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The Story Collider is a storytelling show dedicated to bringing true, personal stories about science to audiences around the world. Each month we bring five storytellers to the stage to tell their stories of how science impacted their lives in touching, funny, and interesting ways. This month, join us for an evening…

Coming off of successful runs at The Second City - Chicago, UCB, and Brooklyn Comedy Collective, Jake Griffith is excited to bring Ripstickin' & Burpin' to Caveat! When confronted with a possible cancer diagnosis, Jake Griffith found himself looking back for any semblance of meaning in his short short life: from…

The NYC Pun Off is a wordplay tournament that is exactly what it sounds like. If you love puns, you'll love this. If you don't love puns... we can fix that. Worldwide Puns has been producing the Bay Area Pun Off for a decade — selling out every show since inception, including Cobb's Comedy Club as part of SF…

Law School. Death row. Clown school. US capital defense attorney Josh Pickar spent seven years fighting against the death penalty. Then he moved to France and trained as a clown. Now he’s on stage with an absurd comedy about the American death penalty, the institutions that run it, and how one lapdance took it down.…

Arguments & Grievances is a live comedy debate show where comedians argue about ridiculous topics with the audience deciding the victor. The show has been featured in countless comedy festivals earning praise such as “smart, high-stakes tomfoolery disguised in a brilliant, faux-brainy conceit… This show is a riot.”…

Next Slide Please invites comedians to prepare and present PowerPoints about whatever they want. That could mean a data-driven ranking of the best Manhattan street corners for first date make-outs, pitches for start-up investment opportunities that are *probably* not scams, or a passionate defense of the 2003 Jessica…

Are you smarter than the Morning Brew Daily podcast hosts? Join us as Maxinomics' Phil Andrews hosts an evening of trivia, friendly competition, unfriendly competition, and prizes as we finally test if Neal and Toby are actually as good at trivia as they say they are.

Love This Arrangement — Screening Event & Fundraiser 🎬 The Hook One film. Two Artists. One night celebrating the beauty, humor, and heart of Caribbean culture — and the stories that deserve to be told on the world's biggest stages. 🌴 About the Event Love This Arrangement is a Caribbean romantic comedy that brings…

A Comedy Special by Max Carlson written for the stage and filmed by Max, alone, on a Cross-Country Train heading from New York City to Los Angeles over the course of Four Days. Join us for the New York City premiere of Project Choo Choo by Max Carlson. Director, Writer, and Star of the special, Max Carlson, will…

GUSH is a comedy show about anything and everything we love! Thirty performers each get 90 seconds to passionately rant, rave, spiral, and gush about a topic they absolutely need more than 90 seconds to talk about. Performers come from all realms of comedy, from stand-up to improv, drag to PowerPoint. It’s a chaotic…

Actor on Parole is a hilarious and deeply human true story about Ari Brisbon’s two years inside a minimum-security prison. With sharp wit and raw honesty, Ari traces the moments from his childhood and youth that led to the crime, the nerve-racking wait for his court date, and the unforgettable cast of characters he…

Ruined Live! Join Halle Kiefer and Alison Leiby for a live episode of the hit podcast [Ruined](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ruined-with-alison-leiby-and-halle-kiefer/id1528202364) where we'll cover the hit summer film OBSESSION.

It is time we address the psychological elephant in the room: FREUD! Love him or hate him, we ALL have feelings about him. But was he right or wrong when it comes to humor? THIS SHOW we will debate whether Freud's thesis from his book "Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious" is correct or not using our guest…

The dynamic ventriloquism duo Zack Binder & Ticklemuff are coming from Los Angeles to bring you an hour of whimsical, heartwarming comedy- only to be interrupted when Zack's raunchy, muppet girlfriend Jill Goldstein shows up...and all hell breaks loose. Strap in for a hilarious, emotionally therapeutic rollercoaster…

RaaaatScraps is the World's Best Improv Show from the people who produced Asssscat. Join a surprise guest monologist and NYC's best improvisers, many from The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, who have been seen on Broad City, High Maintenance, Succession, Severance, Somebody Somewhere, Difficult People, Search…

Comedy meets all your gripes about living in this godforsaken and beautiful city. This variety show, fundraising money for the New York Working Families Party, will feature sketches, improv, stand-up, surprise guests, and singing (for some reason)! Follow us on Instagram at @wfpsketchshow. Here are our guests: THE…

Comedian Brandon Collins (Drunk Black History) gathers his generation's most emotionally unavailable storytellers and comedians for a night dedicated to the millennial experience: the burnout, Sidekick phones, and the participation trophies that didn't prepare anyone for life in 2026. "Millennials 'R Us" is a…

Need help? So do they! Reba with an H, and whoever she is dating now, think they signed up to attend a couples therapy seminar, but they accidentally signed up to HOST it. They help the audience, and the audience helps them (maybe!) through a series of relationship building exercises designed for breakthroughs or…

At Good Work_ Live, Dan Toomey and his news associates bring their YouTube channel to the live stage – tackling one surprise news topic each show with a panel of guests, experts, and hopefully one animal. At our second event, Toomey looks at SPACE! Dan Toomey is a comedian who hosts the Good Work YouTube channel.

