NY LAUGHS
ANNOUNCES
“LAUGHTER IN LOCKDOWN”
A COMEDY FUNDRAISER
APATOW, SYKES, ROMANO AND MORE COME TOGETHER FOR “LAUGHTER IN LOCKDOWN” TO BENEFIT THE ACTORS FUND — FRIDAY, 5.29
WITH COMEDIANS & PERFORMERS INCLUDING
WANDA SYKES, JUDD APATOW, RAY ROMANO, ROY WOOD JR.,CARL REINER, CRAIG ROBINSON, DAVE ATTELL, GARY GULMAN, GINA YASHERE, IAN EDWARDS, JEFF ROSS, JIM NORTON, JON FISCH, KEITH ROBINSON, MARINA FRANKLIN, MOODY MCCARTHY, PETE HOLMES, ROBERT KELLY, RONNY CHIENG, TED GREENBERG, SAL VULCANO, VANESSA HOLLINGSHEAD, BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL, AND MORE!
SPECIAL APPEARANCES BY
STARRKEISHA’S CHEER SQUAD
AND
PIFF THE MAGIC DRAGON
HOSTED BY
MO AMER
FRIDAY, MAY 29 AT 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
IN SUPPORT OF THE ACTORS FUND
NY Laughs, in partnership with The Actors Fund, the national human services organization that provides a safety net for performing arts and entertainment professionals, is proud to announce a special one-night-only streaming event “Laughter in Lockdown,” to benefit comedians and other comedy professionals in need on Friday, May 29 at 8:00pm ET / 5:00pm PT on nylaughs.org/lockdown.
“Laughter in Lockdown” will be hosted by Mo Amer, one of Rolling Stone’s “10 comedians you need to know” and star of the Netflix special “The Vagabond” and will feature appearances and performances by Wanda Sykes, Judd Apatow, Ray Romano, Roy Wood Jr., Carl Reiner, Craig Robinson, Dave Attell, Gary Gulman, Gina Yashere, Ian Edwards, Jeff Ross, Jim Norton, Jon Fisch, Keith Robinson, Marina Franklin, Moody McCarthy, Pete Holmes, Robert Kelly, Ronny Chieng, Ted Greenberg, Sal Vulcano, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Vanessa Hollingshead, and more. With special appearances by Starrkeisha’s Cheer Squad and Piff The Magic Dragon joined by Mr. Piffles and Jade Simone.
Proceeds from the online event will benefit struggling comedians and comedy club professionals as part of The Actors Fund’s greater initiative to help entertainment creatives in comedy affected financially due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The 2-hour event will stream at nylaughs.org/lockdown and will be accessible on YouTube thereafter.
“Laughter in Lockdown” is executive produced by NY Laughs and Kristine Pregot. Technical and remote production services are provided by USTV.
Since 1882, The Actors Fund has advocated for everyone in the entertainment industry and NY Laughs has been passionately building a more empathetic New York City through the art of free stand-up comedy performances presented in public spaces for 14 years. In this time of struggle, these two organizations and the hilariously brilliant talent of the featured performers will come together (while social distancing!) to bring aid to those in need.
NY Laughs wishes to thank The Actors Fund; all of the participating artists and their teams; comedian Jon Fisch; Estée Adoram; Marcie Cleary, and her colleagues at Frankfurt Kunit Klein & Selz PC: Joshua Lewin, Alice Barsky, Rebecca Ross and Dionne Gordon; Cameron J. Henderson; ViralNation; Deneka Dosant; Curtis Roach Management; Mark Pergola; Laura Chavez, Tim D’Amico, Ted Nelson and USTV, as well as The Foundation for Fairer Capitalism, Manhattan Mini Storage and NY Laughs GoFundMe contributors: Tom, Adriana, Jane among others, for their support.
