Las Locas Comedy hosts Marilet Martinez and Jessi Realzola with improv group Ratas de Dos Patas fon the next Las Locas Live on Thursday, April 8th, 2021 at 7 pm central time. You can watch this loca interview show live and for FREE on our Facebook Live, YouTube Live or on Lady Laugh’s Comedy Twitch Channel. For a Facebook reminder when we go live, please select Get a Reminder here.
Ratas De Dos Patas is a collective of four boss womxn who in have taken the Chicago improv scene by storm! Abigail Pinon, Kendra Jamaica, Jessi Realzola, and Marilet Martinez are fierce Latinxs that bring comedy, cultura, and corazon to the stage! In the short time they have been together (well because does 2020 even count?), they have had multiple successful runs at the Annoyance Theatre and were nominated for Outstanding Improv Ensemble by the Alliance of Latinx Theatre Artists. They have performed in the Melanin Festival at Second City, a sold-out crowd at Steppenwolf’s Lookout Series: Las Locas presents Look Out for Locas, and at Femprovisor Fest 2019! Always looking to highlight diverse talent, RDDP intentionally curates their shows to feature POC, LGBTQ, and differently-abled performers. In 2019, they produced a sold out, standing room only Dia De Los Muertos show combining cultural ritual with improv and a Loteria fundraiser for the Chicago Period Project. During the pandemic, they also produced a Dia De Los Muertos short film with proceeds going to Black Lives Matter and Raices.
Janice V. Rodriguez, (first name #rhymeswithDenise) is a Chicago based entrepreneur, comedian, founder and producer of Las Locas Comedy, a comedy showcase that features Latina/Latinx comedic talent and our favorite locas of any background. For a full bio, check out: janicevrodriguez.com
Las Locas Comedy is excited for comedian, actress and writer Eunji Kim, to be our guest on the next Las Locas Live on Thursday, March 18th, 2021 at 7 pm central time. You can watch this loca interview show live and for FREE on our Facebook Live or on Lady Laugh’s Comedy Twitch Channel. For a Facebook reminder when we go live, please select Going or Interested here.
Eunji is currently a Senior Writer for Cards Against Humanity. In the before times, you could see her performing improv at iO Chicago (RIP) and stand up/solo sketch at Zanies, Laugh Factory and at independent showcases across the city. You may have seen her on screen too on Chicago Fire, Chicago Med and Work in Progress (Showtime). Follow her on @TheBest Eunji on Instagram to keep in touch with her loca life!
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Janice V. Rodriguez, (first name #rhymeswithDenise) is a Chicago based entrepreneur, comedian, founder and producer of Las Locas Comedy, a comedy showcase that features Latina/Latinx comedic talent and our favorite locas of any background. For a full bio, check out: janicevrodriguez.com
Las Locas Comedy is excited for Chilean-born and US raised comedian, content creator and actor Maria, to be our guest on the next Las Locas Live on Thursday, February 25th, 2021 at 7 pm central time. You can watch this loca interview show live and for FREE on our Facebook Live or on Lady Laugh’s Comedy Twitch Channel. For a Facebook reminder when we go live, please select Going or Interested here.
Maria is an actor, standup comedian, content creator and mama. Follow her on @themariajoseovalle on Instagram to keep in touch with her loca life!
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Janice V. Rodriguez, (first name #rhymeswithDenise) is a Chicago based entrepreneur, comedian, founder and producer of Las Locas Comedy, a comedy showcase that features Latina/Latinx comedic talent and our favorite locas of any background. For a full bio, check out: janicevrodriguez.com
Las Locas Comedy is excited to announce their production of a stay at home Valentine’s Night comedy event in conjunction with the Greater Ravenswood Chamber of Commerce happening on Saturday February 13th, 2021 at 8pm CST.
Ravenswood is always a popular destination for Valentine’s Day. Going out may look different this year, but we’ve got you covered with the first Ravenswood Valentine’s Date Night At-Home! You’ll be able to enjoy an evening of laughs and book a complete date night experience in just a few clicks.
First, we put together a virtual comedy show featuring some of the funniest rising stars in the Chicago comedy scene. Then, we called up our friends (Ravenswood small businesses) to create an easy, fun and local ‘date night at-home’ bundle for Valentine’s Day.
Valentine’s Date Night At-Home Comedy Show on 2/13
Host Janice Rodriguez
Laugh it up while snuggled with your sweetheart in the comfort of home! Las Locas Comedy presents an evening of performances from a diverse lineup of Chicago’s hottest comics, beamed to your screens and devices live via Zoom!
The show takes place on Saturday, February 13th and starts at 8pm. Host Janice Rodriguez will be joined by Jake Noll (Chicago Reader’s Best Chicago Stand Up, 2019), Dario Durham (B Posi+ive: The Chicago Stories podcast) Tyler Fowler (Best Of The Fest, Cleveland Comedy Festival) Sonal Aggarwal (Netflix’s Easy), and Laura Hugg (Second City).
