Name: Ladies of Laughter
Start: 2024-04-26T20:00:00
End: 2024-04-26T22:00:00
Location: SOPAC

Friday, April 26 at 8PM

The Ladies of Laughter Funny & Fabulous Tour includes winners and the best talent from the Ladies of Laughter annual national competition.

What started out as an annual videotape comedy competition in New York to honor comedian Mary Jo Wobker, who helped so many other female comedians break into the stand-up world, has grown in comedy clubs and venues around the tri-state area, including Atlantic City casinos, Caesars, Madison Square Garden, and now SOPAC!

Now known as “The Careerbuilder for Women in Comedy,” previous competition participants have included Amy Schumer, Tammy Pescatelli, and Big Bang Theory star Melissa Rauch, among many others. In 2018, Carol Burnett accepted the first ever “Ladies of Laughter Spirit Award” established to honor those women who have inspired others to enter the competitive field of comedy.

Ladies of Laughter (LOL) comes to SOPAC through through its Creative Community Brain Trust’s work with comedian Liz Glazer. This is the final show LOL will at SOPAC during the 2023-24 Season.

Meet the Comedians

Julia Scotti

A 2012 Ladies of Laughter Finalist, Julia Scotti is the subject of the critically acclaimed documentary Julia Scotti: Funny that Way. After a very successful film festival tour, it is now streaming across multiple digital platforms. Scotti is excited to have a cameo in the groundbreaking 2022 film Bros, starring Billy Eichner. Scotti is one of the featured performers on Showtime in More Funny Women of a Certain Age. Scotti remains a fan favorite for America’s Got Talent audiences, with each of her three appearances on the show garnering over a million views on YouTube.

Kelly MacFarland

The 2016 Ladies of Laughter Professional winner, MacFarland has an extensive background in comedy, including clubs, theaters, colleges, festivals, television, and entertaining the U.S. troops overseas. MacFarland was the first runner-up in the Boston Comedy Festival and voted “Best of the Fest” at the Aspen Rooftop Comedy Festival. She has two albums available on iTunes, Amazon, and SiriusXM radio. MacFarland has performed at the Oddball Comedy Festival, the Comedy Stage at Boston Calling Music Festival, Lucille Ball Comedy Festival—National Comedy Center, and has been a featured headliner for the Boston Women in Comedy Festival. She has appeared on Stand Up in Stilettos on the TV Guide Channel, The Today Show, The View, Comedy Central, NBC’s Last Comic Standing, and AXS Gotham Comedy LIVE.

Kate Nichols

Kate Nichols is a stand-up comedian who’s performed internationally, including four years at the Edinburgh International Fringe Festival and for the U.S. Army as part of the USO, opening for Chris Gethard, in addition to her regular local appearances in the New York and New Jersey comedy scene. Her style is part indcredulosity, part rascal, and big parts heart. In addition to her stand-up, she’s half of comedy duo “Belleville Broads” with improv partner Angelique The Great. The pair perform as animal-print loving, exaggerated versions of everyone’s favorite over-the-top Aunts from New Jersey and have hosted shows for notable comics such as America’s Got Talent finalist Gina Brillon. Kate is also a licensed clinical social worker and works professionally as a therapist. She loves blending the worlds of comedy and mental health, as two sources for the human pursuit of making meaning out of our experiences to find greater connection to each other.

After winning the 2002 Ladies of Laughter Funniest Working Women contest, Kathryn Holmes has performed at various stand-up comedy clubs across the tri-state area, including “Gotham Comedy Club,” “Scotty’s Pub and Comedy Cove,” “Dangerfield’s,” “New York Comedy Club,” “Rascals,” “The DoJo of Comedy,” and “The NY Comedy Cove,” among others. She has also had the honor of opening for renowned comedians such as the original King of Comedy, D.L. Hughley, and Maureen Langan. She resides in Piscataway, NJ.

Accessibility & Accommodation

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If you or a member of your party needs assistance, please notify SOPAC at the time your tickets are purchased. Contact the SOPAC Box Office at (973) 313-2787 or boxoffice@SOPACnow.org.