BIG DAWGS EAT @ Boyfriend Co-op (queer stand up comedy)

If you answered yes to any of those questions, come bark with the hottest, chillest, coolest up and coming and already up queer stand up comics in NYC. Hosted by resident big dawg and chill talker Emma Dalenberg, at Boyfriend Co-Op, a cafe and bar cooperative for gay gals and their pals.

Boyfriend Co-op is open from 8am-12am

Seating at 7:30pm, doors at 8:00pm -1 drink minimum

HEADLINER: EMMA WILLMANN

Emma Willmann is one of New York City’s top comedians, and perhaps one of the only dyslexic-gender-wiggly-comics-with-ADHD from Blue Hill, Maine. In the third grade, Mrs. Weller would bribe Emma with the chance to tell a story at the end of every class if Emma promised to stop talking to the other classmates. Now, Emma gets to tell stories nightly at The Comedy Cellar, on Netflix’s: The Comedy Line Up, Comedy Central, and is one of the few comics ever to have multiple appearances on The Late Show with Stephan Colbert. All of which has earned Emma a spot on Caroline’s 10 Funniest Comics, Just For Laughs: New Faces, and TimeOut’s 10 Funniest Women in NYC. Emma’s mom is “really proud of all of this but doesn’t like comedy.”

HOST: EMMA DALENBERG (March is double Emma's cmonnn)

Emma Dalenberg is a Minnesota-born stand-up comic, writer, and actor. Since getting on stage and performing stand up comedy for the first time at age 19, Emma has developed a style that blends good vibes with controlled chaos—balancing sincerity with subversion, nostalgia with futurism—all delivered through a sweet charm and a genuine desire to connect with audiences of every background.

In 2025, she opened Daniel Sloss’ residency at the Soho Playhouse in NYC, joined Reggie Watts on his Europe tour, debuted the newest version of her solo show, Freak, Pray, Love, in NYC, Berlin, and Istanbul, and made her playwriting and acting debut at the New York Comedy Festival with Woke Woke West: The Musical, which sold out its two-night premiere

FEATURED ACTS:

DAN DOCIMO

STELLA WEBB

SHERIA MATTIS

ARJUN BANERJEE

WILL SANTINO

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