I am very happy to announce that I have been hired as a writer for my dear friend W. Kamau Bell on his new show Totally Biased on the FX Network with Executive Producer Chris Rock! We premiere on Thursday August 9th at 11pm after Louie with 6 weekly episodes committed. Tune in!
With fellow writer Janine Brito and W. Kamau Bell. Photo by Matthias Clamer.
And here is a video of my new boss with Ashok and I on The Untitled Kondabolu Brothers Project in New York City last year:
I’ll be performing all over the Pacific Northwest this May!
MAY 18: TACOMA, WA
COMEDY UNDERGROUND (AT BIG WHISKEY SALOON, 100 S. 9TH STREET)
8:30, $15
TICKETS: http://tktwb.tw/HyuYbJ
MAY 21: PORTLAND, OR
FUNNY OVER EVERYTHING @ THE HOLLYWOOD THEATRE (4122 NE SANDY BOULEVARD)
9:00, $15
TICKETS: http://bit.ly/K28eQP
MAY 24-26: KIRKLAND, WA
LAUGHS COMEDY SPOT (12099 124th AVENUE NE)
8:30 Thursday, $10; 8:00 & 10:00 Friday & Saturday, $15
TICKETS: http://bit.ly/ITJUkc
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I’LL ALSO BE WORKING ON NEW STORIES & JOKES AT TOWN HALL SEATTLE’S “SCRATCH NIGHT” SERIES:
MAY 28: SEATTLE, WA
“SCRATCH NIGHT” AT TOWN HALL (1119 EIGHTH AVENUE)
7:30, $5
TICKETS: http://bit.ly/Kb2kII
AND SINCE YOU READ THIS FAR…HERE’S A JOKE ABOUT “THE CHIPOTLE REVOLUTION”
Finally some Kondabolu Brothers news to report! First, I am excited to announce that Rolling Stone India wrote a profile of Ashok and I this month called “The Small Town South Indian Boys of New York.”
Also, Ashok and I will be doing our “Untitled Kondabolu Brothers Project” show in New York City on May 10th at 8pm at The People’s Improv Theater (123 East 24th Street, New York, NY 10010) for the first time in almost a year! Tickets available HERE
Here’s a clip from a previous show where Ashok, W. Kamau Bell and I discuss Ashok’s “Vitamin Manifesto”:
I’m very proud to announce that I will be touring India with my friends Azhar Usman and Rajiv Satyal for 7 shows as part of the “Make Chai, Not War” tour.
This is my first opportunity to perform in my parents’ homeland and I’m looking forward to it! If you have friends in the cities below, please spread the word!
NEW UNAFFILIATED “MAKE CHAI NOT WAR” SHOW ADDED IN NEW DELHI/ GURGAON!!
Friday, January 20 – Gurgaon, Haryana
Venue: Epicentre, Sector 44, Gurgaon
21.00 – 23.00
http://www.facebook.com/events/288928944489454/
TOUR DATES:
Thursday, January 5 – Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Venue: Museum Theatre, Pantheon Road, Egmore
19.00 – 20.30
http://www.facebook.com/events/316287428405832/
Friday, January 6 – Bangalore, Karnataka
Venue: Vijayanagara Hall, Vivanta by Taj – M.G. Road
19.00 – 20.30
http://www.facebook.com/events/219257888151912/
Saturday, January 7 – Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
Venue: Ravindra Bharathi, Opposite Legislative Assembly, Saifabad
19.00 – 20.30
http://www.facebook.com/events/276422765740904/
Wednesday, January 11 – Patna, Bihar
Venue: Rabindra Bhawan, Beerchand Patel Path
18.00 – 19.30
http://www.facebook.com/events/176389645790531/
Saturday, January 14 – Kolkata, West Bengal
Venue: Kala Mandir, 48, Shakespeare Sarani
18.30 – 20.00
http://www.facebook.com/events/299142113464552/
Sunday, January 15 – Durgapur, West Bengal
Venue: Srijoni Auditorium, City Centre
17.00 – 18.30
Wednesday, January 18 – Mumbai, Maharashtra
Venue: Y.B. Chavan Center, Main Auditorium, Gen. Jagannath Bhosale Marg, Opp. Mantralaya
20.00 – 21.30
http://www.facebook.com/events/184905424939901/
BIG NEWS: Little brother Ashok’s band Das Racist is on the cover of of Spin Magazine for November… and I wrote the cover story.
Also, I posted clips from the Untitled Kondabolu Brothers Project shows we did in June at the Theatre Off Jackson in Seattle. Here’s one about our thoughts regarding Sasquatch Festival goers dressed as “Native Americans”:
