Laugh Lounge Showcase

Curious Comedy Presents the Laugh Lounge Showcase - Portland's premiere stand up showcase. Every month, Curious Comedy and Laugh Lounge (a livestreaming comedy app) partner to bring you a sample plate of the funniest, most original stand up both live at Curious Comedy AND live streaming on the Laugh Lounge app for an affordable price. This month, catch headliner Marlena Rodriguez, with host Kirsten Kuppenbender and featuring D Martin Austin, Dylan Jenkins, and Katie Nguyen. Don't miss it!

HEADLINER: Marlena Rodriguez

Marlena Rodriguez has been writing and performing comedy since birth. She’s toured with The Second City, done stand up across the country, and performed in a Lincoln Center benefit called, Leave It To Beavers: A Night With Tina Fey and Friends. Marlena has written for Netflix's Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, All About The Washingtons, George Lopez's Lopez, and JG Quintel's upcoming TBS project, Close Enough.

Marlena’s been named one of Comedy Central's Comics To Watch, though you may have already seen her at Glasgow International Comedy Festival, San Francisco Sketchfest, Limestone Comedy Festival, opening for Aparna Nancherla, Adam Devine, Gilbert Gottfried, or SNL’s Michael Che.

Marlena has been described as “equal parts sly, crazy, sassy, subdued and has clearly studied closely that particular flavor of Midwestern wack-a-doodle”. She wrote, produced, and starred in a web series called, We Have To Move, as well as a Broadway Video/Mas Mejor produced web series called, Bouncers. In 2016, she became a fellow of the Sundance Institute Episodic Lab with her script DMV.

Marlena is currently an Executive Story Editor on HBO's Silicon Valley.

Follow her on twitter @MarlenaRodrigz.

HOST: Kirsten Kuppenbender

Kirsten Kuppenbender is a goddamn Power House, with a heart made of precious metal. She's a comedian, a writer, an actor and is the visionary of a comedy revolution. Kupp's comedy has been described as "observational, with bouts of off-the-cuff brilliance". As a host, she has been deemed quirky, bubbly and "completely out of control" by guests and performers alike.

Kupp is the Founder and Producer of Lez Stand Up: a Portland-based, all-queer, feminist comedy collective and showcase. LSU has been voted Portland's Funniest Comedy Event for 3 years in a row (2016 through 2018). Kupp is especially proud because Lez Stand Up is her baby.

You may have seen her in Bridgetown Comedy Festival, All Jane Festival, hosting Hump! Film Festival, or The State of Period with Margaret Cho, or maybe when she opened for Emily Heller, Michael Che, DeAnne Smith or Fortune Feimster! Kupp gets around!

FEATURING:

D Martin Austin

D Martin Austin is a writer, comedian, and accidental activist living in Portland, OR. They have been a regular contributor to The Portland Mercury, finalist in Queerspace Magazine's OUTSTANDING Queer Comedy Competition, Associate Producer for Portland Queer Comedy Festival, and performed in the NW Black Comedy Festival, All Jane Comedy Festival, and HaHa Harvest Fest.

Katie Nguyen

Katie Nguyen is a writer and comedian living in Portland, Oregon. Her writing has been featured in The New Yorker and she is a regular at Helium Comedy Club. She has opened for Matt Braunger, Ron Funches, and performed at festivals including Limestone, Out of Bounds, 10,000 Laughs, Asheville, SF Sketchfest, Stumptown, All Jane, and Bridgetown.

Katie teaches comedy classes and workshops at Deep End Theater and Portland Center Stage. She hosts the weekly show Earthquake Hurricane, and has twice been named one of the Portland Mercury's Geniuses of Comedy.

Dylan Jenkins

Hailing from Portland Oregon Dylan Jenkins has become a favorite in the Northwest comedy scene. From working as a regular host at Helium Comedy Club, to preforming in weed stores or rural country bars, Dylan’s relentless yet empathetic comedic style makes him a crowd favorite wherever he preforms. Dylan has appeared on IFC’s Portlandia, The 10,000 Laughs Comedy Festival and in 2016 he was one of Willamette Week’s Funniest Five.