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Laughter Against The Machine National Tour Workshop Show
When: Monday, June 13th. Doors 7:30pm, Show 8:00pm
Tickets: $10 adv, $20 patron of the arts. Free if you've ever been stopped by Arizona police or are currently on strike.
Laughter Against the Machine, anchored by Nato Green, W. Kamau Bell, and Janine Brito, has built a space for a comedy where the comedians and the audience to expect to be challenged, to laugh, and think at the same time. It's an issue-oriented, no-holds-bar show with no preconceived expectations, no party lines, and certainly no cheerleading - because they have beef with everybody, including themselves.
This special show featuring Nato and Janine will be the lab show for a national tour coming in the fall. The show kicks off LATM's Kickstarter.com campaign to raise money for a tour documentary, in which LATM will perform in the most polarized places in the USA. LATM will bring a comedic peace-keeping mission to the front lines of American political controversy to find out if comedy can illuminate truth and bring people together.
More P-Funk All Stars than the Beatles, LATM brings like-minded comics to throw down. The group recently returned from delivering one of the biggest shows of the Bridgetown Comedy Festival, which included Margaret Cho, Jimmy Dore, Hari Kondabolu, and Aparna Nancherla.
ABOUT THE COMEDIANS
NATO GREEN, San Francisco native was named SF Weekly's Best Comedian of 2010 for getting "smarter and faster" and putting on "legendary" shows that keep audiences "doubled over." Punchline Magazine called Nato a "more aggressive white gentleman." Nato is the creator of Iron Comic, the Iron Chef-spoofing comedy game show that packed houses at SF Sketchfest for four years. The East Bay Express reported that onstage Nato "has a knack for pushing boundaries," the San Francisco Chronicle wrote that Nato "had the hordes howling." Daniel Handler, aka Lemony Snicket, said Nato is, "Righteous and hilarious, bracing and a hoot, Nato Green is like finding a shot of bourbon at your co-worker's stupid vegan potluck." www.natogreen.com
JANINE BRITO started doing standup comedy in St. Louis and is now a rising star on the San Francisco scene. She is a regular at the Punch Line, winner of the 2009 SF Women's Comedy Competition, and recipient of Rooftop Comedy's 2010 Silver Nail Award. A sarcastic, snarky smart bomb of comedy funk straight from the 80's, Janine has been featured in the San Francisco Chronicle and The SF Weekly called her "a mean lesbian". But she's pretty sure that they meant it in a good way. www.janinebrito.com
EMILY HELLER placed 2nd in the 2009 Bay Area Laugh Leader Competition and the 2009 San Francisco Women's Comedy Competition. She's a regular at the San Francisco Punch Line, the San Jose Improv, and the Purple Onion. She's also performed at the Seattle Comedy Underground, the Joke Joint in Minneapolis, San Francisco Sketchfest 2009 & 2010, and the Sacramento All-Sketch Festival. She has performed with comics such as Tig Notaro, Natasha Leggero, John Mulaney, Seth Meyers, Hannibal Buress, Fred Armisen, and more. Her comedic writing has been featured in Life&Style and FastCompany Magazine and has been nominated for a National Magazine Award for best Op-Ed. She likes you, kind of a lot.
CHRIS GARCIA is an alumnus of the University of California, Berkeley where he studied creative writing, improvisational theater, and disappointing his extremely conservative Cuban immigrant parents. Chris is the recipient of the 2010 Dan Crawford Memorial Scholarship, an annual honor given to the San Francisco Punchline Comedy Club's comedian of the year. He was recently named one of the Bay Area's "Top 5 Comedians to Watch" by the San Jose Mercury News, and was awarded a 2010 Silver Nail by Rooftop Comedy, an award recognizing 8 of the top up and coming comedians in the country. His festival appearances include SF Sketchfest, the Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and the Aspen Rooftop Comedy Festival. Carlos Alazraqui of Reno 911 says, "Chris Garcia is the future of comedy. I say that because he's really white and funny like me, but younger." "Garcia's going places." The SF Weekly.
KEVIN CAMIA has been on Comedy Central's Live at Gotham, voted best up and coming comic at the Rooftop Aspen Comedy Festival, his first CD Kindness was voted top 10 comedy albums of 2010 on iTunes and he won the Dan Crawford Scholarship 2011 at the San Francisco Punch Line.
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LocationStagewerx
533 Sutter @ Powell
San Francisco, CA
United States
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| Minimum Age: 16 |
| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
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