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UPCOMING SHOWS in SF AND OAKLAND

🎭 Upcoming Shows from Team Wonder Dave Productions 🎭

Hello Fans and Friends and Friends of Fans who are also friendly!

Whether you're in lucky in love or filled with the snark of the perpetually single best friend in a Rom-Com Mental Health Comedy Hour has two shows ready to bring you the laughs this Valentine’s Day. Safe Words is back with Black Out on February 26th.  Quick break down of highlights for you TLDR folks:

Feb 14th Mental Comedy Hour  2 shows 8pm, and 9:30pm

Feb 26th Safe Words presents Black Out an night of Queer Black Comedy

Give Wonder Dave a follow on 🦋🔵 Blue Sky: @wonderdave.bsky.social

Ruckus Revival is tonight Want more details? 💃 Let’s get ready for love entertainment:

Every 2nd Friday in Oakland

2 shows for Valentine’s Day 🩷

🛋️ Mental Health Comedy Hour: Valentine’s Day Special! 💕

Do you struggle with Depression, Anxiety, ADHD, or Bipolar disorder? Why not laugh about it? Join us for a night of jokes, mental health insights, and good vibes.

✨ Featuring interviews with mental health professionals alongside the Bay Area’s funniest comedians!

Hosted by Wonder Dave & Kristee Ono, with Stage Manager Lola. Guest Mental Health Professional Eric Rubin!

📅 Friday, February 14th

⏰ Two Showings:

8:00 PM with Corde Snell  and Abby LaPorte

9:30 PM with Cathy Zhao and Eric Rubin (comedian and Mental Health Profesional)

📍 All Out Comedy Theater

2550 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, CA

🎟️ Tickets:

$15 Online / $20 At the Door Student discount tickets $8 online

👉 8 PM Show Tickets 👉 9:30 PM Show Tickets

🤳Insta @mhcomedyhour 😐 Facebook facebook.com/mentalhealthcomedyhour/ 🦋 BlueSky mhcomedyhour.bsky.social

🎨 Laugh in Color This February! 🌈

We’re teaming up with Laugh in Color* for an incredible All Black, All Queer showcase:

2️⃣ Safe Words: Black Out 📅 Wednesday, February 26th 7pm 📍 SF Eagle 398 12th Street, San Francisco Special guest host Jalisa Robinson. Featuring Ava LaShay, Becky Lynn, Cynthia in Public, Becky Lynn and Headliner Marcus Williams.

Mark your calendars—you won’t want to miss this  show! 📲 follow @safewordscomedy on instagram 🦋 and now we’re on BlueSky safewordscomedy.bsky.social

Tickets available  on www.teamwonderdave.com * Laugh in Color is an event happening throughout the Bay Area this February of local shows featuriing all black line ups. We’re delighted to be part of the event if you’d like to find out about more shows participating a complete list is available at www.laughincolorproject.com and give them a follow on instagram @laughincolor

🎭 The Ruckus Revival

🗓 When: Every 2nd Thursday of the month Doors at 7 PM, Show at 8 PM ⏭️ Next Show:  TONIGHT Feb 13th annual F*ck Valentine’s Day 📍 Where: Continental Club, Oakland 🎟 Tickets & Info: Join the chaos BUY YOUR TICKETS IN ADVANCE this show often sells out 📸 Follow: @theruckusrevival and on BlueSky 🦋 theruckusrevival.bsky.social Hosted by Jamie DeWolf and Wonder Dave, enjoy an evening of circus, aerial, burlesque, comedy, and SO MUCH MORE! California’s largest and longest running variety show has been called "The Fight Club of Underground Art" by the Huffington Post.

FREE COMEDY: Hysteria Comedy Open Mic 4 Women & Queers

🗓 When: Every 2nd (and 5th) Wednesday of the month.

⏭️ Next Shows: Wed March 12th 7pm 📍 Where: SF Eagle, San Francisco 📸 Follow: @hysteriacomedy 🎟 Register for free

Stay tuned for more upcoming shows. Our newest show the Castro Comedy Cabaret at Beaux returns March 8th.

✨ Support Us Online!

Love what we do? Here’s how you can help:

🌟 Patreon: patreon.com/teamwonderdave 🔗 Website: teamwonderdave.com 🎥 YouTube: youtube.com/teamwonderdave 👤 Facebook: facebook.com/teamwonderdave 📸 Instagram: @teamwonderdave 🔵 Blue Sky: @wonderdave.bsky.social

Thank you for supporting comedy that makes a difference. See you at the shows!

Hope to make you laugh in the near future! We’ve got more exciting things coming your way real soon.

