Comedy School Dropout Announces Lineup

Negin Farsad and Amy Albert present the brand new 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.

April 6 lineup features Susannah Perlman (Last Comic Standing/Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad tour), Kara Klank (Spike TV/Atom.com), Selena Coppock (McSweeney's, NC Comedy Arts Festival), Shawn Hollenbach (VH1, Logo)

April 13 lineup features Kurt Braunholer (Perrier award nominee, Just for Laughs Montreal), Katina Corrao (VH1's Best Night Ever/Cash Cab), Rae Sanni (The Knitting Factory, StandupNY), Graham Keay (Canada channel CBC & VBS.TV), Beth McGregor (Edinburgh Fringe, Boston Women in Comedy Festival).

April 20 lineup features Carolyn Castiglia (VH1, Comedy Central), Jen Kwok (NBC's Standup for Diversity, PBS' Asian America), Ben Lerman (Logo, Sirius Radio) Aaron Sweeney (Jaranimals creator, Gotham)

Hosted by Negin Farsad & Amy Albert!

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 and a Comedy Central series, 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 Journal and a lot of other publications who chose to use the same adjective. Amy Albert recently wowed the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with her show "Delilah Dix and her Bag of Trix" garnering multiple four and 5 star reviews. She has performed with Second City in LA, The LAFF Festival in Austin, and Ars Nova in NY. She's currently wowing Off-Broadway audiences at the Laurie Beechman Theatre in "Delilah Dix: Showin' My Business."

Upcoming shows are Wednesday April 27, May 4, and May 11. You can expect to see the same caliber of comedians grace the lineup every week!

Contact: Negin Farsad * 917.513.1976 * NFarsad@gmail.com
www.comedyschooldropout.tumblr.com

DETAILS:
Comedy School Dropout
@ Beauty Bar
Wednesdays 8pm
Free
231 East 14th St.
(between 2nd & 3rd Aves)