New Year's Eve Comedy: Jim Ruberti hosts Sean Sullivan, Tyler Hittner

Again this year, the Cotuit Center for the Arts will close out 2025 with three fantastic New Year’s Eve Comedy shows on Wednesday, December 31, at 5, 7, and 9 p.m.

Presented for the seventh year in a row by Scamps Comedy, the show is hosted by Cape Cod’s Favorite Comedian, Jim Ruberti, along with headliner Sean Sullivan and rising Rhode Island comedy star Tyler Hittner.

“This is one of my favorite events of the year,” says host Ruberti, a Centerville resident who works around New England and the East Coast. “There is nothing like comedy on New Year’s Eve. People come to the shows ready to laugh. We have a wonderful time, and it gets them ready for a new year.”

The show is appropriate for adults (18-plus), and there will be a cash bar. Doors will open one hour before each show. Tickets are $37, and $34 for seniors or members, available online (ArtsontheCape.org, ScampsComedy.com/shows).

Ruberti returns to host, as he’s done at the Cotuit Center for the Arts since 2019. This year was a big one for him, as he performed at the Hampton Beach (NH) Comedy Festival and hosted the first-ever Cotuit Comedy Festival (also held at the Cotuit Center for the Arts). He also performed around New England with the Ranting Parents Comedy Tour, and made his first appearance at the famous Nick’s Comedy Stop in Boston).

“Even with three shows, we sold out last year,” Ruberti said. “The crowds keep turning out, and the shows just keep getting better. As comedians, there’s nothing we like more than making people laugh, and from the feedback I get, the crowds have a wonderful time.”

Named as one of Boston's top comics by The Boston Globe, Boston Herald and Boston Phoenix, Sean Sullivan is an accomplished and popular stand-up comedian and sketch comedy performer, with loose and unpredictable tendencies that have audience members guessing at what he'll come up with next. Winner of the “Funniest Person in Massachusetts Award,” the former Late Night with Conan O'Brien intern has also been profiled in The Weekly Dig. He performed on Die Laughing, a 30-minute television pilot produced by Friends co-creator Kevin Bright. He has also appeared on Comedy Central and is a two-time semifinalist at the Boston Comedy Festival.

Rhode Island-based Tyler Hittner has made a name for himself in New England and New York City, where he’s the comic-in-residence at the popular Broadway Comedy Club. Suffering from viral meningitis and relying on a walker has never stopped Hittner from lighting up stages. With his energetic stage presence, hilarious jokes and stories, Hittner is a force to be reckoned with onstage. His charisma, charm and likability allow him to connect with all types of audiences and leave them wanting more. In 2023, he won Maine's “Wicked Funny Laugh Off” competition, and he was named Motif Magazine’s favorite live performer. He’s appeared at the Rogue Island Comedy Festival, the Whale City Comedy Festival in New Bedford, Mass. and the Portland (Maine) Comedy Festival.

For more information, go to ScampsComedy.com or ArtsontheCape.org.

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