The evening of Comedy will feature 3 top gay Comedians from New York City who have never performed in the Bucks County area. The evening is going to be a fun night that will bring the LGBT community together for a lot of laughs and a chance socialize in a fun relaxed suburban atmosphere.
Headlining the show is Frank Liotti who is a stand-up comic and actor who is a graduate from the “Yale School of Drama”. Frank headlines at “Caroline's” Comedy Club on Broadway, and performs stand-up comedy across America. His sardonic wit and unique stream of consciousness style have won him praise in the prestigious “Laughing Skull Comedy Festival”, the “Boston Comedy Festival”, the “Laughing Devil Comedy Festival”, the “Los Angeles Comedy Festival” and the “Long Island Laugh Off”.
As an actor, he has been seen playing criminals on multiple episodes of “Law and Order: Criminal Intent”, “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit”, Fox TV's “Jonny Zero”, “Canterbury’s Law” with Julianna Margulies.
Our feature act is Jess Solomon, a Canadian Comedian, who recently made the move to New York with her Muslim wife. Jess was selected to be a 2017 finalist for “Stand UP NBC”, a national contest for new upcoming Comedians with diverse backgrounds. She was also featured on “Raw Dog” which is an uncensored Comedy program produced by Sirius XM.She’s done a lot of cool festivals in America like the “Laughing Skull Festival” and “San Francisco Sketch Fest”, and was recently hired as a writer on the fourth season of the award-wining IFC/CBC sketch comedy show, “Baroness Von Sketch”.
In Canada, Jess has been in “Just for Laughs” and “Juste Pour Rire”, the “Winnipeg Comedy Festival” and on CBC’s “The Debaters”. Her stand up has aired on CBC Television and can be heard on Sirius XM’s “Canada Laughs” and CBC’s “LOL”.
Making her Bucks County debut as the MC/Host of the show, is a Canadian Muslim and a lesbian better known as Eman El-Husseini who has headlined all over Canada. Yes, she’s all those catastrophic identities rolled into one. Her life and Comedy is all about current events. From the Muslim ban to Palestinian rights and marriage equality for everyone. Even the ice cream truck that insists on parking in front of her building, it’s all happening and it’s happening to her. Strap in and get comfortable, Eman has a lot to work through and no doubt she’ll make you laugh hearing about it!
The Comedy Works Bristol is located inside Georgine's Restaurant, 1320 Newport Rd., Bristol, Pa. Doors open at 6:30 pm with the show starting at 7:30 pm and there will be Drink Specials and food available for purchase before and during the show. Dinner reservations are also available before the show from Georgine's by calling 215-785-0564 ext "0".
