Comedybeat's 'Women In Comedy' Panel Discussion Set for 8/5

Comedybeat (www.comedybeat.com) presents a special edition of their quarterly "Comedy Dialogue" series on the fascinating theme: "Women in Comedy" on Wednesday, August 5, 2015 @ Book Culture on Manhattan's Upper West Side beginning at 7:00pm. Moderated by comedian and journalist TRAVIS IRVINE (The Huffington Post, The Guardian & Jay Leno Show), the free event will feature stand-up comedy performances and an exciting panel discussion with some of the best comediennes/authors on the scene today:.

PANELISTS:

BONNIE McFARLANE (The Tonight Show; Last Comic Standing)

BROOKE VAN POPPELEN (Comedy Central; TruTV)

PHOEBE ROBINSON (Late Night with Seth Meyers; MTV)

SELENA COPPOCK (HuffPost Live; author of "The New Rules For Blondes")

SACHI EZURA (IFC; Girl Code)

LEIGHANN LORD (Co-host of Star Talk with Neil de Grasse Tyson; author of "Dict Jokes')

DATE: Wednesday August 5, 2015

TIME: 7:00 pm

VENUE: Book Culture, 536 West 112th Street, NYC 10025 (between Broadway & Amsterdam Street, near Columbia University)

(212) 865-1588 (www.bookculture.com)

FREE EVENT

EVENT SCHEDULE:

7:00 PM: Reception & Refreshments

7:30 PM: Stand-up Comedy Performance & Panel Discussion

8:30 PM: Ending Reception

ComedyBeat is a start-up independent news organization serving the comedy market through its flagship Web news site ComedyBeat.com and trade publishing arm ComedyBeat Press. The mission of ComedyBeat is to provide fair and accurate news, reviews and analytical commentary about the world of comedy from a business, economic, and legal perspective, to create and distribute trade information resources to comedy professionals, and to become the national leader of comedy trade news.

ComedyBeat managing editor Carl Unegbu studied journalism at Columbia after graduating law school at the University of Miami.and is is the author of "Comedy Under Attack: The Golden Age and the Headwinds."