(Photo: Mike Fitelson)
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Doors 7pm, performance 7:30pm
$15 online, $25 at the door
“No Name” co-founder Eric Vetter celebrates two decades of producing “NYC’s Best Damn Comedy / Variety Show” with an anniversary blowout.
Known for bringing a multicultural mix of comedy, music and fun to alternative performance spaces throughout Manhattan, Vetter brings an all-star selection of “No Name’s” best performers uptown plus special guests.
Get Tickets Here: https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pe.c/9880577
The lineup (subject to change) includes:
Wyatt Cenac, writer and performer from The Daily Show.
Michele Carlo, the author of “Fish Out Of Agua,” has told stories across the U.S., including at the MOTH’s Grand Slams and Mainstage and on NPR with “Latino USA.”
Ophira Eisenberg has appeared on “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson,” “Comedy Central,” and “The Today Show,” and was selected one of “New York Magazine’s” “Top 10 Comics that Funny People Find Funny.”
Christian Finnegan has appeared on “Conan”, “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson,” and “The Today Show” and was one of the original panelists on VH1’s “Best Week Ever.”
Leighann Lord has used humor to take her around the world, from performing at comedy festivals in Trinidad, Montreal, Winnipeg, Halifax, and Boston to entertaining U.S. troops stationed in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia.
Liam McEneaney has been a professional standup comedian since the age of 19 and was called one of the most influential people in NYC comedy by “Time Out NY” and one of “Ten Standout Standups Worth Watching” by “Backstage.”
Comedian Eric Vetter co-founded “No Name” in 1994 and has produced it ever since. “No Name’s” flagship comedy/variety show, “No Name… & A Bag O’ Chips”, can be seen at Otto’s Shrunken Head on East 14th Street. “No Name” also produces shows uptown, including every Tuesday at Word Up Community Bookshop in Washington Heights and every month at Indian Road Cafe in Inwood.
For more info: No Name Comedy & Variety Turns 20.
Get Tickets Here: https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pe.c/9880577
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