STAND-UP COMEDY from Rochester, DC, Nashville, Atlanta, & New York City

Don't miss this great stand-up comedy show on our 2nd stage right next to the theater (ticket holders will check-in at the usual theater box office)

Shawn Hennessy is a comedian based out of Rochester, New York. He has been featured at the Good Karma Comedy Festival, Crooked Mouth Comedy Festival, Rochester Fringe Festival, and in many showcases and competitions throughout the country. When he is not performing stand up, Shawn works as a chemist in the renewable energy industry.

Jenny Napolitano is a comedian, writer, and storyteller who performs across the Washington, DC Metro area. She is a winner of The Moth Story Slam and DC Improv's Make-Up Party competitions. She has trained with the DC Improv and Washington Improv Theater.

Big Fripp was born in Greenville, but raised in Orangeburg South Carolina. After graduating from Claflin University, he moved to Nashville, where he is currently pursuing a career in comedy.

J Smiles Comedian, engineer, designer, lawyer, entrepreneur, and caregiver. NPR, the Alzheimer’s Association and Atlanta Constitutional Journal recognized Parenting Up! Caregiving Adventures with Comedian J Smiles for her merger of humor and hardship for family caregivers. A member of HFC’s Care Advisory Board, she’s a sought after speaker. Comedically, she has been on Fox, Fox Soul, CBS and The Portia Show; plus shared the stage with George Wallace, Gary Owen, Luenell, Chris Spencer, and Kim Whitley, among others. Her GenX viral sensation #OutsideBeenOpen videos garnered millions of views.

William Kean has been performing comedy for over two decades. He has students in 18 states and 8 countries, and he performs in NYC’s live Japanese Game Show BATSU! He has a BFA in Theater from NYU: Tisch. He toured the country with Improv4Kids, the Coast2Coast Comedy Tour, and FaceOffUnlimited. For the past decade he's been a cast member of NYC's live Japanese Game Show BATSU! as well and runs their standup show Laughter Party. In his private teaching practice, he currently coaches comedians around the world (16 states and 8 countries at the time of writing). And some of his work includes helping Chase O'Donnell with her set "People Pleasure" which was put on both NPR and NYT's "Best Comedy Albums of 2023" lists.

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The 11th annual New South Comedy Festival will feature over a dozen stand-up, improv, and sketch comedy shows and workshops with guests from across the country from November 13-17th!

Host or Publisher Alchemy Comedy Theater