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Good noonish, citizens of and visitors to DyMerica! (Immigrants ENCOURAGED!)
Hope your weekend involved your favorite things and that your week does too. Take a big, deep, enjoyable breath and remember everything is made up. It’s all just ideas and rules and CoNcEpts some critters thought of and other critters went along with. Many in the name of making civilization work, sure, but a lot are just DUMB and restrictive. So this week, pulse to the beat of your own ham slapper. (omg DRUMS ARE MADE UP TOO! 🤯) DyMerica Mantra for The Week: Spread some charm and do no harm*. (*Exceptions exist, but for “law reasons” we can’t go into them.)
Reader, have we ever mentioned we (VANessaJAMie) are both Scorpios? Probably not, right? ( 😈😈 ) Well, we are. And good news, apparently after November 18th SOMETHING is happening with Pluto that’s going to be very good for us. Something to do with all the hard work really paying off, of us coming into our confidence and selves in new ways, and that we'll finally be able to "pulse to the beat of our own ham slapper." Are other signs getting similar astrological reads? In any case, we’ll let you know how the view is at the top** 😏 😎 🦂 🦂 🕯️✨.
(**The top of the earthen mound we construct in the center of our enchanting, NOTATALL-cult woodland campus when we finally have the money to take some wild creative swings. Praying the zip code 42069 hasn’t been used yet. Damn it. A quick search revealed that 42069 HAS been taken by a few townships in Graves, Kentucky. Lucky SOBs. And we bet they don’t even APPRECIATE having the best zip code ever. Prove us wrong, Graves-dwellers.)
Anyway. We’re still mindfully dissociating from “reality” and enjoying the offerings of humans we love. Why, just this weekend we had a show about sandwiches, a star-studded Star Wars reading (which involved really adding to the character of our neighborhood with an outdoor light-saber battle. Listen, we’ve seen a lot of creative weapons wielded around us, but we think the light-sabers impressed even the most discerning local characters.) And today (which happened to be VAN’s birthday) we had the distinct and fortuitous pleasure of hosting TWO Hairy Buttholes. (Happy birthday to all of us.)
This week only gets more and more delightful. PADMA LAKSHMI coming to the theater (manifestation WORKS people! Next up… Oprah! And also manifesting that someone (Oprah?) will offer Dynasty a free cavern cantina.🕯️) and a whole bevy of absolute stars all week. Don’t believe us? SHAME ON YOU. But that’s ok, we DO sometimes stretch the truth 😞. But read the below info and get hot hot hot for all the mischievous happenings 'round here.
🚨 You’ve also still got a chance to see these shows you may have missed! Last week's livestreams still available for viewing: ANSWER FOR IT!, Mamma Mia! But Different, and MUSTAFAR TAKES LOS ANGELES: A LIVE STAGED READING OF THE REVENGE OF THE SITH 🚨
THIS WEEK AT DYNASTY
🍂 🎃 MONDAY, 11/18, 7:30PM: It's FALL YALL!
The Yes, And… Laughter Lab Presents: It’s FALL YALL! (A comedy show)
It’s FALL YALL! is a comedy show featuring members of the Yes, And… Laughter Lab community of creatives: APARNA NANCHERLA, CHIKE ROBINSON, LEAH BONNEMA, LYNN MALEH, NTHENYA NDUNDA, and host BINIAM BIZUNEH.
The Yes, And… Laughter Lab (YALL) is a competitive incubation lab, pitch program, and showcase that lifts up diverse writers and performers creating new comedy about topics that matter. YALL is designed to introduce these comedians to the entertainment industry, social justice organizations, philanthropists, and activists who can help bring their work into the comedy marketplace – and into movements for social change.
🎙️ 👶🏻TUESDAY, 11/19, 7:00PM and 9:30PM: PADMA Puts On A Comedy Show
⭐️7:00PM SOLD OUT⭐️ 🚨9:30PM LOW TICKET WARNING🚨
After years of bringing her favorite comedians together in Brooklyn to raise upwards of $150,000 for charity, PADMA LAKSHMI (Top Chef, Taste the Nation) is taking the show out west. For one night only, PADMA promises a curated group of up-and-comers and comedy legends, with all proceeds going to the National Network of Abortion Funds.
Featuring: MAZ JOBRANI (CO-HOST), SAM TAGGART, LANGSTON KERMAN, ATSUKO OKATSUKA, CRAIG ROBINSON and more!
🪪 🤣WEDNESDAY, 11/20, 7:30PM: Licensing Laughs
🚨LOW TICKET WARNING🚨
Licensing Laughs is back for their 5th annual comedy fundraiser. A hilarious night that brings together all your licensing friends, and then makes fun of them. This year’s show will be better than ever. With some special guests, a couple of skits, and some necessary debauchery, it will be a night to remember.
Featuring: MARSHALL MIZRAHI, LACHLAN PATTERSON, STEVE FURY, EVAN WILLIAMS, WENDY LIEBMAN, ROB MICHAELIS and more!
🎤 🇺🇸THURSDAY, 11/21, 7:30PM: Lovett or Leave It
Lovett or Leave It is a live variety show and podcast that breaks down the week’s politics and pop culture news with sketches, games, jokes that literally never miss, and everyone’s favorite: nuanced analysis. Join JON LOVETT and an all-star lineup of comedians, journalists, and other amazing guests in Los Angeles live on Thursdays at Dynasty Typewriter.
