Barts Tree Service Comedy Series
AT RIDGEFIELD’S BALLARD PARK – 4pm and 7pm
This event will be socially-distanced in pods at Ballard Park (485 Main Street)
MIKE BIRBIGLIA is a comedian, storyteller, director and actor who has performed for audiences worldwide, from the Sydney Opera House to Broadway. His most recent shows, The New One, Thank God for Jokes, and My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend can be found on Netflix. Additionally, Birbiglia is a filmmaker who wrote, directed, and starred in the films Sleepwalk With Me and Don’t Think Twice. Currently he is the host of the weekly podcast, Mike Birbiglia’s Working It Out.
His first book, “Sleepwalk With Me and Other Painfully True Stories,” was a New York Times bestseller, and he is the author of the new book, “The New One: Painfully True Stories from a Reluctant Dad, with poems by J. Hope Stein.” As an actor Birbiglia has appeared on Inside Amy Schumer, Girls and Broad City, and in the films Trainwreck, The Fault in Our Stars, and Popstar. He plays Danny Pearson on Orange Is the New Black and Oscar Langstraat on Showtime’s Billions.
Originally from Boston, stand-up comic SAM JAY is an Emmy Nominated Writer for Saturday Night Live. Sam’s Netflix one-hour special, 3 In The Morning premiered on Netflix August 4, 2020 to rave reviews. The New York Times called Sam “One of the most exciting provocateurs in comedy right now” and Fast Company said “3 In The Morning is a sumptuous feast of a stand-up special.” Previously, Sam was named one of Variety’s 10 Comics to Watch for 2018.
This event is rain or shine.
