Homebrewed Comedy at the John Barleycorn Tavern

The laughter is coming to Owego when Homebrewed Comedy hits the stage at the John Barleycorn on Wednesday, Sept. 3. Ben Frank is headlining the show and Mandalyn Corse and Kyle Voorheis are joining host Mike Peters.

The show starts at 7:30 p.m., and there's a recommended $5 donation at the door, which opens at 7. Come out and enjoy the show.

About the comedians:

Mike Peters, a Binghamton comedian, specializes in self-deprecating, observational humor. A contributor for Funny or Die, Peters is the founder of Homebrewed Comedy. He hosts at the Syracuse Funny Bone and Wise Crackers in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., won the Utica Brews Laugh Contest and Uptown Roast Battle and opened for Super Troopers’ Rabbit, Erik Stolhanske and Gilbert Gottfried. Peters produces shows all over New York and hosts his weekly podcasts, On the Mic with Mike Peters and It’s About Time: A Sopranos Watch Podcast.

Kyle Voorheis is a comedian from the Finger Lakes region in New York. Raised on a farm by a family of sarcastic pranksters, Kyle has been telling jokes from an early age. Now as a husband and father of four, he still tries to enjoy the quiet, country life. Though it's never that quiet. He has been performing at venues all over New York.

Mandalyn Corse is a fairly new comedian in Binghamton. She grew up in a small town in Pennsylvania and is bringing big laughs to the upstate New York comedy scene. At least she’s getting something out of the fledgling dating pool in Binghamton. 

Ben Frank is a New York-based stand-up comedian, who began his comedy career in Shanghai, China, and regularly performs in English and Mandarin. A regular at the New York Comedy Club, he has played all around the world and headlined comedy clubs in more than 10 countries, including China, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia. Ben was the Winner of the World Series of Comedy in New Orleans in 2023 and was named Best of the Fest at both the Burbank Comedy Festival and Four Corners Comedy Festival in 2022. He released an hour-long comedy album, “Goodbye Shanghai,” in April 2022, and during his time in China, he became the first comedian to headline a stand-up show in Wuhan following the city’s harrowing, 76-day lockdown from COVID-19. This performance was the basis for his comedy special, “Ben Frank: Live In Wuhan,” which was released on YouTube in September 2020. Additionally, Ben has worked with countless major international stand-up acts on their tours through Asia, including Kyle Kinane, Kurt Metzger, Mark Normand, James Adomian, Joe Machi and Brad Williams.

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