Friday, August 12 · 8:00pm – 11:00pm
The Asian American Writers’ Workshop
110-112 West 27th Street, Sixth Floor, New York, NY
Don’t want the summer to end? Neither do we! Come make friends with Filipino American comedian Air Tabigue, who has been featured on NBC, FOX, and PBS, and Moth Slam winning storyteller, writer, and blogger Saurabh Tak. As usual, novelist Ed Lin and stand-up comedian Jen Kwok will be handling hosting duties from our lovely green couch. Wanna get in on the action? Come ready with your own work and sign-…up for a 5-minute slot at 7:30PM.
Air Tabigue is a Filipino-American comedian who was born and raised in Long Island, NY. Throughout his life he has had a natural ability to make people laugh at any given moment. Now as a comedian, he is quickly rising in the comedy world performing at clubs and colleges around NYC and throughout the country. In 2004, Air won the Eastern Division of the First Asian American Stand Up Comedy Competition held by Takeout Comedy. He has appeared on NBC, FOX and has hosted of Asian America on PBS covering talented Asian-American artists in entertainment. He also co-hosts and produces the popular monthly show Jammin Asian at the Laugh Lounge NYC. Air connects with the audience as he jokes about and pokes fun at almost everything in everyday life with his own unique comedy style and animated stage presence. Everybody needs “Air” in their lives!
A Moth Slam winner, Saurabh Tak has been featured as a storyteller at several venues including Columbia University in New York, Speakeasy DC in Washington and Un-cabaret in Los Angeles. Most recently, he won the approval of both the critics and audiences for his gig in The Sin Show, the top-selling show at the annual Capital Fringe Festival in Washington. His brief opinions have also been published in The Washington Post and The Moderate voice.
$5 suggested donation
open to the public
sign up at 7:30 PM for a 5 minute slot
open to the public
sign up at 7:30 PM for a 5 minute slot