The Bay Area's Hub for Asian Pacific American Community Arts Since 1972
Feast of Funny II: Second Helpings
Arc Gallery and Studios
1246 Folsom St. (btn. 8th and 9th)
Friday, Sept. 11, 2015 @7pm
Feast of Funny is back! We’ve got a great lineup of comedians and it's sure to be an uproarious night of good eats and good laughs. Headliner Kevin Camia (Comedy Central, Esquire.com's Comic's Comic) makes his triumphant return to the Bay Area. He’ll be joined on stage by local favorites Dhaya Lakshminarayanan, Irene Tu, and Marc Abrigo!
Exclusively for your listening pleasure, we'll be playing the finest selection of soul and breaks. And make sure to come hungry, because we've got some talented home cooks whipping up a variety of small plates available for purchase. Veteran stand-up comedian, Allan S. Manalo, will be your host for the evening. Tickets are on sale now!
This is a benefit for APAture 2015: Future Tense. Coming this October to venues throughout San Francisco.
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Kevin Camia (Headliner) was featured on Comedy Central's Live at Gotham and voted best up-and-coming comic at the Rooftop Aspen Comedy Festival. His CD, “Kindness,” was voted top 10 comedy albums of 2010 on iTunes and in 2011 he won the Dan Crawford Scholarship at the San Francisco Punch Line. He was selected as a Comic's Comic on Esquire.com and has performed at Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival, The Oddball Comedy & Curiousity Festival, SF Sketchfest, and the San Francisco Comedy and Burrito Festival!
Allan S. Manalo (Host) is a Filipino American writer, director, producer, emcee, and stand-up comic who has performed in venues throughout 46 states and three countries. He is the former Artistic and Managing Director of Bindlestiff Studio, a San Francisco blackbox theater venue dedicated to the support and cultivation of Filipino Americans in the performing arts.
Dhaya Lakshminarayanan was named Best Comedian 2013 in the San Francisco Bay Guardian’s “Best of the Bay” Readers’ Poll. Comedy Central Asia crowned her the Grand Prize Winner of “The Ultimate Comedy Challenge” (2013). In addition, Dhaya is a storyteller appearing on NPR’s Snap Judgment, The Risk podcast “Live in Austin,” and ON24’s “Best Travel Disaster Story.” She is currently the host of San Francisco’s monthly Moth StorySLAM.
Irene Tu is a stand-up comic, writer, and performer from Chicago, now living in the Bay Area. She has been in SF Sketchfest, Limestone Comedy Festival, Cape Fear Comedy Festival, She-Devil Comedy Festival, Chicago Women’s Funny Festival, and was a finalist in Rooftop Comedy’s National College Comedy Competition. She co-produces Laugh Function every Saturday at Pappy’s in Berkeley and "The Book Was Better" comedy show at Bergeron’s Books in Oakland every second Saturday.
Marc Abrigo is a stand-up comedian and actor currently residing in the Bay Area. He's opened for Jo Koy, Kevin Shea, and Joey Guila (among others), and -- when not doing stand-up -- is a resident artist at Bindlestiff Studio and creator/co-host of the podcast, "On This Very Screen."