Janice Rodriguez uses her experience as the “whitest Latina” she knows, an entrepreneur, and an “at best average marriage partner” to tell her side of the story. She brings a fresh perspective to topics related to her culture, Indiana upbringing, and her professional and personal lives. Janice is a regular at local comedy and storytelling showcases and has been invited to perform at a number of festivals, including Chicago Women’s Funny Festival, SheDot (Toronto), and LaughFest (Grand Rapids). Janice is a founder and producer of Las Locas Comedy, a showcase that features Latina/Latinx talent.
Jake Noll is an actor and comedian newly based out of LA. They have appeared in numerous original series and shorts, including as the lead in Just Call Me Ripley (series OTV). As a stand up they have opened for Matt Braunger, Beth Stelling, Justin Willman, Joel Kim Booster, and Cameron Esposito. In 2019 they were named Best Stand Up by The Chicago Reader. They have performed all over the country, including Laugh Factory (Chicago), Break Out Fest (Second City), NBC Stands Up semi finals, SF Sketchfest (San Francisco), and Limestone Comedy Festival (Bloomington, IN).
Dario Durham is a Chicago comedian and producer, and the co-host of the podcast B Posi+ive: The Chicago Stories. His second collaborative comedy album, Laughter Is Good for the Soul, debuted on iTunes at #1! He’s also the co-founder of We Can Do Better, a community organization aimed at proactively creating positive change. Most recently, Dario is the co-producer and host of a new show at Zanies Comedy Club, “Wednesdays After Work”.
Tyler Fowler‘s witty and clean brand of stand up comedy has made him a favorite around Chicago and across the US. Regularly appearing at Zanies Comedy Club, he was recently named among the ‘Best Of The Fest’ at the Cleveland Comedy Festival. Tyler’s album, Friends With 401(k) Benefits, premiered #1 on iTunes and Top 10 on the Billboard Comedy Charts.
A former international street performer turned emcee, Sonal Aggarwal has brought her talents to Chicago as an actor, comedian, producer and movement artist. Her one woman show The Alchemy of Bliss played for a sold out weekend at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theater. You can see her on Netflix’s Easy as well as the short film A Period Piece, which debuted at SXSW 2020.
Laura Hugg is a hilarious stand-up comedian, sketch comic, and storyteller. She is a Second City Conservatory graduate and in “the before times,” you could see her at comedy clubs and independent shows across Chicagoland. She’s been a producer of several popular stand-up showcases (such as House of Za, Frank Simon Comedy Hour, and Comedy Tub) and was long-time host of the Second City Training Center Open Mic. Currently, she is honing her craft in Zoom rooms all over the globe!
Your Support Matters
Proceeds from this package support each participating business, as well as the Greater Ravenswood Chamber of Commerce. GRCC is a non-profit organization that relies heavily on special events to fund our work supporting local small businesses. When festivals like Ravenswood On Tap and Ravenswood ArtWalk were cancelled in 2020, we lost vital revenue. Now more than ever, your support has a huge impact on our mission to foster a vibrant, sustainable, hyper-local economy in Ravenswood.
Add the Ravenswood Date Night Bundle! Includes Dinner, Drinks, Dessert, and More
Note: Date Night Bundle sales closed on Friday, February 5th.
Complete your night with a little help from the neighborhood! We teamed up with some of our favorite Ravenswood shops and restaurants to curate the perfect night-in for your Valentine’s Day weekend. Cabernet from a local winery, dinner from a beloved Italian restaurant, tickets to a comedy show, and chocolate chocolate-covered sweets for dessert! We’ve even got your next-morning cup of coffee taken care of.
The Ravenswood Valentine’s Date Night Bundle includes:
Janice V. Rodriguez, (first name #rhymeswithDenise) is a Chicago based entrepreneur, comedian, founder and producer of Las Locas Comedy, a comedy showcase that features Latina/Latinx comedic talent and our favorite locas of any background. For a full bio, check out: janicevrodriguez.com
Las Locas Comedy is excited for New Jersey born and raised comedian and actor Jillian Ebanks , to be our guest on the next Las Locas Live on Thursday, February 11th, 2021 at 7 pm central time. You can watch this loca interview show live and for FREE on our Facebook Live or on Lady Laugh’s Comedy Twitch Channel. For a Facebook reminder when we go live, please select Going or Interested here.
Jillian was awarded the Second City 2018 NBC Bob Curry Fellowship. Most recently she performed with The Second City at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in America; It’s Complicated! She is the co-creator and co-producer of B.A.P.S Comedy. With a degree in sociology she refuses to use, Ebanks hopes all her hard work pays off one day when Ben & Jerry’s asks her to create her very own ice cream flavor. Also, like, an invitation to the Met Gala would be cool. Surprisingly, she isn’t currently represented. Follow her at @Curlyhairnocare for pictures with hella filters.
