Bay Street Theater Releases Summer Comedy Schedule Changes

Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the July and August lineup for the 2015 Comedy Club. The fun continues most Monday nights at 8 pm. All dates are available online at www.baystreet.org or by stopping by or calling the Box Office at 631-725-9500. All comedy performances are suggested for ages 17 and up.

Jim Breuer begins the Comedy Club series on July 6. With over 20 years of stand-up comedy experience, Jim Breuer remains one of today's top entertainers and continues to win over audiences with his off-the-wall humor and lovable personality. Named one of Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time, Breuer is one of the most recognizable comedians in the business, known for his charismatic stage antics, dead-on impressions, and family-friendly stand-up. In addition to keeping busy on his current comedy tour, Breuer can be heard on his weekly Sirius/XM Radio show Fridays with Breuer, featuring guests such as Jerry Seinfeld, Bill Cosby, Chris Rock, Dennis Leary, and Jeff Foxworthy.

Even as a young student at Valley Stream Central High School in Long Island, NY, Breuer knew he wanted to be a stand-up comedian. After spending several years working comedy clubs across the country, Breuer settled in as a regular on the New York comedy club circuit. After being in New York for only seven months, Breuer landed a gig on the nationally syndicated show, Uptown Comedy Club, where he spent two seasons. Later he appeared on ABC's Home Improvement starring funny man Tim Allen, before making his big break which came in 1995 when he joined the cast of NBC's legendary Saturday Night Live. During his four years on SNL, Breuer quickly became a fan-favorite for his original character "Goat Boy" and his dead-on impressions of actor Joe Pesci.

Following his success on SNL, Breuer starred alongside Dave Chappelle in the cult favorite film Half Baked. He has since appeared in the popular films Zookeeper, Dick, Titan A.E. and Beer League. On the small screen, Breuer hosted MTV's popular Beach House and VH1's Web Junk 20. His other television appearances include Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and The Marriage Ref. Breuer is also a frequent guest on the Howard Stern Show.

Al Madrigal continues the Comedy Club on July 13. A correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart since 2011, Al Madrigal has been named Best Stand-Up Comedian by the HBO/U.S. Comedy Arts Festival and his material dubbed "dynamic" by The New York Times.

His unique, spontaneous and fast-paced lyrical storytelling style has made him a regular on television with numerous appearances on Comedy Central including his own half-hour Comedy Central Presents Special and appearances on John Oliver's New York Stand-up Show and Pretend Time with Nick Swardson. Al has also appeared with Conan O'Brien (as one of the first 20 guests during his stint as host of The Tonight Show, and on Conan on TBS) as well as multiple appearances on Lopez Tonight, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and Jimmy Kimmel Live.

Al also has his share of acting credits. He has appeared on CBS's Welcome to the Captain with Jeffrey Tambor and Gary, Unmarried with Jay Mohr. Cheech Marin (Cheech and Chong) played his father on a sitcom, The Ortegas, that was set to debut on Fox in 2003 in the time slot after The Simpsons before it was shelved at the last minute. Most recently, Al has been cast in the upcoming sitcom About A Boy on NBC.

Paul Reiser brings his humor to the Comedy Club on July 20. Comedian, actor, and bestselling author, Paul Reiser is no stranger to the stand-up scene. His national comedy tour that highlights the funny things about life, love, and relationships continues to draw comedy fans from all over the country. In addition to touring, Reiser has garnered many notable film achievements beginning with his supporting role in the Golden Globe winning movie Whiplash which chronicles a promising young drummer's journey in the cutthroat music business, starring JK Simmons and Miles Teller. Whiplash was nominated for an Academy Award for "Best Picture."

Due for release later this year, is the independent film 6 Miranda Drive, where Paul plays opposite Kevin Bacon and Lucy Fry. The thriller is based on a true story about a family that unwittingly brings a fear-feeding supernatural force home from vacation. Reiser's movie momentum continues as he lends his talents yet again playing alongside Will Smith and Alec Baldwin in the 2016 movie Concussion, a drama based on the GQ article Game Brain a timely film about the dangers of playing in the NFL.

Having co-created and starred in the critically acclaimed NBC series Mad About You, which garnered him multiple Emmy, Golden Globe, American Comedy Award and Screen Actors Guild nominations, Reiser returned to TV last year in the critically acclaimed FX series Married which has been renewed for a second season.

In 2013 Reiser played the role of Mr. Felder opposite Matt Damon and Michael Douglas in the Steven Soderbergh-directed HBO movie Behind the Candelabra, a film that won eleven primetime Emmy's. Reiser has again paired up with Steven Soderbergh and will star in David Gordon Green's new series for Amazon, Red Oaks. He was also seen in the highly acclaimed Sundance Film Festival award winner; Life After Beth, a horror-comedy starring Aubrey Plaza, Anna Kendrick and John C. Reilly. 2005 saw the release of The Thing About My Folks, Reiser's first original screenplay in which he starred alongside Oscar-winning actors Peter Falk and Olympia Dukakis.

