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Athens Pride Fest Comedy Show at the Union

Name: Athens Pride Fest Comedy Show at the Union
Start: 2018-06-08T20:00:00-04:00
End: 2018-06-08T23:00:00-04:00
Location: The Union Bar and Grill

June 8, 2018 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm

Join us for a night of laughs! Athens Pride Fest is being organized by Ohio University LGBT Center, Southeast Ohio LGBTQ+ Center, and Southeastern Ohio LGBT Coalition. Athens Pride Fest is a week long celebration of solidarity, diversity, unity, and activism.

Doors at 7PM. Performance begins at 8PM. Comedians Brooke Cartus,Whitney Chitwood, Scott Duff, and Brittany Meyer will put on an uproariously hilarious show for Athens Pride Fest. Read more about the comedians below!

The showcase will feature four renowned comedians. Three comedians featured in the showcase are traveling from Chicago to perform: Whitney Chitwood, Scott Duff and Brittany Meyer. Named the best comedian in Columbus, Brooke Cartus will also be performing in the showcase.

Chicago Comedian Whitney Chitwood has been featured by MoveOn.Organd is a frequent contributor to The Paper Machete at Chicago’s Green Mill and OUT Chicago on WCPT. Additionally, Whit has worked with the likes of the great Eddie Pepitone and performed at Riot LA, Cinderblock Comedy Festival, FoCoMX, Altercation Comedy Festival, the Chicago Laugh Factory, and Hollywood Improv.

Scott Duff is a stand up comedian, actor, radio host, and “professional gay” based in Chicago. He is the host/producer of Chigaygo!, Laugh Factory Chicago’s night of queer comedy, and has gayed up audiences at venues all over the city and the midwest. He has performed with Steppenwolf, Goodman, Chicago Shakespeare, About Face Theatre, ATC, and Lookingglass Theatre. You can listen to Scott every Sunday on OUT CHICAGO, a weekly live talk show for the LGBT community.

Brittany Meyer (they/them) is a powerful voice for the LGBTQAI+ community. Brittany has established their niche in the comedy community as a performer and a producer who shines a light on voices that need elevating. Their body-positive showcase Strip Joker partners with “You are Beautiful” to showcase diverse voices, comedic styles, and bodies in various states of undress. The show has been featured in the Cream City Comedy Festival, Memphis Comedy Fest, Chicago Women’s Funny Festival, Lady Laughs Comedy Festival, and The Drop Comedy Club. When they’re not producing their own shows, they’re performing all over at venues and shows like Laugh Factory, Zanies, Chicago Underground Comedy, We Still Like You, Funny Grabs Back, and HER; a fundraiser for the Human Rights Campaign.

Brooke Cartus is a comedian, emcee, activist and attorney based in Columbus, Ohio. Her sardonic storytelling and improvisational style has helped her land shows with Colin Quinn, Fortune Feimster, Erin Foley, Ian Harvie, Rhea Butcher and Dana Goldberg. She has performed at TedXColumbusWomen and has been featured in the Limestone Comedy Festival, Arch City Comedy Festival, Whiskey Bear Comedy Festival, and Out of Bounds Comedy Festival in 2017. Her blog Size L for Lady has been featured on Huff Post: Gay Voices. Her second album, I Have Straight Friends & Other Confessions, debuted at #1 on iTunes in April 2018.

The Ohio University LGBT Center and The Southeastern Ohio LGBT Coalition and Center are sponsoring Athens Pride Fest 2018.

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