Hot Boys is a one-woman comedy musical crush-induced identity crisis heartbreak explosion. As a pop-culture-obsessed 90s kid, true love was always drilled into Kali Doyle’s head as the absolute pinnacle of success. The moment she laid eyes on her first crush, her life forever shifted onto a path that would ultimately…

Lucie Pohl’s Immigrant Jam Comedy features NYC’s funniest immigrant and 1st gen comics, who will make you laugh so hard you’ll wish you were born somewhere else. Guaranteed not to have stolen any of your jobs, Immigrant Jam celebrates the beauty of everything cross cultural, deliciously different and not from here.…

Ask a Fuckboy is a new comedy show in NYC that combines the irreverence of Call Her Daddy with the indulgent storytelling of your favorite guilty pleasure Reddit thread. Comics present unhinged dating stories and a panel of “fuckboys” (male comedians) weighs in. Hosted by: Andrea Popova (Writer of 10,000-reader…

Comedians go on job interviews with real life hiring professionals in an effort to get the job. The catch? They'll be assigned terrible fake resumes that they won't see until the show. Will these performers successfully crank up their corporate charisma and defend some truly terrible credentials, or will their…

Ever see a famous work of art at a museum and wondered, what does that painting even mean? Modern Whitney is a comedy panel show that attempts to answer that question. Join our comedians as they try to guess what famous art from different museums mean. Afterwards, a real art expert explains what that art actually…

A comedy show about music. Like your Spotify Wrapped...but funny. A playlist of sketches. Each show in this series is inspired by a musical theme – the playlist could be any genre from punk and party anthems to 70s classics and Broadway musicals. Hear what musically inspired sketches College Radio has composed: It's…

Join our rowdy band of bards for a musical celebration of your favorite fandoms, from Shrek 2 to Baldur's Gate 3. Expect pop-culture parodies, queer covers of ren faire classics, and tons of audience interaction as we put the party back in adventuring party! Many guests come in costume or cosplay. Every show is a new…

Craving some Jewish joy and TRADITION? Join Jewish pop culture site Hey Alma for a screening and sing-along to the iconic "Fiddler on the Roof." We'll provide the movie and snacks, you bring your friends and your best rendition of "Matchmaker, Matchmaker" and Fruma-Sarah impression. Please note: This event will only…

World renowned vocal coaches, voice practitioners, and ‘Gurus of the Throat’, Carol Eisenberg and Julie Stern host “The Sound Within,” a life-altering masterclass that celebrates the miracle of the organic voice (and demystifies non-truths about the status quo in the entertainment industry). Eisenberg & Stern have…

Professors, experts, and storytellers giving thought-provoking lectures in NYC bars. 📍 Location: Exact address given in confirmation email 🧠 Lecture: "Parenting: What to Do When Your Child Tries to Kill You" 🎤 Speaker: Dr. Alec Goldstein Join us for a powerful and eye-opening evening as Dr. Alec Goldstein draws on…

**WRITE CLUB TAKES MANHATTAN** Natural disasters. Alien invasions. Rampaging kaiju. Morally bankrupt real estate moguls. New York City's survived it all, and now it's time to see if it can withstand the full impact of WRITE CLUB. We've gathered together some of the fiercest, most legendary literary gladiators from…

The formula is simple: 1. Experts give fun talks 2. Comedians improv/e them, sight unseen The Result: A night where big ideas meet big laughs Talks by: **Chandler Dean** *(Abolish Everything)* **Noah Guiberson** *(Facts Machine)* **Diana Li** *(Story Collider)* **Leslie Sibener** *(Story Collider)* Comedy by:…

Come watch the funniest comedians and finest scientists in NYC go head-to-head-to-head-to-head the Caveat way: by creating presentations from audience suggestions and delivering them live on the spot. SageMatch is a powerpoint comedy gauntlet hosted by Ben Taylor (Nerd Nite NYC) that challenges the city's funniest…

