Diversity Rules Magazine

16 Diversity Rules Magazine June 2019 The Peoples Improv The- ater (PIT) presents The Straight Man (TSM), a new wildly subversive variety show spotligh ng femme and queer talent. This change for the PIT marks a slow but growing trend of marginalized perform- ers claiming space within the NYC comedy scene. TSM recently subverted heteronorma ve comedy through a strategic Valen- ne's performance and will do the same for Gay Pride. The Straight Man Celebrates Gay Pride June 29, 2019 / 9:30pm Peoples Improv Theater, Striker Main Stage 123 E 24th St, NY 10010 Tickets: $12 (advance), $15 (door) Ticket Link: h p://bit.ly/tsm-gaypride A diverse snack-pack of NYC's ho est LGBTQIA+ talents wrestle down old ass comedy tradi ons in a genre-bus ng and gender-bending night of mak- ing fun. Everyone from a non-binary La nx gender goblin to a teenage pink eye specialist will subvert "cis-ness", "woke-ness" all the ness-es! The Straight Man Celebrates Gay Pride will be hosted by real-life queers Hannah Goldman and Jamie Benson. Learn more on Instagram at @straightmancomedy and h p://bit.ly/tsm-comedy. Pride Line Up: Samuel Morrison, one of Mogul Magazine's "Comics to Watch" and Make Me Laugh winner, brings an irreverent spin on "woke" issues. Non-binary La nx gender goblin, Oliver de Luz, through stand up comedy, aims to challenge cis peo- ple, lure straight men into queerness, and help the rest of us feel less alone. Aby James, seen on HBO's Crashing and the Friars Club Roast of Gloria Allred, offers a fresh take on chap-s ck lesbianism. Recent- ly selected for NY Comedy Fes val, Ma Smith Mc- Cormick performs as Pammy, a chain smoking bus driver who proves that small-town doesn't equal small-mind. Musician Dylan Adler who hosts Ar- stè at Club Cumming, will parody popular songs with a queer perspec ve. Stand up comedian Keira McGill, a 2018 finalist for Broadway Comedy Club's Yaaas Fest, offers a new POV on anxiety. Microdose, who presents at UCB and the PIT, offers a radically inclusive quality to improv comedy. Walter Kelly is a comedian whose wri ng has appeared on Bustle, Upworthy, TIME, and Vice. Michael J Bevan, a come- dian who's been featured on Funny or Die, performs as an anxious gay teen who's presen ng a project on pink eye to his health class. Brendan Leonard, a comedian, librarian at Lincoln Center, and script reader for the Public Theater, has rewri en The Pina Colada Song to explore gay couple dynamics. The Straight Man Celebrates Gay Pride June 29, 2019 at 9:30 p.m. People's Improv eater (PIT)

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