Brick City Comedy Revue

This month's show features:

Gastor Almonte is a comedian and storyteller from Brooklyn, NY (East New York specifically.) He has twice appeared on Comedy Central’s This Is Not Happen, Comedy Central’s Featuring, Vice Live, and the PBS featured Stories From The Stage. His appearance on Stories From The Stage won the 2020 Webby People’s Voice award for Best Individual Performance. Timeout Magazine named him “One of your new comedy obsessions.” His debut album, Immigrant Made, debut at #1 on the iTunes Comedy, Google Play Comedy and Amazon Music Comedy charts. His self-funded independent special, “Immigrant Made”, can be seen on Amazon Prime. He is a producer and board member of the science-storytelling non-profit Story Collider. He is also the producer and co-host of the topical news comedy podcast, The War Report, with co-host Shalewa Sharpe. Currently, Gastor can be seen touring the country and workshoping his one-man show, The Sugar.

Tomas “Tom” Delgado is a comedian, actor, writer, and tour guide who currently lives in Queens, New York and has been seen on season 4 of Billions, season 2 of Joe Pera Talks with You, Season 2 of Flatbush Misdemeanors, Comedy Central, Food Network, Travel Channel, Amazon, and Huffington Post. He produces and co-hosts “Let’s See, What Else?”, a popular weekly stand-up show in the East Village of New York that was named one of the best underground shows in the city by Thrillist (tix & info here). He has also performed at the New York, Red Clay, Rogue Island, Brooklyn, Harlem, and Dallas Comedy Festivals.

Born and raised in the borough of the Bronx, New York City, Jelly is a talented comedian renowned for her ability to seamlessly bridge the gap between laughter and entertainment with her incredibly witty and captivating storytelling humor. Having honed her comedic chops at renowned venues like Gotham Comedy Club, Broadway Comedy Club, Greenwich Village Comedy Club, Scotty's Comedy Cove, The Stress Factory, and The Comedy Store, Jelly has left audiences in stitches with her hilarious performances.

Special Guest Co-Host

Darin Patterson is a stand-up comedian, writer, and proud Queens, New York native. He’s performed in various comedy festivals including the Derby City Comedy Festival in Louisville, KY, the Boston Comedy Arts Festival in Cambridge, MA and the Park Slope Comedy Festival. He’s also the co-host of the Virgin Chronicles podcast where comedians and storytellers share their “first time” stories. Darin currently lives in Bloomfield, NJ with his lovely wife and he’s an all-around swell guy!

Musical Guest

PARIIIAH (outlaw: outcast, exile)We are the voices, who pride courage over conformity, that have been pushed to the margins for speaking truth. A movement of outcasts reclaiming their power against systems that profit from fear and division. PariiIah celebrates finding power and peace in being the outsider, the freak, the outcast, and becoming the one who breaks through suffocating societal norms as a form of reclamation and self-preservation.

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