Jessica Watkins, Koretta Gray, Calvin Cato and More Set for Comedy School Dropout, April 2013

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 is true...very, very true.

April 10th 2013:
- Jessica Watkins
- Lisa Delarios from Party Machine and Comedy Central
- Anthony Kapfer from Caroline's and Gotham
- Josh Carter

April 17th 2013:
- Koretta Gray from Usurper! She is a Comedy Show host/producer
- Katie Compa
- Garry Hannon from garry2rs funny, ha-ha funny, and queer in Brooklyn
- Sarah Grodsky from NY Fringe, House Team-PIT

April 24th 2013:
- Calvin Cato from out of bounds Austin and game show network
- Brendan McLaughlin writer for Nikki & Sara LIVE on MTV and We're Nice People
- Allison Castillo from Comedy Central and The Bridgetown Comedy Fest
- Kate Berlant from TONY Comics to watch, Bridgetown, and Crime and Punishment)

Brought to you by Negin Farsad, Beth McGregor, and Becky Yamamoto.

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 runs at Beauty Bar on Wednesdays. It's free. Beauty Bar is located at 231 East 14th (bet 2nd & 3rd).