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TRIBECA ENTERPRISES AND COMEDY DYNAMICS GREENLIGHT TEN STAND-UP SPECIALS TO BE FILMED LIVE AT THE TRIBECA FESTIVAL
NEW YORK - June 1, 2021 - Tribeca and Comedy Dynamics have announced that they're producing ten stand-up comedy specials at this year's festival. This comedy program is part of Tribeca's 12-day celebration to re-open New York and bring live entertainment back to the city June 9th - 20th. The ten specials, produced by Tribeca and Comedy Dynamics, will be directed by Brian Volk-Weiss as part of Tribeca's expansion into new storytelling platforms.
We had a blast working with the amazing team at Tribeca for our 2020 Comedy Drive-In at the Rose Bowl and we're excited to be taking the show back to New York City in 2021 to give fans a bigger, better and more interactive experience, said Brian Volk-Weiss, Founder and CEO of Comedy Dynamics.
In early 2020, Tribeca and Comedy Dynamics teamed up to produce original stand-up comedy specials which were slated to be filmed at the annual Tribeca Festival in New York City. Once covid restrictions were implemented nationwide, they quickly pivoted and evolved the indoor festival into an outdoor comedy drive-in set across the country at The Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. Tribeca x Comedy Dynamics Drive-In featured hour-long comedy sets from Ester Steinberg, Dave Helem, Erica Rhodes and Daniel Webb, making history as the first set of drive-in comedy specials filmed in the midst of the pandemic.
Tribeca is proud to be part of New York City's cultural reopening with12 days of live entertainment at outdoor and indoor venues across all five boroughs said Pete Torres, Chief Operations Officer of Tribeca Enterprises. We're excited to partner and grow our program with Comedy Dynamics bringing ten comedians back to the stage during our 20th anniversary celebration.
As Covid restrictions are being lifted, one-hour comedy sets will be reintroduced to live audiences including the likes of Bill Bellamy, Cocoa Brown, Jackie Fabulous, Josh Gondelman, Helen Hong and more! Fans will be treated to ten stand-up performances which will be taped for later viewing.
A complete list of comedians and performance dates below:
Bill Bellamy - June 12 - 8:30pm & 10:30pm - Spring Studios
Bill Bellamy is a comedian and actor who has been featured on HBO's Def Comedy Jam, MTV Jamz, MTV Beach House, Last Comic Standing, Hot in Cleveland and more. Bill has several acclaimed stand-up specials under his belt, including Booty Call, Ladies Night Out and Crazy, Sexy, Dirty. Bill is also the host and EP of Bill Bellamy's Who's Got Jokes, which has featured rising comedians in their early days, including Tiffany Haddish, Lil Rel Howery and Karlous Miller.
Cocoa Brown - June 17 - 8:30pm & 10:30pm - Spring Studios
Cocoa Brown is a comedian and actress who has appeared on Showtime at the Apollo, One Mic Stand and BET's ComicView. She's also appeared in Tyler Perry's series, For Better or Worse and comedy films such as, Ted 2 and The Single Mom's Club. In addition to her comedic roles, Cocoa has showcased her acting talents on dramatic series such as Fox's 9-1-1 and FX's The People Vs. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story.
Helen Hong - June 16 - 10:30pm - Spring Studios
A fan favorite on the hit NPR podcast Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, Helen Hong is a recurring character on HBO's Silicon Valley, CBS's The Unicorn and Netflix's Huge in France. She's performed standup comedy on The Arsenio Hall Show, Last Call with Carson Daly, Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen and the Just For Laughs comedy festival in Montreal. Helen was featured in the Coen Brothers' film Inside Llewyn Davis, and has guest-starred on Jane the Virgin, Parks and Recreation, and Pretty Little Liars.
Maija DiGiorgio - June 16 - 8:30pm - Spring Studios
Maija DiGiorgio is recognized by New Yorks Time Out Magazine as one of "the freshest, funniest, unique voices to grace the microphone". Maija has been featured on HBO Def Comedy Jam, Hot 97, NBCs Comics Unleashed, HBOs Sex & The City, Uncontrolled Comedy Hour and more. Maija received a standing ovation on her first television appearance on NBC's Live from the Apollo and never stopped touring since, including several tours to serve our troops stationed overseas in Korea, Okinawa, and Japan.
Josh Gondelman - June 13 - 8:30pm - Spring Studios
Josh Gondelman is a writer and comedian who incubated in Boston before moving to New York City, where he currently lives and works as a writer and producer for Desus and Mero on Showtime. Previously, he spent five years at Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, where he earned two Peabody Awards, four Emmy awards, and three WGA Awards for his work. Josh's debut essay collection, Nice Try, was released in fall 2019 through Harper Perennial. In the past, Josh has written for Fuse TV's Billy On The Street. Onstage, Josh charms audiences using his good-natured storytelling and cracks them up with his sharp, pointy wit. He takes topics from surprise parties to his experience teaching preschool and makes them all equally hilarious. In 2016, he made his late night standup debut on Conan (TBS), and made his network TV debut on Late Night With Seth Meyers (NBC) in 2018. He has also appeared on The Late Late Show with James Corden. Josh's album Dancing On a Weeknight was released April 2019 on Blonde Medicine Records and hit #7 on the Billboard comedy chart. His previous comedy album Physical Whisperdebuted in March of 2016 at #1 on the iTunes comedy charts (as well as #4 on the Billboard comedy chart) and stayed there for well longer than he expected, honestly.
Miz Cracker - June 13 - 10:30pm - Spring Studios
Miz Cracker is a New York City drag
