Comedy In The Box
Comedy Night
Fri., Nov. 22nd
@ 8 PM
WCT presents the latest in its series of highly acclaimed Stand-Up Comedy Nights, featuring three NYC-based stand-up comedians known nationwide through their many TV and film appearances.
Headlining an outstanding evening will be veteran comic Ellen Karis. Karis is the “Greek Goddess of Comedy” and has performed stand-up comedy throughout North America. She has had three TV comedy specials, her latest on the Dry Bar Comedy Channel called “Dreams Don’t Come True.” She is the host of a weekly podcast, “Sweet and Salty with Ellen Karis,” which is in its ninth season, and has appeared on Amazon Prime’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Sisters, a film starring Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. Karis is also the author of a children’s book, Special People: Godparents in the Orthodox Christian Faith.
The evening’s featured comic will be Tom Nemec, a working comedian and actor for over 20 years. He has appeared with a variety of well-known comics including Dom Irerra, Michael Winslow, Jim Norton and Kevin Nealon. Nemec can be seen as the fire chief in the movie “Green Point Tavern”. He has appeared in a number of web series including “Bruber” and “PN and Friends”. Nemec has also created his own children’s book, Owenopolis. A day in the life of a little boy from Brooklyn. He is currently working on a solo show called “;A Cat in A Box” that is about the serious side of growing up in his dysfunctional family.
Jim Mendrinos, the host for the evening, is returning from a successful WCT show in August. A staple of the NYC comedy scene, he has worked for David Letterman, The Tonight Show, The Chevy Chase Show, Head of the Class, and SNL. Mendrinos has performed on Comedy Central, Current TV, SiTV, HBO and the BBC and has an hour-long special, Not Dead Yet, on Amazon Video Direct. Chris Rock said of a Mendrinos program, “Living in Exile just might be the best funniest show I’ve ever seen.” Author, by request, of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Comedy Writing (Alpha Press, © 2004), Mendrinos teaches TV Writing for Gotham Writers Workshop.
Fri., Nov. 22nd
@ 8 PM
WCT presents the latest in its series of highly acclaimed Stand-Up Comedy Nights, featuring three NYC-based stand-up comedians known nationwide through their many TV and film appearances.
Headlining an outstanding evening will be veteran comic Ellen Karis. Karis is the “Greek Goddess of Comedy” and has performed stand-up comedy throughout North America. She has had three TV comedy specials, her latest on the Dry Bar Comedy Channel called “Dreams Don’t Come True.” She is the host of a weekly podcast, “Sweet and Salty with Ellen Karis,” which is in its ninth season, and has appeared on Amazon Prime’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Sisters, a film starring Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. Karis is also the author of a children’s book, Special People: Godparents in the Orthodox Christian Faith.
The evening’s featured comic will be Tom Nemec, a working comedian and actor for over 20 years. He has appeared with a variety of well-known comics including Dom Irerra, Michael Winslow, Jim Norton and Kevin Nealon. Nemec can be seen as the fire chief in the movie “Green Point Tavern”. He has appeared in a number of web series including “Bruber” and “PN and Friends”. Nemec has also created his own children’s book, Owenopolis. A day in the life of a little boy from Brooklyn. He is currently working on a solo show called “;A Cat in A Box” that is about the serious side of growing up in his dysfunctional family.
Jim Mendrinos, the host for the evening, is returning from a successful WCT show in August. A staple of the NYC comedy scene, he has worked for David Letterman, The Tonight Show, The Chevy Chase Show, Head of the Class, and SNL. Mendrinos has performed on Comedy Central, Current TV, SiTV, HBO and the BBC and has an hour-long special, Not Dead Yet, on Amazon Video Direct. Chris Rock said of a Mendrinos program, “Living in Exile just might be the best funniest show I’ve ever seen.” Author, by request, of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Comedy Writing (Alpha Press, © 2004), Mendrinos teaches TV Writing for Gotham Writers Workshop.
All performances are live at WCT's Black Box Theater; 23 Water Street, Ossining, NY 10562
Limited Cafe-Style Seating Available. Advanced Purchase Recommended.
Please note parking is no longer free at the Quimby Street East parking lot adjacent to the theater. Free parking for performances at WCT is still available at the Metro North lot behind our theater.
Limited Cafe-Style Seating Available. Advanced Purchase Recommended.
Please note parking is no longer free at the Quimby Street East parking lot adjacent to the theater. Free parking for performances at WCT is still available at the Metro North lot behind our theater.
WCT is proud to be a grantee of ArtsWestchester with funding made possible by Westchester County government with the support of County Executive George Latimer.