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An Evening of Humorous Readings An Evening of Humorous Readings

Thu May 23rd, 2019

8:00PM

The Gallery

Minimum Age: 21+

Doors Open: 7:00PM

Show Time: 8:00PM

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An Evening of Humorous Readings is a monthly show of literary humorists reading their most literary humor! We feature short humor pieces, like the kind you find on McSweeney’s or Shouts and Murmurs, read aloud by the people who wrote them. An Evening of Humorous Readings has featured writers from Saturday Night LiveLate Night with Seth MeyersThe Onion, and more.

Plus, it’s free, and you can buy beers!

Featuring:

Caroline Doyle (Reductress, Pink Canoe, Little Old Lady Comedy)
Dru Johnston (New Yorker, Chris Gethard Show, Improvised Seinfeld)
Taylor Kay Philips (The Belladonna, McSweeney’s, Reductress)

Hosted by:

Brian Agler is a writer living in New York City. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, and Esquire. He tweets @brianagler and websites at www.brianagler.com.

Luke Burns is a writing guy who does writing things in New York City. His work has appeared in The Best of McSweeney’s Internet Tendency and on The New Yorker’s Daily Shouts blog. You can catch his sketch team “Lake Fire” at Maude Night at the UCB Theater Chelsea. Sometimes he tweets a little @LukeVBurns.

James Folta is a writer based in Brooklyn whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, The American Bystander and more. Also co-created the parody magazine projects The Neu Jorker and Paul Ryan magazine. Find out more at www.jamesfolta.com.

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An Evening of Humorous Readings

An Evening of Humorous Readings is a monthly show of literary humorists reading their most literary humor! We feature short humor pieces, like the kind you find on McSweeney’s or Shouts and Murmurs, read aloud by the people who wrote them. An Evening of Humorous Readings has featured writers from Saturday Night LiveLate Night with Seth MeyersThe Onion, and more.

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