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Phoebe Robinson, Kate Berlant and Friends
Kate Berlant has an inimitable,
digressive style that skews more toward performance art than straight
standup (read our Q&A with her). Phoebe Robinson, meanwhile, has Broad City and Last Comic Standing
credits under her belt, and she also runs Blaria (aka "Black Daria"), a
whip-smart blog that has morphed into a podcast and live show. For a
primer on Robinson, check out her parody of Girlfriend Intervention,
the Lifetime reality show that matches "fairy blackmothers" with white
ladies in need of flair. Among others, they'll be joined by Kyle Mizono,
who speckles her silly observational standup with Disney references,
dinosaur imitations and songs about being a modern-day princess, and
Kristine Levine, Portland's doyenne of blue-collar comedy. Curious Comedy Theater. 7:30 pm Thursday, Oct. 16.
Picture This!
In a show that mashes standup and Pictionary,
comics perform while artists illustrate their sets live. There's a
predictable tendency toward penis drawings, but also an offbeat play
between the visual and the verbal. The lineup includes Kate Berlant, Girl Code
writer Brooke Van Poppelen and Sara Schaefer, who went from working as
an analyst at a law firm specializing in securities fraud to winning
Emmys as the head blogger for Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. Alberta Street Pub. 9:30 pm Thursday, Oct. 16.
Beth Stelling and Friends
Ohio native Beth Stelling has a charming conversational style, spinning anecdotes about everything from long-distance relationships to her tilted uterus to the perils of eating all your meals at CVS. Also on the bill: the chameleonic Emily Maya Mills, who does great character work, and Aparna Nancherla, who specializes in deadpan existential musings. Curious Comedy Theater. 7:30 pm Friday, Oct. 17.
See alljanenodick.com for the full schedule.
WWeek 2015