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SMILF (Straight Men I'd Like to 'Friend') comedy gameshow is happening June 9th in Oakland CA. Watch as Wonder Dave and Marcus Williams quiz these straight men about queer culture and make them complete ridiculous challenges to prove that they are worthy of being... 'friends'. It's a playful night of objectification and inclusivity. This month we've got an absolutely hilarious headliner fresh off of her impressive showing at the LGBTLOL Comedy Fest in New Orleans we're pleased to bring you Angie Krass! This month's SMILF contestants are Marcus Howard, Richard Barney, and Imran G. Get your tickets and more info here June 9th 8pm All Out Comedy Theater 2550 Telegraph Ave Oakland, CA

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Join us for an online edition of Literary Pop! The show where writers, storytellers, and comedians share work inspired by their pop culture obsessions. For the month of October we’re getting spooky with it as we take a look at some of our favorite, films, characters and stories from the horror genre. Tickets available via Eventbrite Facebook Event

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Rachel Lark Debuts "The World's Really F*cked But This Show Will Be Pretty Good" - Northern Transmissions

Oakland-based singer/songwriter Rachel Lark has released a video for "The World's Really F*cked But This Show Will Be Pretty Good"

Check out Rachel Lark’s new music video! You might recognize some of the actors like author Dossie Easton and me.

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Nerd Rage the Great Debates Live at Home

Nerdy comedians debating audience suggested topics!

Heyo!  Join us for a night of nerdy raging at 7pm Pacific. Tickets are Pay-What-You-Can! 

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What do Star Wars, Adele, Antonio Sabato Jr., The Golden Girls and Married at first sight have in common?  They’re the topics for the next Literary Pop!    Join us on Zoom May 29th 7pm Pacific!  Watch as writers, comedians and storytellers share work inspired by the pop culture they’re obsessed with.   Tickets are pay what you can https://www.eventbrite.com/e/literary-pop-tickets-105742135574 

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Join me for some online laughter

I know a lot of folks are experiencing financial hardship currently so these shows are all pay-what-you-can. What I want most is your smiling face in the virtual crowd! May 22nd  7pm Pacific 

SMILF (Straight Men I’d Like to Friend) Comedy Show Join your hosts stand-up comedians and noted homosexuals Wonder Dave and Marcus Williams as they try to find out just what is going on in the minds of heterosexual men in SMILF: Straight Men I’d Like to Friend!

Each show Wonder Dave and Marcus will gather some straight male performers to showcase their craft and then they’ll interview the boys to find out why they have decided to take the deviant life path of heterosexuality.  BUT because we have no interest in running a show that only showcases Straight men we’ll also be bringing you an amazing female spotlight performer! This month we’ve got the hilarious stand up comedy of Clara Bijl! 

Tickets available via eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/smilf-straight-men-id-like-to-friend-comedy-show-tickets-105728964178 Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/938685759902584/

May 23rd 7pm Pacific 

Nerd Rage The Great Debates Live Online Everyone’s favorite comedy debate podcast is back with another live recording.  Check out previous episodes of the podcast at nerdragepodcast.com 

Ticket Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nerd-rage-the-great-debates-live-online-tickets-104851022230 Facebook Event https://www.facebook.com/events/300938837573656/     

May 29th 7pm Pacific

Literary Pop!  

Writers, storytellers and comedians gather to share work inspired by the Pop Culture they love This show we’re talking Wonder Woman, Married at First Sight,  Star Wars and more!

Ticket Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/literary-pop-tickets-105742135574

Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/243421676726024/

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Saturday May 9th at 7pm Pacific time join in as some of your funniest nerds fight about.... Whatever you want them to?!  That’s right for this live episode of the podcast we’ll be taking audience suggestions and championing pretty much anything?  You want to hear Superman vs Batman? We’ll do that! You want Chicken Noodle Soup vs The Alphabet? We’ll do that too!  It’s audience suggestion at this show!    Tickets are pay-what-you can via eventbrite so grab yours now!  See you soon! 

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V. E. Schwab, Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Charlie Jane Anders For Books Inc.

