Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase Information and Event Guide

314 E. Liberty Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103

Events:

Comedy Jamm
Wednesday night it’s comedy cavalcade as we present up to 12 of the area's aspiring comedians from the Detroit Metro area and beyond. You will see a variety of comedians from beginners tryin...
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-04-11 20:00:00

Ricky Gutierrez
It’s another comedy debut here at the Comedy Showcase. Latino comedian Rick Gutierrez has been cracking up audiences across the country with his throwback takes on traditional family values and outl...
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-04-12 20:00:00

Jackie Flynn
Jackie Flynn has emerged as one of the funniest and most talked about comedians to come out of Boston. Joining the ranks of Steven Wright, Denis Leary , Lenny Clarke and Jay Leno. He has quickly parla...
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-04-19 20:00:00

Norm Stulz
Norm Stulz started his professional comedy life back in 1981 and has gone on to become the industry's premier comic story teller. Truth is always funnier than fiction and no one can tell the t...
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-04-26 20:00:00

Kevin McPeek
This fast rising star returns to Ann Arbor with his wisecracking comedy and mischievous attitude. The Village Voice called McPeek a "sure fire hit with star potential." At thirty-t...
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-05-03 20:00:00

Karen Rontowski
When it comes to funny, Karen is truly America's sweetheart of comedy. She has been tapped as being the next female star in the comedy world. We agree but would put it in far stronger langua...
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-05-10 20:00:00

Boston Comedy Festival Auditions
The brain child of Boston comic Jim McCue, The Boston International Comedy & Movie Festival began back in 2000, as a way to showcase stand-up comedy talent to bigger audiences and the entertai...
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-05-16 20:00:00

Jim McCue
At six foot six, Jim McCue stands head and shoulders above the sea of 'stick to the script' club comedians. Jim blends thought provoking material and uncanny improv skills with a style...
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-05-17 20:00:00

Elliott Branch
This whirlwind of a comedian hits the stage at hurricane speed and never stops. His hilarious observations run the gamut from growing up poor to traveling worldwide. His comedy has taken him all over ...
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-05-24 20:00:00

Dustin Diamond
What most people think of when they see Dustin Diamond, the actor, is nerdy Screech Powers from TV’s super sit-com “Saved By The Bell” with tightly curled hair and a penchant for ant farms and L...
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-05-31 20:00:00

Steve Sabo
No props. No guitar. No magic tricks. No juggling balls. No Ventriloquism. No funny voices OR silly songs... Just a man and a microphone -- with ATTITUDE to spare! STEVE has been described as a “dar...
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-06-08 20:00:00

Billy Ray Bauer
Billy Ray has been performing stand-up comedy across America for the last 20 years. From headlining at great comedy clubs to performing for large corporations, he’s established himself as a tried a...
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-06-15 20:00:00

Mike Armstrong
It’s the much anticipated return of this jokester who is a regular performer on the hugely popular syndicated radio show – “The Bob and Tom Show,” performing regularly on the “Bob & ...
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-06-21 20:00:00

Mark Knope
MARK’S love for performing was evident at a very early age - whether it was doing impressions of John Wayne, Maxwell Smart or Lurch for his aunts and uncles OR an impromptu puppet show for his cousi...
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-06-29 20:00:00

Chili's Comedy Dojo Graduation
It’s the genesis of the next stars of comedy as we present the graduating class from Chili’s Comedy Dojo. Chili’s Comedy Dojo is a six week comedy class intended to teach the students the workin...
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-07-05 20:00:00

Al Aprill
Al Aprill, stand-up comedian, the world's first in-flight comic, has over 5,000 comedy shows under his brass-buckled belt. Coast to coast, border to border, he's logged performances at...
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-07-06 20:00:00

Steve Hofstetter
Author, columnist, and comedian Steve Hofstetter has often been called the hardest working man in show-business. With all due respect to the late James Brown. One of the top booked acts on the college...
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-07-13 20:00:00

Comedy Jamm
Every Wednesday night it’s cut-loose comedy as we present the comedy of 12 of the current rising stars in the Detroit Metro area and beyond. You will see a variety of comedians from beginners trying...
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-07-26 20:00:00

Dobie Maxwell
Few comedians working today have the experience of DOBIE MAXWELL. He has been working since 1985 and has appeared in all 48 lower United States and all across Canada. He has worked most major clubs, a...
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-07-27 20:00:00

