JULIA SCHROEDER & FRIENDS Headlines #DWCF26! SATURDAY | Ant Hall | 9PM

Join us Saturday, May 16 @ 9PM in ANT HALL for Hall Headliner Julia Schroeder, FEATURING: Lauren Arnett | Kihresha Redmond | Florence Friebe | Maggie O'Reilly

Julia Schroeder (she/her) is a New York–based actor, improviser, and comedian originally from Detroit (which she never stops talking about). She has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, in the horror-comedy feature Screamboat (Peacock), and you may have seen her in a handful of commercials if you don’t pay for premium. Her comedy has been featured at New York Comedy Festival and San Francisco SketchFest, and she performs regularly on Maude Night at UCB. Julia is thrilled and honored to return to DWCF! https://www.cooljulia.com/ @juliaeschroeder

Florence Friebe is a comedian/actress/singer/Victorian ghost who can be seen performing regularly with Asian AF, Cereal Mascots - the Armory's current longest running house team, heard on 2CurlyHairedGirlswithADHD podcast, and seen performing in Brody Went Missing a road trip comedy play which won SoHo Playhouse pick in the 2025 Lighthouse Series Festival. She has been entrenched in the NYC comedy scene since 2012 and has been spotted sitting in your spooky attic window.

Lauren Arnett is a comedian and writer in New York City. She performs regularly at the UCB and BCC theaters, and is the co-creator of Oddballs (@oddballsdocumented), an improvised webseries. You can find her anywhere people are smiling.

Kihresha Redmond has been performing and teaching improv for 10 years. She currently teaches at The Second City in New York. She likes good food, gambling, the Cleveland Browns, and Adam Sandler. IG: @redefinedby_k

Maggie O'Reilly has been regularly performing, coaching, and teaching in Metro-Detroit since 2013. Monday nights, you can catch her performing with the Planet Ant Home Team or about town in the improvised duo Patty & Patty. Off stage, Maggie is a lover of travel, her dog Chuck and a dip-centered event. She also has roughly 1 million cousins which is almost her entire personality.

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The Detroit Women of Comedy Festival celebrates and elevates women, trans, and non-binary comedy makers from Metro Detroit and beyond. DWCF strives to honor and amplify marginalized voices across a spectrum of genders and identities and create an inclusive platform for community-building, joy, and collaboration in comedy.

The festival features improv, stand-up, sketch, podcasts, alt-comedy, and workshops. Proceeds directly support Detroit-based non-profits providing arts education and services for at-risk populations in the community.

#DWCF26 takes over all three Planet Ant Stages - Ant Hall, The Black Box, and the Independent Comedy Club - May 15 & 16.

Learn more at www.detroitwomenofcomedy.com

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