Join us on August 14th for Vocabaret: Sports hosted by Jerzy Gwiazdowski ______________________________________________________ *Do you marvel at morphemes? Are you scintillated by syntax? Then you belong at Vocabaret, where we make language fun while making fun of language. Each month we explore a new theme — from…

The NYC Magic Ensemble presents a night of world-class magicians and mentalists at the Caveat Theater in Manhattan. Witness an evening of sophisticated illusion and psychological mystery that will have you questioning your own senses. Perfect for a remarkable date night or an unforgettable evening with friends. Just…

Comedy meets catharsis in this personalized adventure that literally fights your figurative demons. Each performance of The Legend of You begins with an audience member sharing a problem they’re experiencing. We spin that problem into an improvised fantasy adventure of epic proportions, including original songs,…

Derry Queen performs her hour of stand up, drag, and death!

This show is exactly what it says. Every week one of your favorite comedians interviews an expert on a topic they've always wanted to know more about. Every Sunday come hear the funniest interviews about neuroscience, astrophysics, mental health, and more! This week **Alison Leiby** interviews **Dr. Karen Tang**…

Actors are given a scene & learn their lines, improvisers are given nothing & must make it work. New York top improvisers and actors from Broadway, TV and beyond perform in scenes from Mamet to Moliere and everything in between. The actors will know their lines and the improvisers will improvise with no prior…

Join host Stephanie Rae for “The Music That Makes Me Laugh”, a night of comedic songs across decades and genres from stage and screen. Along with the music, you’ll also enjoy musings from comedians, including standup inspired by the music and duets between singers who’ve rehearsed the songs and improvisers who…

If you want to submit to be a contestant, please buy a ticket and [fill out this form!](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScXA7ZlYHOgFT7Io39-FT6JfiGc9bmRqvbpZ8FW2eEl56mcoQ/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=108638396707139800083) The Jewish Dating Game is the hilarious interactive dating game show with delicious…

Part karaoke, part confessional. STORY-OKE invites performers and audience members alike to share a true story about their connection to a song - or the song itself - then sing the hell out of it. Every song has a story. For our next show, we'll have stories about songs, from performers with stories about songs, and…

SORRY WE'RE HERE is an NYC-based sketch group founded by Caleb Alexander, Edward Barbini, Leah Windahl, and Kevin Turner. Sorry We're Here invites their favorite performers to join them for a hilarious original hour of comedy. With new creative voices joining the mix every performance, each show promises a unique…

Facts Machine is a science comedy show (and science trivia showdown) by and for people who are curious about everything – but especially the things that make them laugh! Scientists by day and pub trivia hosts by night, Em, Noah, and Rob leverage their scientific curiosity and delight in obscure minutiae to bring you…

Ask a Fuckboy is the viral live comedy show in NYC that combines the irreverence of Call Her Daddy with the indulgent storytelling of your favorite guilty pleasure Reddit thread. Comics present unhinged dating stories and a panel of “fuckboys” (male comedians) weighs in. This will be a very special edition of Ask a…

The science game show that's academically rigorous and comically ridiculous. Science Communicator and Comedian Tom Lum will put his contestants through trials and games inspired by the wildest real scientific papers. Join us to see for yourself what Our Findings Show!

WokeAI is an artificial intelligence company that has the mission of making you seem like a good person through our chatbots: RaceGPT (to talk to poc), GayGPT (self explanatory), and WorkingClassGPT (you get it). Come see how our CEO, Ham Baldman, gets himself in hot water and tries to come back from his string of…

Dungeons & Decanters is a live, interactive adventure blending Dungeons & Dragons gameplay, comedy, and immersive storytelling. Whether you’re a seasoned adventurer or completely new to the game, this is a night designed for laughs, surprises, and shared chaos. The audience serves as the Gods of Fate, with the…

<b>THEME: VOTING RIGHTS</b> What happens when the master builder of New York, Robert Moses, loses his power and attempts to host a late night talk show? Who cares, because for one night only, former president Lyndon Baines Johnson takes over the show! That's right, LBJ has wrested control over The Power Joker away…

Mystery Science Theater meets Animal Documentary at Drunk Planet Earth. Hosted by Brian Morabito (Dropout) and Stephen Buckley (UCB), the twist of the show comes when the audience tries to stump the hosts with animal questions. Come for the animal facts, stay for the drunk hosts trying to remember what they know…

Asian improv icons unite! Celebrate culture, comedy and experience improv from a different perspective. Featuring a rotating cast of Asian performers! @shoesoffimprov

This show is exactly what it says. Every week one of your favorite comedians interviews an expert on a topic they've always wanted to know more about. Every Sunday come hear the funniest interviews about neuroscience, astrophysics, mental health, and more! This week **Josh Gondelman** interviews **Kelly Weinersmith**…

EconLOL is an economics-themed comedy show that will teach you nothing about the economy, but will give you lots of opportunities to laugh at it. EconLOL brings together comedians, writers, and sometimes real life economists to make fun of economics (or something at least somewhat, remotely econ/money/finance…

Hosts Courtney Maginnis & Tom Delgado celebrate the 10-year anniversary of their popular weekly stand-up show, Let's See, What Else!

