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Tickets are now on sale for comedy shows, plays and improv at SteelStacks
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Stand-up acts, holiday drag, improv and sketch comedy will help you chase away the cold-weather blues with good laughs at the SteelStacks campus. Tickets to these shows are now on sale for both ArtsQuest Members and the general public at steelstacks.org. For more exclusive ticket access and advance purchase opportunities, become an ArtsQuest Circle donor today.
Rachel Feinstein, will perform in the Musikfest Café presented by Yuengling Thursday, Dec. 1. Feinstein is a nationally touring comedian and actress with an impressive list of features and appearances including three of her own Comedy Central specials and Amy Schumer Presents Rachel Feinstein: Only Whores Wear Purple. Feinstein has appeared in numerous television shows from “Life & Beth”, “Red Oaks” and “Crashing” to “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” and “The View”. She appeared on several episodes of Inside Amy Schumer where she also worked as a contributing to as a writer. Feinstein also co-hosted with Shaq on Upload with Shaquille O’Neal.
Raymond the Amish Comic will perform in the Fowler Blast Furnace Room Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023. Raymond the Amish Comic has been performing stand-up for the past 31 years developing a cultlike following. He has been a regular guest on the WZZO “Morning show with the Bearman and Keith”, “The Miserable Men Show” and “Opie and Anthony” on Sirius Satellite Radio. Raymond The Amish Comic was part of the workshop production of Sony Entertainment’s recreation of “The Gong Show Live” and was buzzed off” America’s Got Talent” in an unprecedented five seconds.
Chip Chantry will perform in the Visitor Center presented by St. Luke’s University Health Network Friday, Jan. 12, 2023. The television writer and stand-up comedian was the winner of 2013’s Philly’s Phunniest Contest and named “Best Comedian” by Philadelphia Magazine in 2018. Chantry has been a reoccurring guest on the Dough Loves Moveies and Todd Glass Show podcasts and has opened for Dave Chappelle, Bob Saget and Tig Notaro. Chantry has released two comedy albums, “Across from the Adonis” and “Swingers Party.”
Suzanne Westenhoefer will perform Saturday, March 4, 2023, in the Fowler Blast Furnace Room. No one ever accused Westenhoefer of being subtle – not the shuttle driver who took her to the airport, the woman she was in line with at the grocery store yesterday and certainly not her audiences. She was the first openly lesbian comedian with an HBO Special and the first openly lesbian comedian on “Late Night with David Letterman”. She was even on 90s talk show, Sally Jesse Raphael for an episode called “Breaking the Lesbian Stereotype… Lesbians Who Don’t Look Like Lesbians”. The kid from Amish Country who began her comedy career on a dare is celebrating a quarter century of out, open, no-holds-barred comedy.
Pinky Patel will bring her show “New Crown, Who Dhis,” to the Musikfest Café Friday, March 10, 2023. The Illinois PTA mom turned creator, comedian is best known for her hilarious commentary and viral video streaming from her glam cave. Patel can also be recognized from her brand work with Clorox, Pure Leaf Tea and many more.
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The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler will take over the Fowler Blast Furnace Room for two shows Saturday, Nov. 12. Directed by Bethlehem’s own Kathy Freer, this empowering play is for all genders! These stories range from funny to happy, sadness to anger and every nuanced in-between emotion. The Vagina Monologues is one of the greatest political plays of our time and is a must see for anyone who is a woman or knows a woman. A percentage of ticket sales will benefit Bethlehem-based Cay Galgon Life House and Bloom for Women. *This play includes readings around topics such as sexual assault, physical violence, and identity-based discrimination and harassment. *
Ring in the Holidays with the Girls! A Golden Girls Drag Christmas will take place in the Fowler Blast Furnace Room Dec. 26, 28 and 29. A Golden Girls Drag Christmas features the legendary foursome in their two Christmas-themed episodes. Presented as staged readings, season two’s “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” and season five’s “’Twas the Night Before Christmas” feature much of what made this show great, including Dorothy’s schmuck ex-husband Stan, Blanche’s Santa kink, and tales of how the holidays were celebrated in St. Olaf and Sicily. A Golden Girls Drag Christmas features Elektra Fearce St. James as Sophia, Georgia Versace Couture as Dorothy, Sharron Ann Husbands as Blanche and Carol Ann Carol Ann as Rose with more guests to be announced!
Through the end of 2022, ArtsQuest will host a schedule full of funny beginning with Thursday, Nov. 3, when Dehydrated Meatballs & Greg will begin their run as the ArtsQuest house improv team. On Friday, Nov. 4 Pigeon City returns with a brand-new night of live sketch comedy. Stand-up comic Tyler Rothrock brings his show “It’s Great to be Here” to SteelStacks Nov. 19. Comic duo Matt Candio and Evan Stutts return with their show “We’re Good, You’re Great” Nov. 25.
Visit: steelstacks.org/comedy for language/content age recommendations and full schedule.
About ArtsQuest
ArtsQuest’s mission is to provide access to exceptional artistic, cultural and educational experiences using arts and culture as key elements of economic development for our urban communities. ArtsQuest™ supports this mission via the presentation of performing and visual arts, film, arts education classes and outreach, youth programming and cultural events.
The ArtsQuest Comedy program, in existence since the opening of the ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks in April 2011, includes the Lehigh Valley’s only year-round comedy class program, the SteelStacks Improv Comedy Festival, and 100-150 free and ticketed shows a year. It is overseen by Senior Programming Director Ryan Hill and Programming Specialist Addyson Young, who serve as Festival Director and Assistant Festival Director, respectively, for the SSICF.
Through festivals such as its flagship event, Musikfest; the Banana Factory Arts Center; and the ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks arts and cultural campus, ArtsQuest’s programming reaches more than 1.9 million people annually. The organization’s programs and events, approximately 50% of which are free to attend, have a combined economic impact of more than $136 million annually in the region. ArtsQuest is a proud member of NIVA, the National Independent Venue Association and NATO, the National Association of Theatre Owners.
Information provided to TVL by:
Kelley Andrade, ArtsQuest
Public Relations Coordinator
http://www.artsquest.org/
