Radius Gallery Night
Celebrate laughter! A very special evening of comedy at the RADIUS GALLERY at the TANNERY! WINE/BEER and ART
Ahmed Bharoocha
Conan and Comedy Central veteran Ahmed Bharoocha is half Irish Catholic, half Pakistani-Indian-Burmese-Muslim, and wholly a master of punctuating striking social commentary with high-energy theatrics. During high school his family relocated from Santa Barbara to Rhode Island, where Bharoocha made the leap from Stitches Comedy Club dishwasher to open micker. While attending the University of Rhode Island he frequented Boston’s Comedy Studio, becoming a Comic in Residence in the process.
In 2010 Bharoocha won the Magner’s International Comedy Festival and soon moved to Los Angeles (specifically his sister’s dining-room floor). There he began producing weekly web shorts with Ryan O’Flanagan and Jack Robichaud for their Dead Kevin YouTube channel; the viral sketch trio has since been featured on Tosh.0, Funny or Die and named one of L.A. Weekly’s 2013 Comedy Acts to Watch. As a solo stand-up, Bharoocha’s festival performances include Just for Laughs Montreal, the Moontower Comedy Festival, Riot L.A., the Great American Comedy Festival and Scotland’s Glasgow International Comedy Festival. Most recently he appeared on Adam DeVine’s House Party, Viceland’s Flophouse and currently he plays a series regular on the Adult Swim series Dream Corp, LL
Chelsea Bearce
Chelsea Bearce is a comedian from Benicia, California by way of New York. Cutting her teeth at legendary clubs like The Stand and Broadway Comedy Club, she can now be found headlining at the Sacramento and San Francisco Punch Lines, as well as breweries, clubs, and festivals across the country. She was a Featured Headliner at the Colorado Springs Comedy Festival, came in third place at the 45th annual San Francisco International Comedy Competition, and won Best of Fest at Big Pine Comedy Festival in Phoenix, Arizona. She is a regular on The Gateway Show and Don’t Tell Comedy, and tours with her husband, comedian Matt Walker, as The Lovebirds. Chelsea recently shot her first comedy special, “That’s So Stupid”, slated for release at the end of 2023.
Matt Walker
Matt Walker is a relatively well-adjusted comedian that grew up in a cult in the woods. Matt has performed across the country, from the Tempe Improv all the way to Laugh Boston. He has also been featured at multiple comedy festivals, including Big Pine Comedy Festival, Sac Town Comedy Get Down, the Cactus Comedy Classic, and the San Diego Comedy Festival. Matt has been a featured performer on the Gateway Comedy Show and Don’t Tell. Matt was the cohost of the long running podcast ‘Meat Sweats’ and was a guest on the popular podcast ‘Ask A’, where he talked in depth about his time in a cult. Matt co-hosts the weekly podcast ‘Shirt Your Pants’ with his wife and fellow comedian Chelsea Bearce.
and your host, DNA
DNA’s unique brand of comedy skewers America with a psychedelic double twist. The creator of several comedy festivals and a web series, DNA has opened up for Moshe Kasher, Janeane Garofalo, Myq Kaplan and most of the Bay Area. An extremely strong dose of LSD led DNA to win the Showtime Comedy Competition at Chico State in 1990. For the next three decades DNA pursued community activism before returning to comedy in 2007. Since then DNA has fostered a community of comedians in Santa Cruz, California. A BOD member of Comedy Day in Golden Gate Park, DNA has not left his activism behind and uses comedy to bridge the gap between generations, genders, religions and species. A true intergalactic performer.