Dun Dun Musical Improv presents Off the Record: an Improvised Musical Documentary! Come with us on a journey through a town in crisis as our team of crack investigators/improvisers gets to the bottom of each case... through song. There will be laughs. There will be harmonies. There will be Keith Morrison impressions.…

Radiolab Presents: Viscera An event of gripping tales of the human body with Radiolab, hosted by correspondent Dr. Avir Mitra and Senior Producer Matt Kielty. This series of live podcasts explores the weird, wonderful, and often grotesque mysteries of the human body. By taking audience members along a journey into…

**Abolish Everything** is a fast-paced, low-stakes comedy debate show! Comedians roast their pet peeves. A panel of improvisers grills them with questions. The audience decides what gets abolished—and the most persuasive lobbyist receives the ultimate corrupt bribe: a bag of coins with a dollar sign on it. Hosted by…

Featured on BBC Scotland. It's Love Island meets Whose Line Is It Anyway. Two singles are blindfolded. Will it be love at first sight or a slow-motion car crash? One blind date. Four comics. Unscripted, unhinged, unforgettable. Hosted by Douglas Widick (North Coast) and Kaila Mullady (Freestyle Love Supreme) '*A…

Every New Yorker has had a crazy NYC moment that makes them say, “Only in New York…” In celebration of PRIDE month, some of New York's best LGBTQ comedians and storytellers will share their most wild, improbable, yet totally true - Impossible New York Stories!

Rough Crowd with Mary Houlihan is a shameless ripoff of Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn. Panelists: Dina Hashem, Sean Donnelly, Kunal Arora, more tbd Mary Houlihan is tired of everyone arguing about Edgy Comedy vs. Woke Comedy. The world was better back in the 2000s when we could watch Patrice O’Neal shut down racist…

What if your explore page was just one guy trying his best? In Doomscroll, Blake must do whatever the projector says, and the audience has the clicker. Just like on Reels or TikTok, the audience can skip past jokes they don’t like or they can go back to previous slides and make him do it again. The show features…

Real-life ER doctor Aaron Bola welcomes chronically over-sharing comedians to tell stories of their weirdest diagnoses. He then does what he wishes he had time to do with their patients: break down the insane history of how the medical community has treated that condition, why that condition has been stigmatized, and…

Comedy meets catharsis in this personalized adventure that literally fights your figurative demons. Each performance of The Legend of You begins with an audience member sharing a problem they’re experiencing. We spin that problem into an improvised fantasy adventure of epic proportions, including original songs,…

This show is exactly what it says. Every week one of your favorite comedians interviews an expert on a topic they've always wanted to know more about. Every Sunday come hear the funniest interviews about neuroscience, astrophysics, mental health, and more! This week **Brandon Collins** interviews **Justin Williams**…

[RISK!](https://www.risk-show.com/) is the show where people tell true stories they never thought they'd dare to share in public. Created by Kevin Allison (MTV's The State, Netflix, Comedy Central, HBO), RISK! features true stories from people from all walks of life that are often more raw, real, and uncensored than…

BOOKS AND BURLESQUE, Saturday, September 12 from 9:00 pm–11:30 pm. Doors 9:00 pm. Show: 9:30pm-11:30pm with an intermission If the show is sold out there will be a waiting list at the door We are excited this fall to bring you naughty new literary novels, a gay immigrant love story and a queer coming of age story as…

**Patient advocacy panel to follow.** In this one-act play, absurdist humor, clowning, puppetry, music, and animation bring to life the very real struggles and triumphs of navigating the three-ring circus that is the American healthcare system. We join Sharon, a middle school teacher (and the colorful cast of cancer…

It’s summertime in the city! That means happy hours, concerts, community events, pop-ups, and weddings happening everywhere except here. But can you afford to have fun when with student loans, rent, and overdue credit card bills?! Of course you can! We’re going to ditch the shame spiral of debt, offer helpful money…

