Sabado Night Laughs - National Latina Day - August 2024

WE’RE BACK!! Every month, Las Locas Comedy & Pa Fuera Productions hosts an extra loca night of comedy at The Pocket at Surge Logan Square. Bring the homies out for some of the hottest comics (with a little extra sabor) in Chicagoland area and some special out of state guests! Come celebrate National Latina Day with a special edition of Sabado Night Laughs featuring an all-Latina line up of Chicagoland's mas caliente comedians on the scene! Date: SATURDAY 8/17/24 Doors: 7:00pm CDT Show: 8:00pm CDT sharp Location: The Pocket at Surge Logan Square 3716 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647 Hosted by: Janice Rodriguez (Las Locas Comedy) The Comedians: Eliana La Casa (Zanies) Jessi Realz (Laugh Factory) Hilary Jimenez (Limestone Comedy Festival) Christina Gutierrez (Lincoln Lodge) Headliner: Melissa DuPrey Melissa DuPrey is a multidisciplinary artist with roots from Humboldt Park, Chicago. After earning double Bachelor degrees from the University of Houston, she returned to Chicago to join the all-Latina theatre company, Teatro Luna. Her one-woman show, SEXomedy (2012), was developed during their monthly series for women of color in the arts and received a Chicago Reader Recommendation, a Member's Pick, and had a successful debut Off-Broadway in New York. The popular show spurred a progressive sequel, SEXomedy 2.0, which debuted at Steppenwolf Theater in April 2019. Her second solo show, SUSHI-frito, has also been critically acclaimed as part of MPAACT's Signature Series for solo artists. In 2014, she was selected as a new talent in the ABC Diversity Showcase in New York City. DuPrey is also a community organizer and spiritualist who also launched The Good Grief Project- an extension of the social justice component from her play GOOD GRIEF where communities of color are connected to local, accessible and multidisciplinary mental and spiritual wellness practitioners of color. Her full-length play BRUJAJA was selected as part of 16th Street's New Play Pop Up Reading Series for 2019 and is slated for a world premiere in 2021 with UrbanTheater Company. She has performed stand-up comedy in Chicago, New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles. She is a featured actor in the Emmy-nominated web-series Brown Girls and has many regional and non regional theater credits in Chicago. She can currently be seen as DR. SARA ORTIZ on "Grey's Anatomy" (Season 17 and 18). Other TV credits include a recurring appearance on "Empire" (FOX), and guest appearances on "The Resident" (FOX), "Chicago PD" (NBC), and "The Chi" (Showtime). Film credits include: Relative (2022), Long Division (2022), Cherry (2020), Two in the Bush (2017), The Way We Speak (2014) and Bromance (2014). As a musician and active member of her community, she is dedicated to the preservation of Puerto Rican culture by way of the folkloric music, Bomba y Plena, with Africaribe and Las BomPleneras. She is currently an Ensemble Member at UrbanTheater Company and Artistic Associate at Sideshow Theater. Full bar and menu available. 2 item minimum per person. 21+ to enter and drink. Buy your tickets in advance!* For more info about Las Locas Comedy please visit laslocascomedy.com and follow us on Facebook/TikTok/YouTube/Instagram/Twitter at @laslocascomedy and #sabadonightlaughs All ticket sales are final. Las Locas Comedy reserves the right to make changes to the comic lineup as needed.

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