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Janice V. Rodriguez, (first name #rhymeswithDenise) is a Chicago based entrepreneur, comedian, founder and producer of Las Locas Comedy, a comedy showcase that features Latina/Latinx comedic talent and our favorite locas of any background. For a full bio, check out: janicevrodriguez.com
Las Locas Comedy is excited for Tampa based comedian and actor Aniria Turney, to be our guest on the next Las Locas Live on Thursday, January 28th, 2021 at 7 pm central time. You can watch this loca interview show live and for FREE on our Facebook Live or on Lady Laugh’s Comedy Twitch Channel. For a Facebook reminder when we go live, please select Going or Interested here.
Aniria is an actress and stand up comedian based in Tampa, Florida. She got her first break in the Netflix film “Naked” with Marlon Wayans. Other TV credits include NBC’s Chicago Med and Hulu’s The Act with Patricia Arquette. She was also voted Tampa Bay’s 2017 Best Up and Coming Comic by Creative Loafing and she performed at the 2019 Burbank Comedy Festival.
You can follow Aniria on Instagram at @aniriaisfunny.
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Janice V. Rodriguez, (first name #rhymeswithDenise) is a Chicago based entrepreneur, comedian, founder and producer of Las Locas Comedy, a comedy showcase that features Latina/Latinx comedic talent and our favorite locas of any background. For a full bio, check out: janicevrodriguez.com
When COVID-19 hit in March of 2020, it set the entire plans of Las Locas Comedy upside down. Once we emerged from our collective shock and brain fog, we decided to start interviewing some of our favorite #locas4life to check in and talk about all the important issues of the summer of 2020 including the Black Lives Matter movement.
Over the next few weeks, we’ll be uploading more of our interviews to our YouTube channel. Not surprisingly, we’re still going through the same issues 9+ months later. Catch up and subscribe to our channel!
Janice V. Rodriguez, (first name #rhymeswithDenise) is a Chicago based entrepreneur, comedian, founder and producer of Las Locas Comedy, a comedy showcase that features Latina/Latinx comedic talent and our favorite locas of any background. For a full bio, check out: janicevrodriguez.com
Las Locas Comedy is back with season 2 of Las Locas Live, our Facebook Live show that interviews some of your favorite #locas4life to talk about important and not so important issues alike. We’re excited to have a featured comedian from our October 2020 show, the hilarious Maria De La Ghetto, as our guest on a first episode of Season 2 on Thursday, January 14th, 2021 at 8pm central time. You can view this loca interview show for FREE on Facebook Live or on Lady Laugh’s Comedy Twitch Channel. For a Facebook reminder when we go live, please select GET REMINDER here.
Maria De La Ghetto is an LA-based comedian, born in the Philippines, but raised in Highland Park, a neighborhood in North East Los Angeles. Growing up half Filipino and half Mexican made for an interesting upbringing because everyone thought she was Hawaiian. Her comedy is a collection of experiences from navigating being a misfit in minority groups to being the fat kid in class. She’s performed at San Diego clubs such as Mad House Comedy Club and The Comedy Palace, and in LA Comedy Clubs such as the Flappers Comedy Club and Haha Comedy Cafe. She is currently part of The Misfit Toys Comedy Studio, a studio that focuses on promoting women in comedy. She co-hosts a weekly live show every Thursday at 2pm PST with the Misfit Toys.
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Janice V. Rodriguez, (first name #rhymeswithDenise) is a Chicago based entrepreneur, comedian, founder and producer of Las Locas Comedy, a comedy showcase that features Latina/Latinx comedic talent and our favorite locas of any background. For a full bio, check out: janicevrodriguez.com
Las Locas Comedy is excited to have a feature comedian from our ¡The Almost Done With 2020 Show!, Victoria Vincent, as our guest on a special episode of Las Locas Live on Wednesday November 18th, 2020 at 8pm central time. You can view this loca interview show for FREE on our Facebook Live or on Lady Laugh’s Comedy Twitch Channel. For a Facebook reminder, please select Going or Interested here.
Victoria Vincent is a Chicago based comic who originally ails from Columbus, OH. She’s a healthcare worker who brings a wild card “Why is She Here?” vibe to both medicine and comedy. Victoria is just going through life trying to be mistaken for Lizzo until she becomes famous. You have two hilarious opportunities to see Victoria: Las Locas Live and The Almost Done With 2020 Show!
You can follow Victoria on Instagram at @Notorious_V_I_C
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Janice V. Rodriguez, (first name #rhymeswithDenise) is a Chicago based entrepreneur, comedian, founder and producer of Las Locas Comedy, a comedy showcase that features Latina/Latinx comedic talent and our favorite locas of any background. For a full bio, check out: janicevrodriguez.com
