NY ARAB-AMERICAN COMEDY FESTIVAL
2nd Annual NY ARAB-AMERICAN COMEDY FESTIVAL
sponsored in part by NAAP-NY
Dear NAAP-NY,
We are happy to announce that tickets for the Second Annual New York Comedy
Festival are now on sale! This year's Festival has been expanded to four
nights and it will be bigger and even funnier than last year.
The Festival is Sunday, October 10 through Wednesday, October 13. Our two
theater nights will present the world premiers of three comedic theater
pieces as well as works by award winning playwrights Betty Shamieh and
Kathy Haddad; our Stand-up comedy night will feature two shows: “The New
Faces of Arab Comedy” featuring the best up and coming Arab-American comics
and an “Arab headliner show” featuring comics from Michigan, Canada, New
York City and from LA, Ahmed Ahmed and Aron Kader. Our final night will be
a closing party showcasing comedic films and honoring Arab-American TV and
film star Kathy Najimy. The details for the events are listed below and
updated daily on our website www.Arabcomedy.org.
Tickets are exclusively available through Smarttix by logging on
www.Smarttix.com or calling (212) 868-4444. (All events are $12 per
ticket*)
We hope you will join us for all the events and make this year's Festival
even more successful than last year's!
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Schedule of Events
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Theater: Sunday, October 10, Showtimes: 6:00 and 8:15 PM;
Monday, October 11, Showtimes: 6:30 and 8:45 PM
(Please note that all four theater shows are identical in content.)
The theater night will include a piece by award winning playwright Betty
Shamieh, an excerpt from Kathy Haddad’s hit play “With Love From
Ramallah,” and the two person show "The Gray Area" and the world premier of
3 new comedic pieces. The theater pieces feature actors who have appeared
on Broadway, TV and film.
Venue: “Upstairs at the Laugh Factory” Theater located on the second floor
of The Laugh Factory Comedy Club, 669 8th Avenue, 2nd Floor (42nd & 43rd
Street)
Stand-Up Comedy: Tuesday, October 12: Show times 7:00 and 9:00 PM.
7:00 PM Show: “New Faces of Arab Comedy” featuring the best up and coming
comics from the US and Canada including James Asher, Joe DeRosa, Ronnie
Khalil, Dave Merheje, Najla Said, and Amer Zahr. This show will be
co-hosted by Dean Obeidallah and Maysoon Zayid and special guest headliners
from LA, Ahmed Ahmed and Aron Kader.
9:00 PM Show: “Arab Headliner showcase” featuring the top Arab-American
comics in the United States including Ahmed Ahmed (Comedy Central’s “Tough
Crowd,” MTV and winner of the 2004 Richard Pryor Comedy award in
Edinburgh, Scotland); Aron Kader (Comedy Central, Fox’s “Bernie Mac” show),
Helen Maalik (Oxygen network’s “Nice Package”), Nasry Malak (ABC’s
“20/20”), Dean Obeidallah (Comedy Central’s “Tough Crowd,” "Fahrenheit 911"
DVD Bonus feature), and Maysoon Zayid (MTV, ABC’s “20/20”) hosted by Kerry
Louise (Comedy Central).
Venue: New York Improv Comedy Club, 318 W. 53rd Street (8th and 9th
Avenues)
(*In addition to the ticket, there is a two drink minimum for each comedy
show.)
Film Night/Closing party and Tribute to Actress Kathy Najimy: Wednesday,
October 13 from 7:00 – 11:00 PM.
We will showcase short comedic films by Arab-American artists as well as
honor the star of Film, TV and stage Kathy Najimy. (Sister Act,” NBC’s
“Veronica’s Closet,” and Fox’s “King of the Hill.”) The program will be
followed by a great closing night party with a DJ!
Venue: Sugar Bar & Restaurant, 311 Church Street (Walker & Lispenard)
This Festival is Sponsored by New York Arab-American Comedy Festival,
Co-Produced by Nibras and Co-Sponsored by NAAP-NY