monologues leading to an existential crisis where Buddy discovers that he is a ficional character. This new show is funnier, sillier and yet somehow more dangerous than ever. Join Buddy in an intimate setting as […]
Kevin James Doyle: After Endgame (in LA)-POSTPONED
Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Café 2106 Hyperion Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesDirect from a critically acclaimed run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival comedian and chess instructor Kevin James Doyle gives a chess lesson that turns into a life lesson, a ‘jaw dropping’ tale told by a ‘master storyteller. ★★★★★-Eccentric England 1/26 @ 7:30PM PT 1/27 @ 7:15PM PT
Kevin James Doyle: After Endgame (in LA)-POSTPONED
Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Café 2106 Hyperion Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesDirect from a critically acclaimed run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival comedian and chess instructor Kevin James Doyle gives a chess lesson that turns into a life lesson, a ‘jaw dropping’ tale told by a ‘master storyteller. ★★★★★-Eccentric England 1/26 @ 7:30PM PT 1/27 @ 7:15PM PT
NATE by Natalie Palamides (in LA)
The Elysian 1944 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesNatalie Palamides returns with her critically acclaimed show, NATE, to warm it up for a run at the University of Michigan this February. Come see if she can remember it after 5 years of hiatus. **Proceeds from the show will go to those affected by the fires. THIS SHOW IS SOLD OUT. THERE WILL BE A STAND-BY LINE AT THE DOOR 30 MINUTES BEFORE SHOWTIME. Starts 7:30PM PT
NATE by Natalie Palamides (in LA)
The Elysian 1944 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesNatalie Palamides returns with her critically acclaimed show, NATE, to warm it up for a run at the University of Michigan this February. Come see if she can remember it after 5 years of hiatus. **Proceeds from the show will go to those affected by the fires. THIS SHOW IS SOLD OUT. THERE WILL BE A STAND-BY LINE AT THE DOOR 30 MINUTES BEFORE SHOWTIME. Starts 7:30PM PT
Richard Perez: For One Night Okay (in NYC)
The Public Theater 425 Lafayette Street, New York, NY, United StatesJoin Richard for just one night only as he workshops new material with the crowd (you?). There will probably be music, sexual themes, profanity, sound, lights, art, movement, intellectual experiences, and MORE. See Richard like you’ve never seen him before, okay?? $30 + 2 drink or 1 food item min. Starts 7:30PM ET
FERN (in LA)
Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Café 2106 Hyperion Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesF E R N:: a solo show with amber preston!!! Stand up comic Amber Preston would be such a fun mom! But she's not. Infertility is no joke until it is. A night of stand up, storytelling and maybe even a little song and dance all about the surprisingly political theme of not having children. Starts 9:30PM PT
How To Get a Second Husband (in LA)
Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Café 2106 Hyperion Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United Statesa life-changing one woman show starring divorcée Jackie Johnson Directed by Kimmy Gatewood Music by Adam Tressler Choreography by Kathryn Burns Written and Starring Jackie Johnson Starts 7:30PM PT
#1 Son (in LA)
The Elysian 1944 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesWhy did god make me his sexiest son????? experience mass in the form of a work in progress clown solo show. repent the pursuit of purity & let Father Greg Orian rededicate your life. “I will not be mad if you watch this.” -God NATASHA MERCADO is an actress, director, & theatre arts educator— but always a clown. Starts 8:30PM PT
John Norris: Mr. Chonkers (in LA)
The Elysian 1944 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesIt’s a solo show. A clown show. Absurd. Simple. Outrageous. Stupid. Fun. It’s terrible. An important waste of your time. It’s great. Please strongly consider all of this information before coming. Created by John Norris Directed by Corey Podell Starts 8:30PM PT
Spank: meaning & nuance / I’m a Good Person (in LA)
UCB Franklin 5919 Franklin Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesIt's a show where we let sketch teams and solo performers try some shit out! Some will be good, some will be bad but it will all be weird and new and that's what makes it fun! It's experimental sketch at it's finest! Come on, you know you need a spanking. This Monday, we have: meaning & nuance: a night of meaning & nuance with Avery McClure Instagram reels star Avery McClure takes the stage to explore what it means to be human, […]
Near Sex For Work (in LA)
Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Café 2106 Hyperion Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesNear Sex For Work is a multimedia-filled solo show exposing the true story of how one timid man has found fleeting moments of confidence through his jobs facilitating other people’s orgasms. Since first getting hired by an adult toy store while still a virgin, Daniel Shar has gone on to find unlikely success in a variety of sex industry jobs - from running women’s OnlyFans accounts to playing non-nude non-sexual side characters in adult films. Tastefully raunchy with a throbbing […]
Riki Lindhome: Dead Inside (in LA)
The Elysian 1944 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesRiki's WIP musical about her fertility journey. All proceeds from ticket sales will go directly to fundraisers for families who have lost their homes in the Eaton fire. Trigger warning: this show will candidly discuss aspects of infertility that might be a sensitive subject to some. Starts 7:30PM PT
Ma’am (in LA)
The Elysian 1944 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesA suburban fever dream — An absurd, penultimate Home Owner Association (HOA) meeting. A grappeling of control. A beautiful Front Lawn. Will you tattle-tale on your neighbor to gain a little power? Did you pick up after your dog? Who is taking minutes?! Will you vote to overthrow your HOA president, Karey Pine? Or do you actually like her Karen-esq, side-ways rules to keep your neighborhood flourishing...Described as a cross between Leslie Knope (Parks and Rec) and Armond (The White […]
EGG (in LA)
Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Café 2106 Hyperion Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesSarah Adelman is a research scientist by day and stand-up comedian by night. Her one-hour solo show EGG is a hilarious and heartfelt coming-of-age journey through bat mitzvah humiliation, data-driven dating, and the sperm bank porn library… all culminating in the earth-shattering clash of her two worlds. On Sarah’s first day working at the sperm bank, she stares through her microscope into a petri dish full of semen and is shocked by how much the little wiggly sperms remind her […]
Cold Call (in LA)
UCB Franklin 5919 Franklin Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesCOLD CALL is a solo comedy show about Ava’s time working as a telemarketer in the basement of a Hollywood Theater. She met hundreds of characters over the phone and over the course of one shift, you will get to meet her favorites as she brings them all to life. Written & performed by Ava Bunn Assisted by Nathan Hicks Directed by Sarafina Ludlow Starts 8:30PM PT
Tonight! a clown who just wanted to be loved? (in LA)
Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Café 2106 Hyperion Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesSlow-motion boxing, tape measure tangles, wild pizza dancing. In a playful and absurd crescendo, a hopelessly romantic (and sometimes a little naughty) Italian clown who doesn't speak English tries everything he knows to get the only thing he wants. To be loved? Tonight! confronts one of the most classic challenges faced by every clown, and probably by every human: the urge to find love. In a crescendo of comic absurdity, the audience is carried joyfully - and sometimes literally - […]
MY DEAD WEDDING: A Funeral for my Wedding (in LA)
UCB Franklin 5919 Franklin Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesComedian and easy cry, Chet Siegel, was dumped twice by her ex-fiancé during season one of the pandemic and now you’re all invited to the funeral for her canceled wedding. In this multimedia solo show// immersive nervous breakdown, Chet grieves her broken engagement and tries to figure out if she can get over this or anything really. With Special Guests TBD!! Written & Performed by Chet Siegel Directed by Emily Olcott Assistant Directed by Rick Andrews Produced by Sean Weiner Starts 8:30PM PT
Cold Call (in NYC)
UCB NYC 242 East 14th Street, New York, NY, United StatesCOLD CALL is a solo comedy show about Ava’s time working as a telemarketer in the basement of a Hollywood Theater. She met hundreds of characters over the phone and over the course of one shift, you will get to meet her favorites as she brings them all to life. Written & performed by Ava Bunn Assisted by Nathan Hicks Directed by Sarafina Ludlow Starts 7PM ET
Gabe Mollica Workshops A New Solo Show for Edinburgh Fringe (in NYC)
Soho Playhouse 15 Vandam Street, New York, NY, United StatesGabe Mollica (This American Life, Solo Off-Broadway) workshops a new solo show for the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, with special guests!! Starts 9PM ET
Richard Perez: For One Night Only (in NYC)
Union Hall 702 Union Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesJoin Richard for just one night only as he workshops new material with the crowd (you?). There will probably be music, sexual themes, profanity, sound, lights, art, movement, intellectual experiences, and MORE. See Richard like you’ve never seen him before, okay?? Starts 10PM PT