In 2003 Reiser made his theatrical debut in Woody Allen's Writer's Block. The evening of one-act comedies marked Mr. Allen's first time out as a director for the stage. Reiser's successes also include his book Couplehood, which sold over two million copies and reached the number one spot on The New York Times bestseller list and Babyhood, his follow-up book which features his trademark humorous take on the adventures of being a first-time father, which also made The New York Times bestseller list. His third bestseller, Familyhood, hit the shelves in 2011.

Born and raised in New York City, Reiser attended the State University of New York at Binghamton where he majored in Music - Piano and Composition. Reiser co-wrote The Final Frontier - the theme song from Mad About You with Grammy-winning producer Don Was, and in 2011 he released an album of original songs with British singer/songwriter Julia Fordham called Unusual Suspects.

Reiser is also remembered for notable performances in films such as Diner, Bye, Bye Love, The Marrying Man, Aliens, One Night at McCool's, and Beverly Hills Cop ("I" and "II").

A one night special comedy show with DARRELL HAMMOND, Saturday, July 25 at 8 pm. Actor and comedian Darrell Hammond fondly recalls his first taste of show business at age five practicing the impressions of his family members on the porch of their home in Melbourne, Florida. It wasn't many years later when Darrell realized he wanted to submerse himself in the pursuit of bringing his comedy and impressions to a much bigger stage. In his many years on Saturday Night Live, Hammond brought to life a cavalcade of politicians, media figures, celebrities and news. Darrell is known for being one of the most prolific comedians of his time. He frequently tours comedy clubs and theaters boasting a number of brilliant impressions in his act that keep people laughing nationwide.

Each and every one of his impressions have been applauded by television critics and viewers alike, for their accuracy and range. In fact, Darrell's impression of Al Gore was so powerful that it was said the former Vice President studied Darrell's gestures in preparation for the Presidential debates. Amongst the great number of other people he has mimicked include; Bill Clinton, Sean Connery, Regis Philbin, Dan Rather, John Travolta, Jesse Jackson, Richard Dreyfus, Jay Leno and Ted Koppel.

In addition to appearing in sketches, Hammond has been seen in a number of feature films and television shows. Most recently, he has appeared in a 7 episode arc on the acclaimed F/X series, Damages. Other credits include appearances on the Law and Order franchise.

Judy Gold returns to the Comedy Club on August 10. Emmy Award-winning actress and comedian Judy Gold is best known as the star of her two critically acclaimed, long-running Off-Broadway hit shows. Judy's most recent show, The Judy Show - My Life As A Sitcom ran to sold-out audiences at The Geffen Playhouse's 2013 season and at The DR2 Theatre's 2011-2012 season. The New York Times made it a critic's pick and called it "Highly entertaining! Brash, Buoyant & Infectiously nostalgic". The LA Times said Gold is "an enormously likeable performer" with "flawless comic timing". The Huffington Post said the show is "Comedic Gold. A funny & fantastic ride! It's the ultimate laughter-through-the tears tale." Judy was nominated for the 2012 Outer Critics Circle Award for The Judy Show, as well as a 2006 Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Solo Performance for her previous show, 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother. In addition, that show won the 2007 GLAAD award for Outstanding New York Theater. The New York Times called this one-woman show "fiercely funny, honest and moving". A book based on the show was nominated for the prestigious Quill Award.

Judy recently guest starred on ABC'S Celebrity Wife Swap, CBS's 2 Broke Girls, ABC Family's Melissa & Joey, the series finale of Showtime's The Big C, and can be seen in the upcoming film This is Where I Leave You. She also appeared on Herlarious on OWN. She has appeared on 30 Rock and has co-hosted The View and Anderson Live. Judy also starred on Rachel vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off on TFN and competed on Chopped All-Stars (don't ask). Judy hosts Nick's comedy series NickMom Night Out and appears frequently on The View and The Wendy Williams Show.

Judy has been in the cast of Nora & Delia Ephron's Off-Broadway play Love, Loss and What I Wore and co-starred in the hit Off-Broadway show Disaster! Gold can be seen regularly on "truTV Presents: 'World's Dumbest'". Judy has recently appeared on TFN's The Next Food Network Star and on TLC's

The Next Great Baker. Judy is also the host of the Funny People series at the 92nd St. Y, and is a frequent contributor to The Moth. Judy has appeared on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Conan O'Brien Show, Ugly Betty, Law & Order, Law & Order SVU, Hollywood Squares, and starred in an episode of The Glades on A&E and Are We There Yet? on TBS. She was the host of HBO's At the Multiplex with Judy Gold from 1999 - 2009, and also hosted Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time and the GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS, which aired on LOGO and VH1. She stars in a half-hour comedy special for LOGO and is featured in the HBO documentary All Aboard!