Lynne Koplitz
It’s another Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase comedy coup debut!! She is the funniest comedienne we’ve seen in a looooong time, and we just had to get her to Ann Arbor. Lynne has her own ½ hour comedy ...
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-08-03 20:00:00

Jim Colliton
It’s yet another comedy debut here at the Comedy Showcase!! Jim Colliton has grown up in the suburbs and now lives with his wife and three children in the suburbs. What does he talk about? If you ...
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-08-10 20:00:00

Steve Bills
He molds a strange blend of oddly sophisticated yet somewhat silly material into a show that proves to be infectious with laughter. His smooth delivery coupled with a slightly unhinged sense of humor ...
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-08-17 20:00:00

Dwight York
Comedian Dwight York is not just a funny character with an unforgettable style; he has great jokes. A seemingly endless store of original and clever jokes the St. Paul Pioneer Press calls “best one-...
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-08-24 20:00:00

Comedy Jamm
Every Thursday night it’s cut-loose comedy as we present the comedy of 12 of the current rising stars in the Detroit Metro area and beyond. You will see a variety of comedians from beginners trying ...
Category: Performing/Visual Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-08-30 20:00:00

Mark Sweeney
He's hilariously out of control. Don't miss the return of Mark Sweeney! Growing up in a large family, Sweeney realized early on that his humor got him a lot of attention. A jack of all...
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-08-31 20:00:00

Craig Gass
It’s yet another comedy debut here at the Comedy Showcase!! Gass has been "performing stand-up comedy since 1993 when he decided to get revenge on a group of comedians who had ridiculed him...
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-09-06 20:00:00

Craig Gass**Special Engagement**
ABC's Next Best Thing currently airing on Wednesdays at 8pm. All the Celebrity Voices of the Howard Stern Show HBO's Sex in the City NBC's Las Vegas Law & Order, King o...
Category: Performing/Visual Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-09-07 20:00:00

Comedy Jamm
Thursday night it’s comedy cavalcade as we present up to 12 of the area's aspiring comedians from the Detroit Metro area and beyond. You will see a variety of comedians from beginners trying...
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-09-13 20:00:00

Demetrius Nicodemus
Demetrius draws from every experience in his life, from being bi-racial, his first day in Catholic school, and let us not forget about his years in the Navy. Demetrius was voted "The Funniest...
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-09-14 20:00:00

Auggie Smith
Yep, here’s another Ann Arbor comedy debut!!!! So now you ask yourself, who is this Auggie Smith? And what qualifies him to be your new daily sherpa? Well, I could tell you the basics: that Auggie S...
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-09-21 20:00:00

Nathan Timmel
Nathan Timmel was born in the lovely year of 1969, making his parents either “hippies” or “flower children,” depending on your political leanings. Somewhere around 1975 or ’76, he saw an alb...
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-09-28 20:00:00

Emo Philips
An appearance on "Late Night with David Letterman" in 1984 was the break he was looking for. His comedy album "E=MO Squared", was critically acclaimed and award win...
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-10-04 20:00:00

Stunt Johnson Theater
It's the highly anticipated return of this irreverent comedy troupe. They've been described as one part Monty Python, one part Three Stooges, and the rest just plain lunacy. Their show...
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-10-11 20:00:00

Elvira Kurt
She’s hot off her daily series on the Comedy Network’s “PopCultured w/Elvira Kurt.” she’s the “Jon Stewart” of the popular show that skews pop culture in the states and Canada. The immen...
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-10-18 20:00:00

Peter Berman
Peter Berman wanted to be a stand up comic since a very young age. While attending the University of Michigan, he finally had his opportunity. Within no time at all he was opening shows for Tim Alle...
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-10-25 20:00:00

Tom Foss
Tom Foss is a high-energy, highly animated comic, who acts out his fascinating (and immense) archive of jokes reflecting on himself, his family, his home of West Virginia, and the world around him. It...
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-11-01 20:00:00

Jimmy Dore-Pop & Politics
If you are not familiar with Jimmy, let's just say he has been around. He has appeared on every major television network multiple times, been invited to the most prestigious comedy festivals i...
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-11-08 20:00:00

Leo Dufour
From his early beginnings on a small farm in Ontario to the present day, Leo Dufour has maintained an innocence that draws people to him. His stage presence can only be described as a childlike maturi...
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-11-15 20:00:00

