Schedule of Events:
9:30 AM: Jaz Zapp: The Share Show
The Share Show, as part of 2025’s Knockouts Women’s Comedy Festival, is a modern-day “Cher Show” for the modern woman (and all who love them). Songstress and comedienne, Jaz Zapp (Betches), will host an evening of comedy delights and original parody songs accompanied by other notable female comedians, musical theater performers, drag queens, puppets, and more. This Carol Burnett meets Chappell Roan comedy romp is a hilarious and sparkly spectacle with Girl Power at its core.
Minimum age: 21 and over
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Location: 54 Below
2:30 PM: How To Book The Role
Join us for a panel about HOW TO BOOK THE ROLE
Panelists:
Marci Philips (ABC)
Marla Haut (Innovative)
Abbey Robertson (NYCC Booker)
Moderator:
Portia Black (And Just Like That)
Minimum age: All ages
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Location: The Arlo NoMad
5:00 PM: Writing for TV
Join us for a panel about WRITING FOR TV
Panelists:
Vannessa Jackson (SNL)
Nicole Conlan (The Daily Show)
Natasha Vaynblat (The Tonight Show)
Moderator:
Katie O’Grady (Emmy Award-Winning Director)
Minimum age: All ages
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Location: The Arlo NoMad
7:00 PM: Girl Mountain Presents: You've been Pre-Selected for a Credit Card
Congratulations! You qualify to open a line of credit with Girl Mountain Bank, where laughter is the currency! Settle up your debt with a night of brand new sketches on Sunday, March 9th at 7 pm at Eris. And remember...to give us your social security number ;)
Girl Mountain @girlmountainsketch is:
Lisa Zheutlin @lisazheut
Megan Bitchell @megan.bitchell
Franny Weed @phranny
Andrea Rose @andrea_rose01
Alex McMullen @alex.mcmullen
Jamie Duncan @jamieaduncan
Maddie Kasten @maddiekasten
Minimum age: 21 and over
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Location: Brooklyn Comedy Collective
7:00 PM: Kiki Yeung aka Cantonese Mom
Headliner Kiki Yeung aka Cantonese Mom (viral on IG) brings together a group of her fiercely hilarious comedian girlfriends to Knockouts Women’s Comedy Festival.
Enjoy a fun and hilarious evening of stand up comedy and interactive games where host and Kiki picks lucky audience members to taste different types of Canto food, get roasted and learn Canto (funniest Chinese accent) phrases.
About Kiki:
Kiki Yeung is a comedy pioneer!” - NBCLA
Kiki Yeung is a Hong Kong born, LA based comedian, actress, and producer. She headlined shows with sold out crowds at the New York Comedy Festival, Carolines on Broadway, The Comedy Store, The Ice House, Laugh Factory, Hollywood Improv, Cobbs Comedy Club and more.
Kiki is the founder of Crazy Woke Asians, the award winning, nationally touring comedy show featuring the funniest Asian American comedians. She’s also creator of “Kiki Funny Mama’s Night Out” docu-series featuring the funniest Asian American female comedians. Kiki’s been featured in Elizabeth Bank’s Whohaha’s Comedy Callout, LA Times, The Seattle Times, Time-out New York, NBC LA, CBS, FOX13, PIX11 NY and more. Watch Kiki on ABC’s The Parent Test.
Recently, Kiki went on an Asia tour and performed at The Netflix is a Joke Fest shows opening for Joe Wong and Ahmed Ahmed, headlined The Kufiya Comedy Festival in Dallas, Texas. Kiki is a finalist at the Kenan Presents Pop Up Comedy Fest in Las Vegas, and headlined a weekend for Kenan Presents at Jimmy Kimmel’s Comedy Club in Las Vegas. Catch her one hour special “Don’t Get Sick and Die” taped to a sold out crowd in Seattle’s Capitol Hill Comedy/Bar.
Minimum age: 21 and over
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Location: Rodney's
7:30 PM: Knockouts All-Stars
Join us for Knockouts All-Stars --the closing night of the Knockouts Women's Comedy Festival with headliner, Rachel Feinstein (@rachelfeinstein_), known for her Comedy Central specials and appearances on Netflix, and hosted by the hilarious Glorelys Mora (@glorelysmora).
The lineup included some of the funniest female comedians doing stand up and competing for the top prize of $2000.
Alongside Rachel Feinstein, a panel of industry judges will decide the winner of this exciting competition.
The night features sets by:
Danielle Perez (Netflix) @divadelux
Meka Mo (NYCF Comics to Watch) @mekasocial
Hanna Dickinson (Comedy Central) @hansdickie
Olga Namer (AGT) @olganamer
TaTa Sherise (NYCF Comics to Watch) @tatasherise
Sheria Mattis (Netflix is a Joke) @sheriamattiscomedy
Jess Elgene (NYCF Creators to Watch) @jess_elgene
Onika McLean (HBO) @onikacomedy
Kate Willett (Netflix) @kate.willett
Ali Clayton (JFL) @aliclaytoncomedy
Minimum age: 21 and over
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Location: Bowery Ballroom
8:00 PM: Kutti Gang!
Kutti Gang is the New York Times and Time Out New York recommended live comedy show hosted by Zubi Ahmed and Pooja Reddy. The comedy duo’s first special, Kutti Gang at The Tank, aired on PBS in August 2020. Kutti Gang has headlined Carolines on Broadway and been selected for the 2022 New York Comedy Festival.
Zubi Ahmed is a Bengali-American Muslim writer & comedian from Brooklyn. She’s been featured on Vulture’s Up And Coming Comedians, Bustle, and Refinery 29. You can see her on Hulu’s Ramy and find her performing standup and searching for iced coffee in the middle of any given day in NYC.
Pooja Reddy is a rural Kentucky raised first-generation American with roots in Hyderabad, India. A recovering government employee from the Obama Administration, Pooja is now a comedy writer and stand-up comedian based in NYC. She’s been featured on Vulture’s Comics to Follow and can be seen hosting for Disney ABC’s Localish Network.
Minimum age: 21 and over
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Location: The Stand