With Special Guests
MARC EVAN JACKSON
WENDIE MALICK
MATT ROGERS
+ More
🐯 👧🏻 FRIDAY, 11/22, 7:30PM: Tiger Daughter: Or, How I Brought My Immigrant Mother Ultimate Shame
🚨LOW TICKET WARNING🚨
With Special Guest DYLAN ADLER!
Get ready for laughter, tears, and rock and roll glory as rising star CHARLENE KAYE brings her critically acclaimed one-woman show, TIGER DAUGHTER: OR, HOW I BROUGHT MY IMMIGRANT MOTHER ULTIMATE SHAME (directed by JENNIFER MONACO), to Dynasty Typewriter. The show follows a sold-out Edinburgh Festival Fringe run and will be presented by comedy legend MARGARET CHO at the Public Theater in NYC this fall.
SATURDAY, 11/23
🗒️ 🧩 7:30PM: The Crossword Show
🎥LIVE AND LIVESTREAMED🎥
Host ZACH SHERWIN (“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” “Epic Rap Battles of History”) presides as a panel of guests solves an actual crossword puzzle live onstage, with everything displayed on a big screen so the audience can follow along. As the solvers decipher the clues, ZACH takes the show down rabbit holes of comedy, music, wordplay, and trivia inspired by the answer words, and it all ties together at the end for a grand finale that’s as satisfying as it is mind-blowing. It’s the New York Times crossword meets NPR’s “Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me,” but with more rap than you’d expect, and you genuinely don’t need any puzzle expertise to be dazzled by this delightful, brainy, one-of-a-kind experience.
“Tons of fun.” - NYTimes
“Jaw-dropping.” - SFGate
With Special Guests
APARNA NANCHERLA
EMILY HELLER
+ More!
🇬🇷 🎤10:00PM: GIORGOS XATZIPAVLOU
After sell-out shows across 29 cities worldwide, Greece’s biggest touring comedian, GIORGOS XATZIPAVLOU, comes to Los Angeles!
In this show, GIORGOS dives into everyday life with his unique blend of storytelling and observational comedy. From family to food, and topics that resonate deeply with Greek communities everywhere.
“Unstoppable energy and insightful observations - everything we love about GIORGOS XATZIPAVLOU.” - ATHINORAM
Social Media:
Instagram: @G_xatzipavlou
Facebook: facebook.com/giorgosxatzipaulou
YouTube: @giorgosxatzipavlou
SUNDAY, 11/24,
🤨 ⁉️ 4:00PM: Likeminds! Comedy + Trivia
🎥LIVE AND LIVESTREAMED🎥
LIKEMINDS! is a trivia game show that takes the fact-filled fun of a pub quiz and combines it with the quick-witted comedy of an improv show.
Host JOEY BLAND (Improvised Shakespeare, Jeopardy!) takes two hilarious comedian competitors and faces them off in a head-to-head battle of the wits along with lots of help from the audience! It's like if Jeopardy & Taskmaster had a really smart baby!
With Special Guests
DOUG BENSON
AMANDA BLAKE DAVIS
ASHLEY WARD
NNAMDI NGWE
🖕🏽 💩 7:30PM: Fuck This Month & Holy Shit Improv
🎥LIVE AND LIVESTREAMED🎥
A night of improv comedy hosted by FUCK THIS MONTH and HOLY SHIT IMPROV, featuring some of LA's best comedians.
FUCK THIS MONTH is a monthly improv comedy show that aims to cure your misery by turning your shitty month into improv comedy. Toast this garbage month off by throwing up your middle finger and sharing what made it suck so royally. A cast of veteran comedians will take your stories of woe and spin them into comedy gold.
With Special Guests:
ROSS BRYANT
JACQUIS NEAL
LAUREN KNUTTI
ELI GONZALEZ
JEFF WHITAKER
AMANDA LEHAN-CANTO
+ More!
HOLY SHIT IMPROV is an improv show featuring the best comedy talent in Los Angeles. Up-and-coming stars mix with improv legends to create an hour of comedy that will have you yelling, “Holy Shit!”
With Special Guests:
ANGELA GIARRATANA
KYLIE BRAKEMAN
DHRUV UDAY SINGH
LILY SULLIVAN
KIMIA BEHPOORNIA
CASEY FEIGH
+ More!
😭 😬Monday, 11/25, 7:30PM: Maria DeCotis' Emotionally Unreasonable
Have you ever felt threatened when someone shows you their engagement ring? Have you ever been to a wedding and thought, “these people should NOT be getting married?!” Maria DeCotis has too, except she's the one marrying them. EMOTIONALLY UNREASONABLE is an unforgettable hour of stand-up and musical comedy spotlighting her experience as a professional wedding officiant -- while navigating her own relationships, identity, and mental health. With powerful storytelling, original music, and punchlines you never see coming, she explores her unique perspectives on marriage, power dynamics, sexism, sex robots, turning 30, and more.
Content warning: intimate partner violence/IPV
Written and performed by MARIA DECOTIS; directed by RYAN CUNNINGHAM; music by EILEEN HANLEY and ERIC GERSEN
Happy Ham Slapping,
VanJam
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