In response to the continuing disaster in Ukraine, a line-up of NYC-based standups, clowns, and comedy favorites will come collectively for The Kraine for Ukraine Selection Comedy Profit. Produced by Peter Michael Marino (Planet of the Grapes; Present Up, Children!; Pip’s Island) and hosted by Carole Montgomery (creator of Showtime’s Humorous Girls of a Sure Age), the one-night-only fundraising occasion, to assist these affected by the disaster in Ukraine, will occur dwell, in-person and on-line, on Tuesday, March 15, starting at 7:30 pm, at The Kraine Theater. The venue is positioned within the East Village by the neighborhood often known as “Little Ukraine” for its massive inhabitants of Jap European immigrants, principally Ukrainians, for the reason that 1870s.
Performers for the 90-minute chuckle fest will embrace Paul Valenti (finalist on NBC’s Convey the Humorous), Linette Palladino (HBO), Mariko Iwasa (Ringling Brothers Circus), Calvin Cato (Vice Media & Netflix), AJ Silver (A Cowboy From The Bronx), Jim Mendrinos (Amazon Prime), and Tyler West (Bindlestiff Household Circus; Slipper Room), and extra. The night may also embrace a particular video message from Alex Borovenskiy and the corporate of ProEnglish Theatre – a creative shelter, efficiency venue, and theater college primarily based in Ukraine.
As famous by Borovenskiy, “That is the time for artists to doc what is going on, so it by no means occurs once more. Sure, despite the fact that we’re sheltering on the theatre. And sure, we’re at warfare. However our message can nonetheless be hopeful and humorous.”
Proceeds from the present will go to the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA). Since 1940, UCCA has enabled the Ukrainian-American neighborhood to generate the political capital and momentum wanted to assist the individuals of Ukraine. UCCA strives to extend the significance and position of the Ukrainian-American neighborhood within the civic and cultural lifetime of the nation.
The Kraine for Ukraine Selection Comedy Profit performs on Tuesday, March 15, at 7:30 pm, at The Kraine Theater, 85 East 4th Avenue, NYC. For tickets ($25 steered, on a sliding scale, for each in-person and streaming), go on-line. Everybody attending the dwell present should current proof of COVID-19 vaccination to enter the constructing and should put on a masks when inside. Viewers members and performers are additionally required to fill out a contact tracing kind upon arrival.
