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COMEDY SCHOOL DROPOUT Announces 3/13, 20 & 27 Lineups

By: Mar. 12, 2013
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Negin Farsad, Amy Albert and Beth McGregor present the weekly standup show, Comedy School Dropout. In the grand tradition of East Village alternative rooms, Comedy School Dropout brings top-notch standup comics, the occasional comedy musical act, subversive duo, or extremely talented threesome, to the stage for the cut-rate price of zero dollars.

Comedy School Dropout comedians have been featured on MTV, Comedy Central, IFC, Showtime and most other known network channels. Three weeks worth of kick-ass lineups are below. And yes, the rumors of FREE PIZZA from the East Village's own Krust are true...very, very true.

March 13th 2013:

- Sabrina Jalees from "Last Comic Standing" and "Fuse's Video On Trial", on twitter @SabrinaJalees"

- Tim Duffy from "Midevenings with Jay Miller" and "MTv's Silent Library," on twitter @TimDuffy

- Desiree Burch from the "Edinburgh Fringe," on twitter @destheray

- Deborah Etta Robinson, she writes for the popular website sexynerdgirl.com, and she is one of the members of award winning sketch troupe "The Boom." On twitter @handjob_shrek

March 20th 2013:

- Tyler Gildin from Carolines on Broadway and the Long Island Comedy Festival, on Twitter @TylerGildin

- Katina Corrao from "The Newlywed Game" and "VH1-Big Morning Buzz Live," on twitter @katinacorrao

- Chris Grace host of "Cold Soda," on twitter @ChrisGrace,

- And Allison Castillo

March 27th 2013:

- Eric Bergstrom the blogger for Comedy Central and The New Yorker, on Twitter @erik_bergstrom

- Lance Weiss from the "Finalist" and CMT's "Next Big Comic", on Twitter @lanceweiss

- Joe Dixon from TVOne and the Skeptiles, on twitter @JoeLewisdixon

Hosts/curators/grand poobahs, Negin Farsad and Amy Albert are bringing their none-too-shabby experience to the Beauty Bar stage. Farsad, an Iranian-American comic, was recently named one of the Top 50 Female Comedians by Huffington Post and has written for and performed on an MTV, Comedy Central series, Nickelodeon and a PBS animated series, an IFC newsy show, and umpteen web projects. She is also director of the recent feature film release Nerdcore Rising which premiered at SXSW, winning various awards for best film and best director. Her work has been called "hilarious" by Salon, the Austin Chronicle, the Wall Street Journaland a lot of other publications who chose to use the same adjective. Beth McGregor, an NYC standup fixture who was recently featured at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the Boston Women In Comedy Festival, and the Hollywood Fringe Festival. Negin & Beth are joined by Becky Yamamoto, long time fixture to the NY Comedy scene, she can regularly be seen at comedy hot spots like UCB, Ars Nova, The PIT, and Here.

Comedy School Dropout @ Beauty Bar, 231 East 14th (bet 2nd & 3rd), WEDNESDAYS. Free.

Pictured: Sabrina Jalees







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