This show is exactly what it says. Every week one of your favorite comedians interviews an expert on a topic they've always wanted to know more about. Every Sunday come hear the funniest interviews about neuroscience, astrophysics, mental health, and more! This week **Ikechukwu Ufomadu** interviews **Stuart…

Join improv troupe The Bisque as they serve up a delicious comedy variety show featuring New York's finest, all to raise money for abortion access. Hearty comedy for a good cause? Say it with us: I'll Have... the Bisque! Hosted by improv troupe The Bisque, I’ll Have… The Bisque! features some of the best improv and…

Science, Tonight is a late-night comedy talk show with guests scientists who are prepared, and improvisers who are not, to talk about science. Host Dr. Mark Popinchalk and the Science, Tonight reporting team are going to have their hands full keeping the show on the road as scientists and literal forces of nature…

For people who wonder "What if Wendy Williams was a comedian with a political science degree?", there's Do It Live w/ Chika. Do It Live features funny, candid conversations with New York political leaders and organizers, musicians, local business owners, comedians, and more. The show explores the city that we live in…

Three-Day Champion is a comedic storytelling show wrapped inside game show format that asks, if you were a three-day champion on a game show, what three stories about yourself would you choose to tell? In each episode comedian guests compete to tell their favorite, funniest, most revealing anecdotes for bragging…

This Guy Sucked teaches listeners that a fundamental part of ‘doing’ history is critical engagement with the past — which sometimes means literally criticizing it. No matter how beloved, history’s greatest heroes were still people, often misremembered and capable of misbehavior. On TGS, we look at historical legacy…

Go Touch Grass is the Internet’s not-so-nice way of telling someone to log off and get outside. On this very online comedy podcast, hosts Milly Tamarez and Alise Morales will recap the whole week in trending topics so listeners can do just that.

Were You Raised By Wolves? cordially invites you to an evening on the hilarious how-to's for any slippery social situation with hosts Emmy Award-winning journalist Nick Leighton and stand-up comedian Leah Bonnema (Late Show with Stephen Colbert & Don't Tell Comedy) who will discuss personal pet peeves, mortifying…

Some of the greatest performers you will ever hear are NOT on the stage - but in the office, hospital, café, or even working from home. For one night, we want to put a spotlight on the talents of those who are working regular (or even irregular) jobs and are NOT working in the entertainment industry. We're clocking…

Ben Tumin, the satirist profiled in The New York Times, returns for one last romp through The Power Broker. After sold-out runs of Parts One and Two, Ben concludes his trilogy by exploring how Robert Moses fell from power—how New Yorkers, like the Knicks, slayed Goliath. Ben weaves in author Robert Caro's story to…

This show is exactly what it says. Every week one of your favorite comedians interviews an expert on a topic they've always wanted to know more about. Every Sunday come hear the funniest interviews about neuroscience, astrophysics, mental health, and more! This week **Negin Farsad** interviews **Wyna Liu** about…

A staged reading of excerpts from Caroline Rothstein’s new novel, NOVEL. NOVEL is a split-timeline literary fiction novel—think Sliding Doors (1998) meets My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh, with the punch and snark of Elif Bautman’s The Idiot. It’s lockdown. Ariella Lynne Levkoff (Ari!) is convinced…

Mission to Zyxx LIVE is back at Caveat to tickle your ears and serenade your funny bone. Watch and listen as the cast creates a brand new, very canon episode of the show, complete with special guests, live immersive sound design and Fresh surprises galore.

Performed by Dani Faith Leonard, this part TED Talk, part one-person show about sex and extremism blends deep research with sharp humor and wildly entertaining visuals. Dani has spent the past decade studying the history of sex. At the same time, she’s been directing a documentary about extremism in America.…

The Story Collider is a storytelling show dedicated to bringing true, personal stories about science to audiences around the world. Each month we bring five storytellers to the stage to tell their stories of how science impacted their lives in touching, funny, and interesting ways.

Celebrate Meowloween with Catbaret, NYC's cat-themed cabaret presented by **Weruva**, hosted by Gemma Smith and packed with comedy, music, and burlesque (aka purr-lesque). *"You pawsitively won't want to miss Catbaret." — Time Out NY* **Highlights include:** * Burlesque, musical and comic variety acts from some of…

Meow! Calling all cat lovers—join us for a purr-fect variety show! Celebrate Meowloween with **Catbaret** NYC’s cat-themed cabaret, presented by **Weruva**, hosted by **Gemma Smith** and packed with comedy music, and burlesque (aka purr-lesque). *"You pawsitively won't want to miss Catbaret." — Time Out NY*…