Comedy School Dropout Lineups Announced For June

By: Jun. 02, 2011
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Negin Farsad, Amy Albert and Beth McGregor present the brand new weekly standup show, Comedy School Dropout. In the grand tradition of East Village ‘alternative' rooms, Comedy School Dropout brings top-notch standup comics, the occasional comedy musical act, subversive duo, or extremely talented threesome, to the stage for the cut-rate price of zero dollars!

Comedy School Dropout comedians have been featured on MTV, Comedy Central, IFC, Showtime and most other known network channels. Three weeks worth of kick-ass lineups are below.

June 8 lineup Adira Amram (UCB, ECNY nominee Best Musical Act), Lenny Marcus (Montreal, HBO Comedy Arts), Jesse Jones (UCB, NYTimes), Josh Zepps (Australian Idol host, Science Channel)

June 15 lineup Joe List (HBO Comedy Festival), Sharron Paul (Cheap Date), Phoebe Robinson (NBC Diversity Showcase), Aaron Kominos-Smith (MTV, AMC)

June 22 lineup Molly Dykeman (Poet/security guard at PS 339), Sean Donnelly (Comic Strip, Gotham), Rob Asaro (Chocolate Cake City web series), Ken Schultz (Caroline's, Comic Strip)

Hosted by Negin Farsad. Amy Albert, and/or Beth McGregor!

Hosts/curators/grand poobahs, Negin Farsad and Amy Albert are bringing their none-too-shabby experience to the Beauty Bar stage. Farsad, an Iranian-American comic, was recently named one of the Top 50 Female Comedians by Huffington Post and has written for and performed on an MTV and a Comedy Central series, a PBS animated series, an IFC newsy show, and umpteen web projects. She is also director of the recent feature film release Nerdcore Rising which premiered at SXSW, winning various awards for best film and best director. Her work has been called "hilarious" by Salon, the Austin Chronicle, the Wall Street Journal and a lot of other publications who chose to use the same adjective. Amy Albert recently wowed the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with her show "Delilah Dix and her Bag of Trix" garnering multiple four and 5 star reviews. She has performed with Second City in LA, The LAFF Festival in Austin, and Ars Nova in NY. She's currently wowing Off-Broadway audiences at the Laurie Beechman Theatre in "Delilah Dix: Showin' My Business." Negin and Amy are joined by Beth McGregor, an NYC standup fixture who was recently featured at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the Boston Women In Comedy Festival.

Upcoming shows are Wednesdays June 29 and July 6. You can expect to see the same caliber of comedians grace the lineup every week!


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