Come see the world premiere of “Baker’s Dozen,” followed by some hilarious comedy by some of Seattle’s best performers:
Friday Lineup
Ryan Padilla: Ryan is a comedian and motivational speaker. He’s had a crazy, adventure-filled life and he utilizes the perspectives gained and stories compiled to celebrate and laugh.
Emmett Montgomery: Emmett Montgomery is a Utah born/Seattle based comedian who was voted Best Seattle Comedian by Seattle Weekly three times, and has done a lot of neat things including Season 9 of NBC’s Last Comic Standing, nationally celebrated podcasts and festivals, working with the storytelling organization, The Moth, and is known for his strangeness, his warmth and his beard.
Cheri Hardman captivates audiences with hilarious tales about being a plus size, menopausal babe. She won Tacoma Comedy Club’s “The Comedy Voice,” was a finalist in Nate Jackson’s Super Funny Comedy Club’s “Funniest MF Out Here” and performed in Seattle International Comedy Competition. Her bawdy, sassy style makes her the perfect host for “Heavy Petting with Cheri Hardman.”
Michael Bellevue: Michael Bellevue is an avid sailor, reader and writer of Russian, standup producer, avid volunteer who’s produced several fundraisers for nonprofits, comedian, chess player since age 5, linguistics fan, and, self-evidently, Black. He volunteered at a food bank for 15 months during the pandemic.
Crystal Liston: Crystal is a PNW native and has been in the disability game for 32 yrs. She has decided to throw her hat into the comedy arena in hopes that the fame will help out her political career.
Saturday Lineup
Gretta Gimp: Gretta Gimp has the disability Cerebral Palsy. She has been doing “stand up“ since 2016. Her humor is self-deprecating and cathartic. She finds humor to be the best way to educate people about disability topics and believes that having a disability is just an ordinary fact of life—not anything extraordinary or inspirational.
Marcus Moreno: A first generation Cuban-American and Paralympic title-holder, Marcus Moreno’s unique combination of experiences gives him an equally unique comedic voice to match. He went from the 2014 paraclimbing national champion and gold medalist to stand-up comedian who sneaks disability advocacy into an otherwise charmingly irreverent look at life, family, and society. He’s fairly confident no one can say the same, but he’s also modest enough to admit there’s a chance. From this path, he has been featured in People, Good Morning America, E! Hollywood True Stories, and more.
Tambre Massman: Tambre, who grew up in Montana where she was raised by feral beatnik cowboys, is a Seattle comedy cryptid who has been known to haunt the Rendezvous on Tuesday nights where she is a producer of the Comedy Nest. Wildly overdressed for every occasion, she stuns with her outfits and slays with her jokes, Credits include: Detroit Women of Comedy Festival, Seattle Sketchfest, Intersections Festival.
Hosts
Kayla Brown (she/her) is a disabled activist and amature comedian from Seattle. She believes that art and other media forms are a way to break down stereotypes, build community, and transform people’s worlds. When not at work or school, Kayla co-produces the comedy show The Disabled List, plays video games, reads fanfiction, and eats snacks.
Dan Hurwitz: He’s disabled, Black, Jewish, a good cook, a bad basketball player, and, mostly, really really funny. A Seattle-based comedian, writer, and filmmaker, Dan was voted Best of Fest at both the Burbank Comedy Festival and Jersey City Comedy Festival and was a semifinalist in the 2023 edition of the 40+ year-running Seattle International Comedy Competition. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dan used the time stuck at home to co-write, co-direct, and eventually co-star in This is Spinal Injury, a mockumentary about the trials of disabled artists in quarantine, which later premiered at the Northwest Film Forum’s Local Sightings Film Festival in 2021.Along with his creative endeavors, Dan also is a producer of the annual Disabled List Comedy Festival and was a 2023 keynote speaker at the Pacific Northwest Employment Forum.