Gold's stand-up specials include Comedy Central Presents: Judy Gold, Comedy Central's Tough Crowd Stands Up, and Judy's own HBO half-hour special, for which she received The Cable Ace Award. Gold was seen in the smash hit film The Aristocrats and the documentaries Making Trouble and I am Comic.

Gold won two Emmy Awards for writing and producing The Rosie O'Donnell Show. She was nominated twice for The American Comedy Award's funniest female stand-up. Judy has written for The Huffington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Wondertime Magazine, Momlogic.com, and The Advocate. Gold is an instructor at ESPA Primary Stages, where she teaches Solo Performance.

Kathleen Madigan joins the Comedy Club on August 17. Over Kathleen Madigan's 25 year career she has performed on nearly every standup television show ever made. Leno, Letterman, Conan, Ferguson and most recently in 2015 on the new The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, and she recently filmed her fifth appearance on Ron White's Salute To The Troops set to air in the spring of 2015 on CMT. In 2014, Madigan was nominated for an American Comedy Award for Best Concert Comic and her third hour-long special, Madigan Again, was named one of iTunes Best Comedy Albums. Madigan Again, premiered on September 11, 2013 exclusively on Netflix in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Latin America, and is also available on CD, DVD and audio or video download. Previously she's released 5 CDs and 3 DVDs and starred in 2 HBO specials, 3 Comedy Central specials, 4 CMT Salute to the Troops specials with Ron White and her previous hour-long special, Gone Madigan, premiered on Showtime and is available on Netflix.

"How is it," the Detroit Free Press asks, "that Madigan has yet to be cast as the wise-cracking a) best friend b) office worker or c) martini-swilling mother-in-law in any of countless sitcoms? We're thinking it's because she's so irreplaceable on the stage. She's described as the funniest woman doing stand-up right now, but no gender qualifier is necessary. Along with Lewis Black, Brian Regan and Jim Gaffigan, she's one of the funniest stand-up comedians of her generation."

"I just want to tell jokes," says Madigan, "I didn't start doing open mics to become an actor on a sitcom or in a TV commercial. Those things never even crossed my mind. I just like to tell jokes for an hour or so and laugh. For a few of us working today, this was our goal. We don't have any more goals. Can't you ever have a goal, reach it and then enjoy it? This society is being driven by type A lunatics that say 'you have to set more goals.' No you don't. Have a seat and enjoy the fact that you're here! Maybe that's the Irish in me talking, though."

It's been a 25 year career of 300 nights a year on the road. "We don't get time off like a band. Our tours never end. That's why it makes me laugh when people say 'how long is your tour?' Well so far, 25 years." She's gone from one nighters, to club gigs, to theaters, to headlining the Mirage in Las Vegas.

She's won the American Comedy Award for "Best Female Comedian" and the Phyllis Diller award for "Best Female Comedian." Although she's turned down many writing jobs because she enjoys performing more, she has written and produced for Lewis Black's Root of all Evil on Comedy Central and for Gary Shandling's Emmy monologues. She's done two USO tours to Iraq and Afghanistan with pals Lewis Black, Robin Williams, John Bowman and musicals acts Kid Rock, The Zac Brown Band, Kix Brooks and Kellie Pickler. "There's no better show on earth than a show for the troops. Trust me, no crowd is as happy to see a show as 1,000 soldiers in Kabul. I do USO shows at home here in the US too but the further people are away, the more they appreciate it. I don't think they get paid enough for a hard job so I like to do something for free when I can."

She remains the only comedian in the history of NBC's Last Comic Standing to go unchallenged by any other comedian-meaning no comedian would say they were funnier than her. Madigan was a top three finalist in Season 2 and a judge on Season 5. She's a favorite on nationally syndicated radio shows such as the The Bob and Tom Show and The Stephanie Miller Show. She's also in constant rotation on SIRIUS-XM Radio and is repeated voted #1 audience favorite by listeners. Madigan has performed internationally at festivals and theaters in Ireland, England, Australia and has filmed six Montreal Gala Shows at the Montreal Comedy Festival for Canadian television.

Tickets to the Comedy Club are available online at www.baystreet.org or by calling the Bay Street Theater Box Office at 631-725-9500. The Comedy Club at Bay Street Theater is also sponsored in part by The Friars Foundation. Media sponsor is Beach Magazine.

Bay Street Theater is a year-round, not-for-profit professional theater and community cultural center which endeavors to innovate, educate, and entertain a diverse community through the practice of the performing arts. We serve as a social and cultural gathering place, an educational resource, and a home for a community of artists.