Ranting Parents Comedy Tour at PAC Metrowest

We love our children, who were put here to torture us. Four Boston parent/comedians share hilarious experiences, observations, and advice.

About this Event

If your kids drive you nuts, this show is for you.

Great parent-focused stand-up comedy comes to Framingham with The Ranting Parents Comedy Tour on Saturday, Sept. 20 at 7:30 p.m. The show is at the Performing Arts Center of Metrowest , 3 Maple Street, Framingham.

We love our children, who were put here to torture us. In a night of stand-up and more, four hilarious Boston comedians share their best, worst, and weirdest moments as parents. They also share terrible parenting advice.

Join Paul Nardizzi (NBC, Comedy Central, SiriusXM, etc.), Dave Rattigan (SiriusXM, NESN), Boston Magazine’s “Best of Boston” comedian Bethany Van Delft, and Cape Cod's favorite comedian Jim Ruberti for 90 minutes of great stand-up comedy and more.

The show is suitable for adults.

Tickets are $30, available online at ScampsComedy.com/shows or at PACMetrowest.org/events, or at the box office.

Paul Nardizzi came up with the idea for the Ranting Parents Comedy Tour when he was at the surgeon's office paying for an operation to remove an Xbox controller from his son's hands. Nardizzi is one of the country's top comedians, with multiple standup appearances on NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Comedy Central, and Fox Sports' Best Damn Sports Show Period, as well as regional appearances on NESN. A former winner of the Boston Comedy Festival, Nardizzi is in demand for theater shows, corporate functions, colleges, golf tournaments, and fundraisers. His CD has been played on Sirius Satellite Radio and he’s a prolific author of humor books, including 602 Reasons to be Ticked Off and The Sarcastic Sports Trivia Book.

Bethany Van Delft is a stand up comedian and writer. Born in the Bronx and raised up in Boston, Bethany’s unique point of view is a product of her upbringing and quirky observations, combining a grounded storytelling delivery with her quietly hysterical alternate universe machinations. Bethany has performed at Just for Laughs, Sketchfest, and the All Jane festival, and with comedy legends including Phoebe Robinson,Michelle Buteau, Ronnie Chieng, and Reggie Watts. She is a regular host for TheMoth, hosted the kids news podcast The Ten News on iHeartRadio, and co-hosted PBS Nova’s series PARENTALOGIC. Bethany was the first woman to be named Boston Magazine's Best Comic, and received the title two years running. In her free time, you can find her incessantly decluttering.

Dave Rattigan is the father of a college art student, so is sure to be taken care of in his twilight years. Known for his dead-pan delivery and quick, dry wit, he's performed in top clubs and theaters, opened for The Beach Boys, Jeff Dunham and Nick DiPaolo, and created the themed stand-up comedy show “How Men Think (Or Do They).” His CD, Dave Rattigan: Thinks He’s Funny, received airplay on Sirius Satellite Radio and on stations around the world. He’s appeared in television commercials and independent film projects; written funny columns for the Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor and others; and his video clips have run on Nickmom.com and Rooftop Comedy.

Jim Ruberti says the impact of his parenting is most evident in the fact that none of his three sons has the desire to ever reproduce. He's a Boston comedian and actor who has been entertaining people for well over 30 years, starting as a child in the theaters of Cape Cod performing with Broadway actors such as John Raitt or Theordore Bikel, and progressing into roles as an adult at venues like the Barnstable Comedy Club. He hosts his own comedy series at the Cotuit Center for the Arts and has been a comic fundraising auctioneer and event host as well as a stand-up comedian working stages around New England. As a stand-up, he’s shared the stage with Boston headliners such as Lenny Clarke, Steve Sweeney, Paul Nardizzi, Christine Hurley, Jimmy Dunn, Mike McDonald, Dave Rattigan and Steve Bjork.

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