Jessica Kirson and Monty Franklin Come to ComedyWorks

By: Sep. 05, 2017
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Jessica Kirson is a powerhouse on stage. Her act is a performance unlike any comedian you've ever seen. An 18-year veteran of comedy, Jessica was awarded "Best Female Comic" by the MAC association in New York City and recently accepted the Nightlife Award for "Best Stand-up Comedian" in NYC. Jessica's comedic character videos have a collective 30 million views on her YouTube Channel, The Jessy K Show. Her podcast, Fat Pig, tackles food obsession and honesty in all things gluttony. Featured guests include actress Edie Falco, celebrity chef Alex Guarnaschelli and even Jessica's psychiatrist mother.

You can see Jessica acting and performing stand-up in Robert De Niro's new movie, The Comedian. She was a consultant, producer, and writer for the film, as well. Jessica also appeared in Nick Cannon's film, School Dance starring Jim Breuer and George Lopez. She's a regular prank call producer and actor on SiriusXM's The Howard Stern Show and has been featured on AXS's Gotham Comedy Live, Comedy Central's The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, NBC's Last Comic Standing, twice on NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and on ABC's The View.

Monty Franklin is an Australian born stand-up comedian now based in LA. He tours all over the world opening for Rob Schneider and is currently appearing in Rob's new TV show Real Rob on Netflix, about to start it's second season.

He has had roles on Fox's New Girl and is the creator and star of the TV pilot The Manny. Monty's numerous television stand-up performances include AXS TV's Live At Gotham, Australia Channel 10's The Circle, Foxtel's Stand Up Australia, Comedy Channel's special The Best Of Stand Up and Comedy Gold. At the Melbourne International Comedy FestivAl Monty has received wide recognition and praise for his shows The Full Monty and Monty McFly.

Monty has produced, written and starred in two TV pilots of sketch-comedy show No Monkeys on Bikes for Channel 7, co-hosted a weekly radio show on Fox FM and produced a number of short films featured in festivals around the world. Monty hosted the pilot TV show Australia UpLate and filmed a forth pilot with Channel 7 for a comedy travel show. Monty's versatile humor and fresh approach have gained him a lot of exposure in his relatively short career.

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