TASTE: A New Solo Show by Sophie Zucker (in NYC)
Brooklyn Comedy Collective 167 Graham Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesWhy do all successful women have their confidence ruined by a man with no bed frame? Sophie explores this, and more, in her new solo show Taste. When Sophie gets the hint that the skaterboy podcaster of her dreams is going to ghost her, she decides to lock him in her apartment so as to stop him from getting away and force him to talk through his emotions. Through this show, Sophie hopes to answer the question why boys like […]
Love in the Time of Fifth Grade (in NYC)
Pine Box Rock Shop 12 Grattan Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesCome watch Marina workshop her latest project, "Love in the Time of Fifth Grade," where she explores why she hit her sensual peak in elementary school -- and how her dating life crumbled after puberty. And this month's special guest is Gabe Mollica (This American Life, “Solo” Off-Broadway) with his show "Gabe Mollica: Horse Lawyer" -- While looking at photo albums with his mom, New York Comedian Gabe Mollica has a panic attack about the direction of life. With no […]
DEMI ADEJUYIGBE IS GOING TO DO ONE (1) BACKFLIP (in NYC)
littlefield 635 Sackett Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesDemi Adejuyigbe (@electrolemon) is a writer, comedian, filmmaker, and, inexplicably, a musician, known for his podcasts Punch Up The Jam and Gilmore Guys, his popular September 21st video series, and as a writer/producer on NBC's The Good Place, Peacock's The Amber Ruffin Show, Netflix's NEON, and Apple TV's Strange Planet. This is a very special comedy show featuring original comedic songs, presentations, bits, and one (1) single backflip performed by an aging, sedentary man who had to stand up and crack his knees in the middle of writing […]
Good Showbiz! w/ Eli Leonard (in LA)
The Elysian 1944 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesGood Showbiz is a celebration of the spirit and vibrant history of Jewish Theater. Eli Leonard hosts this immersive spectacle of Showbiz tradition in his physical comedy satire show. Stand-up! Broadway! Vaudeville! The Yiddish Theater! Good Showbiz has it all. While this is a funny theater show at its core, Leonard will make it abundantly clear that Good Showbiz is also, quite practically, his business. To be in the Good Showbiz audience is to participate in the vital work of […]
Five Game Shows and a Funeral! (in LA)
Dynasty Typewriter at Hayworth Theater 2511 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesCome on down and enjoy Mitch Silpa in his hilarious solo show as he recounts his experiences through the 70's, 80's, 90's, and 2000's as a (winning and losing) contestant on 5 (yes, 5!) different games. And, yes, there will be clips! It's funny! It's heartwarming! It's a lot of hair styles and family drama! You'll feel like a WINNER!!! Starts 7:30PM PT
DEMI ADEJUYIGBE IS GOING TO DO ONE (1) BACKFLIP (in NYC)
littlefield 635 Sackett Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesDemi Adejuyigbe (@electrolemon) is a writer, comedian, filmmaker, and, inexplicably, a musician, known for his podcasts Punch Up The Jam and Gilmore Guys, his popular September 21st video series, and as a writer/producer on NBC's The Good Place, Peacock's The Amber Ruffin Show, Netflix's NEON, and Apple TV's Strange Planet. This is a very special comedy show featuring original comedic songs, presentations, bits, and one (1) single backflip performed by an aging, sedentary man who had to stand up and crack his knees in the middle of writing […]
Kenice Mobley: Don’t Kill Yourself Yet (in NYC)
Caveat 21 A Clinton Street, New York, NY, United StatesDon’t Kill Yourself Yet is a one woman show by comedian Kenice Mobley (Fallon, Comedy Central) that starts with her lifelong impulse to destroy herself, and how it changed when she had a stroke and had to stare death in the face. It’s a comical look at depression, inherited trauma and the will to be a better person. Directed by Ryan Cunningham Starts 7PM ET
Check Out (in NYC)
Brooklyn Comedy Collective 167 Graham Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesA new solo show by Edson Montenegro (@edsonmountaineggroll) directed by Haley Hepworth (@haley_hepworth) Check Out follows Edson on their last day in intensive outpatient rehab as their counselor, Dr. Gomez, gets them ready for discharge and set up for future success - and doing so by any means necessary. Featuring all-new characters + performances by Loosey LaDuca (@LooseyLaDuca)and Michelladonna (@Michelladonna) Starts 7PM ET
PICK ME (in LA)
Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Café 2106 Hyperion Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesPICK ME: A solo show about dying to be chosen. Created & performed by Glennis LaRoe Glennis LaRoe (Netflix is a Joke Fest) takes the stage to overshare about being a dissociated kid, having lost her mother as a child and how that abandonment wound lead to her complicated relationships with men as an adult...but, like, makes it funny (promise its not a coping mechanism!) Starts 7:30PM PT
#1 Son (in LA)
The Elysian 1944 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesWhy did god make me his sexiest son????? experience mass in the form of a work in progress clown solo show. repent the pursuit of purity & let Father Greg Orian rededicate your life. “I will not be mad if you watch this.” -God NATASHA MERCADO is an actress, director, & theatre arts educator— but always a clown. Starts 8:30PM PT
Caitlin Cook: The Writing on the Stall (in LA)
The Elysian 1944 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United States"Legendary cock lobster." "My life is on fire, I think I'm in love." "Life ain't all burritos and strippers, my friend." These are just three examples of the bathroom stall graffiti that Caitlin Cook has been obsessing about and photographing for over a decade. Confessional, immersive, and uproariously funny, this one-of-a-kind show—literally set in a dive bar bathroom—transforms graffiti scrawled all over the stalls into the lyrics of her original songs and trail markers along the journey she takes us […]
NO BUT I’M DEFINITELY IN A BETTER PLACE THAN I’VE BEEN IN A LONG TIME (in LA)
Dynasty Typewriter at Hayworth Theater 2511 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesA raging narcissist attempts to put up a one-man show about his dog as the world is ending. Written & performed by Michael J. Feldman Directed by Tom Detrinis Starts 7:30PM PT
Catholic Guilt (in LA)
The Elysian 1944 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesKelly McCaughan (HBO, Apple TV+) presents Catholic Guilt. Does daddy Jesus's naked body on the cross make you wet? This show will (seriously, there's water). So, put on your waterproof panties and get ready to unpack everything from losing your virginity in the most holy way, to abortion, to a bowling experience that leads to eternal damnation, and much more. Through cringey personal recounts, stand-up adjacent clowny performance, and audience participation, Kelly's poignant and hilariously subversive show (Best Newcomer nominee […]
Five First Boots (in LA)
Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Café 2106 Hyperion Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesSurvivor. RuPaul's Drag Race. The Traitors. We love watching people compete on reality shows, but what about the ones who get sent home first? The contestants who achieved their ultimate goal, only to be told to kick rocks on day one? Steve Szlaga (Dropout) plays five first boots as they try (or refuse) to cope with the universal feeling of rejection. Written and Performed by Steve Szlaga Directed by Julie Brister. STEVE SZLAGA was born and raised in Michigan, but […]
HORSEGIRL (in LA)
Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Café 2106 Hyperion Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesA girl. A horse. Something else. This raw, heartfelt, and ridiculously comedic solo show dives into the untamed wilderness of identity. Caught between what we are and what we long to become, one woman explores the mess, beauty, and absurdity of being human—or something else entirely. Stevie Shale (she/her) lives in Los Angeles, California where she’s an actor, solo character performer, writer and improviser. She’s performed at The iO Theater, The Green Mill’s Paper Machete, The Second City Chicago, The […]
The Day I Accidentally Went to War (in LA)
Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Café 2106 Hyperion Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesFrom the award-winning comedy team behind mega-hit The Day I Became Black (Off Broadway Alliance Best Solo Performance), comes this hilarious and powerful true story. No one wins and breaks hearts like writer/comedian Bill Posley (Netflix's Kobra Kai, Apple TV’s Shrinking). Some people accidentally miss their bus stop, some accidentally misplace their keys, but Bill? In The Day I Accidentally Went to War, he will take you on a roller coaster journey from his childhood traumas to real-life combat and […]
A Tale of Two Titties (in LA)
Whitefire Theatre 13500 Ventura Boulevard, Sherman Oaks, CA, United StatesJoin comedian Julia Johns and her fabulous new implants (she misses her old saggy gals) as she presents a solo show about her cancer--it's funny, she swears! Julia was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2022, and amid the challenges of her double mastectomy, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy, Julia found solace in writing comedy to cope with her experience. Her jokes received heartfelt applause from audience members profoundly impacted by her story. Did you know chemo also makes your pubic hair […]