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Negin Farsad at Ralph's Rock Diner
Guerrilla Theatre
w/Matthew Flynn
Negin Farsad
Nonye Brown-West
https://www.nonyecomedy.com/
Wes Hazard (Jeopardy, The Chase)
https://www.weshazard.com/
Negin Farsad was named one of 50 Funniest Women by Huffington Post, named one of the 10 Best Feminist Comedians by Paper Magazine, and was selected as a TEDFellow for her work in social justice comedy. She even gave a TEDTalk because they slipped up and let a comedian on their vaunted stage. She is the author of the recently released How To Make White People Laugh, a memoir-meets-social-justice-comedy manifesto which was nominated for the Thurber Prize for Humor and recommended by Oprah Magazine. Farsad is host of Fake the Nation, a political comedy podcast on the Earwolf network and shes a regular panelist on NPRs Wait Wait Dont Tell Me. She appears on the current season of Nat Geos Year Million, the upcoming season of HBOs High Maintenance, and the last season of Netflixs Chelsea Handler Show.
She is also the director/writer/star of the rom-com 3rd Street Blackout, starring Janeane Garofalo, Ed Weeks, and John Hodgman (now available on Amazon). She has written for/appeared on Comedy Central, MTV, PBS, IFC, Nickelodeon and others. She is director/producer of the feature films The Muslims Are Coming! starring Jon Stewart, David Cross and Lewis Black and Nerdcore Rising starring Weird Al Yankovic (both available wherever movies are streamed/downloaded). She has written good-old fashioned articles for The Guardian, The Daily Beast, Oprah Magazine, Indiewire and others. She has sued New York States MTA over the right to put up funny posters about Muslims and WON.
She started her comedy career as a Cornell and Columbia-educated policy advisor for the City of New York.
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LocationRalph's Rock Diner (View)
148 Grove St.
Worcester, MA 01605
United States
Categories
| Minimum Age: 21 |
| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: No |
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