A fundraiser for Books Inc., and book launch for Maggie Tokuda-Hall

Tuesday, May 6th at 12pm PT as part of the #WeLoveBookstores initiative. Tickets are pay what you can for the launch of Author Maggie Tokuda Hall’s new YA novel  The Mermaid, The Witch and The Sea. This show is a fundraiser for Books Inc., and book launch for Maggie Tokuda-HallAbout this EventIt’s a tough time for local bookstores, what with the social distancing and the sheltering in place. So we’re raising funds to help local Bay Area bookstores stay in business, with a series of fundraisers. This event will be a discussion between Charlie Jane Anders, V. E. Schwab, and Maggie Tokuda-Hall (for whom this is also a launch party). The authors: Victoria “V.E.” Schwab is the #1 NYT, USA, and Indie bestselling author of more than a dozen books, including Vicious, the Shades of Magic series, and This Savage Song. Her work has received critical acclaim, been featured by EW and The New York Times, been translated into more than a dozen languages, and been optioned for TV and Film. The Independent calls her the “natural successor to Diana Wynne Jones” and touts her “enviable, almost Gaimanesque ability to switch between styles, genres, and tones.” CHARLIE JANE ANDERS is the former editor-in-chief of io9.com, the popular Gawker Media site devoted to science fiction and fantasy. She is the author of the highly acclaimed science fiction novel, City in the Middle of the Night. Her debut novel, All the Birds in the Sky, won the Nebula Award for Best Novel and was a Hugo Award finalist. Her story, “Six Months, Three Days” won a Hugo Award. She has also had fiction published by McSweeney’s, Lightspeed, and ZYZZYVA. Her journalism has appeared in Salon, the Wall Street Journal, Mother Jones, and many other outlets. Maggie Tokuda-Hall is the author of the Parent’s Choice Gold Medal winning picture book, Also an Octopus, illustrated by Benji Davies, and the young adult novel The Mermaid, The Witch and The Sea. You can read her writing for adults in her column for Catapult Magazine (Fear and Loathing in Utero), and her fiction on The Rumpus, Joyland Magazine, and Columbia Journal for Literature and the Arts.

The beneficiary: Books Inc.’s origin dates back to the Gold Rush Days of 1851 when Anton Roman struck it rich in Shasta City, California and set himself up in business selling books. That small bookstore was moved, bought, sold, burned, rebuilt, renamed and became Books Inc., as we know it today, in 1946.Today, with 11 stores and around 200 employees, Books Inc. serves as a shining example that independent bookselling can survive and prosper, even if we must dance among the elephants.Every penny you spend on this event will directly to Books Inc. How does it work? Use the conferencing system Zoom. After you sign up you’ll get an email with the Zoom access code. (Check that Eventbrite is using your current email address.) You don’t have to join with video, but it’s nice to see faces.

[wonderdave]

Thursday August 29th 8pm

Mental Health Comedy Hour

DNA’s Comedy Lab in Santa Cruz, CA

https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4294141

Do you struggle with Depression, Anxiety, Bi-Polar disorder,  or ADHD? Why not laugh about it? Stand up comedians tell jokes and talk about their life with mental illness. All in the jovial environment of a late-night talk show. Also featuring interviews with licensed professional therapists and more! At the Mental Health Comedy Hour we’re not OK, and that’s OK! Hosted by Wonder Dave and Kristee Ono.

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A bunch of hilarious nerds are coming to the Minnesota Fringe Festival Aug 9th 5:30pm and Aug 10th 2:30pm at the Crane Theater in Minneapolis!  Hope to see you there. Event page here. 

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The Nic Cage Tournament, Part One.

Now right about here, we usually write something witty, but that's not happening -- so let's get ready to CAGE! With Anica Cihla, Hayden Greiff-Neill, Lael Gold, Kristee Ono, Ryan Hertel, Sophay Lawhead, and Alexandria Love

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Our ever popular mini-tournament format is in full GenCon mode as some of your favorite Komedio kids defend their favorite childhood board games! Does “Battleship” have what it takes to blow “Candyland” out of the water? Can “Clue” topple “Jenga?” And who makes it to the finals to claim board game supremacy? Whether you’re pulling bricks, sinking ships, or having way too much we stop the recording too soon – always be ready to RAGE!

Catch Komedio/Nerd Rage: TGD at GenCon on August 4th in Indianapolis, IN!

Produced by Will Scovill & Komedio Comedy Find more episodes of Nerd Rage! The Great Debates at NerdRagePodcast.com

Stay informed on Komedio live shows and podcasts visit Komed.io

✉️ e-Mail us at [email protected] (put “Nerd Rage” in the subject line)

Find us @NerdRageTGD on Twitter or follow us on Facebook for more updates.

Special Guests: Mike Manfrin, Stephen Ku, Tirumari Jothi, and Wonder Dave.

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San Francisco Comedian and Burrito Performance Artist Kristee Ono tries to eat 8 burritos in 8 hours.  

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Follow Kristee on tumblr @rabidpixie

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Nerd Rage! The Great Debates  goes deep with John Hughes!  Featuring Special guests Anna Weggel-Reed and Tom B. Reed and guest host Wonder Dave!   Listen here: http://nerdragepodcast.com/

Or find us on  Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher and more! 

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Episode Copy & Show Notes

Produced by Will Scovill & Komedio Comedy Find more episodes of Nerd Rage! The Great Debates at NerdRagePodcast.com

Stay informed on Komedio live shows and podcasts visit Komed.io

✉️ e-Mail us at [email protected] (put “Nerd Rage” in the subject line)

Find us @NerdRageTGD on Twitter or follow us on Facebook for more updates.

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