Kamikaze Komedy
Step into an eclectic comedy show this Thanksgiving Eve. It’s an all out yuk it up comedy show with a line-up that includes some of the best comedians from the Metro Detroit area. Starting off and h...
Category: Comedy, 20:00:00, 2007-11-21 20:00:00

Heywood Banks**Special Engagement**
It's the annual Thanksgiving Weekend visit from the sometimes whimsical, sometimes wacky, and always hysterical, Heywood Banks. This guitar slingin', prop flingin', super nerd ...
Category: Performing Arts, 19:00:00, 2007-11-23 19:00:00

Tim Slagle
Tim Slagle is a political satirist with a penchant for the controversial and has spent twenty-five years touring the biker bars, bowling alleys, and comedy clubs of America; making a living telling jo...
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-11-29 20:00:00

Finesse Mitchell
In 2003 Finesse Mitchell was asked to be a feature player on NBC’s Saturday Night Live. In 2005 he was promoted to cast member. Long before Finesse became a cast member on Saturday Night Live, he ma...
Category: Comedy, 20:00:00, 2007-12-06 20:00:00

Lou Santini
Since living in L.A., he has appeared on TV, film, radio, infomercials, voiceovers, and of course all the comedy stages in Los Angeles. He won the 2004 San Diego Comedy Festival, and has featured and...
Category: Comedy, 20:00:00, 2007-12-13 20:00:00

L.a. Hardy
L A Hardy is from…well, Los Angeles. This naturally funny comedian’s approach to comedy is through stories and social commentary. He looks at life by stepping outside the situation and when people...
Category: Comedy, 20:00:00, 2007-12-20 20:00:00

L.A. Hardy
L A Hardy is from…well, Los Angeles. This naturally funny comedian’s approach to comedy is through stories and social commentary. He looks at life by stepping outside the situation and when people...
Category: Comedy, 20:00:00, 2007-12-21 20:00:00

Jim Wiggins
Jim Wiggins is known affectionately as "the last real hippie in America." Jim became a comedy writer for the infamous George Carlin and a regular comedy performer at the well-known C...
Category: Performing/Visual Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-12-27 20:00:00

New Year's Eve W/ Cash Levy
**SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT** Laugh in the New Year with this hilarious comedy coup debut!!! Bringing his unique act to comedy clubs, theaters, and corporate events from coast to coast, Cash Levy has a prove...
Category: Comedy, 22:30:00, 2007-12-31 22:30:00

J.R. Remick
J.R. Remick exploded onto the Detroit comedy scene in 1989 and since then has become one of the more popular of Motown's homegrown talents. Combining observational humor with his uncanny range...
Category: Comedy, 20:00:00, 2008-01-03 20:00:00

Ty Barnett
He took 2nd place in last year’s hit reality show NBC’s “Last Comic Standing,” but we think he should have won! It’s a crowning achievment for this talented young star. We knew he would make...
Category: Performing/Visual Arts, 20:00:00, 2008-01-10 20:00:00

Dave Dyer
Dave’s dynamic humor explores everything from raising kids and marriage to current events and even ear hair, putting a hilarious twist on all we hold ordinary. He challenges the audience to approach...
Category: Comedy, 20:00:00, 2008-01-17 20:00:00

Chili Challis
It’s the return of our dear friend and comedian Chili Challis. He’s a former staff writer and still contributing writer for NBC’s “Tonight Show with Jay Leno.” With a stand-up comedy career ...
Category: Comedy, 20:00:00, 2008-01-24 20:00:00

Brian Kiley
It's another comedy debut this week as we present Brian Kiley. He's quite simply one of the country's sharpest comedy minds. He's a smart, clean comic that appeals to a...
Category: Comedy, 20:00:00, 2008-01-31 20:00:00

Kira Soltonavich
She’s the perfect comedienne for this Valentine’s Day and Weekend. Born in the former Soviet Union, and raised by immigrant parents in San Francisco, Kira Soltanovich has plenty to laugh about. &a...
Category: Comedy, 20:00:00, 2008-02-14 20:00:00

Jef Brannan
Its nuttin' but pedal-to-the-metal comedy as Jef hits the stage with guitar in tow. This gitbox bangin' hooligan comes with a warning though. Leave your politically correct badge at t...
Category: Comedy, 20:00:00, 2008-02-21 20:00:00