We’re thrilled to present a strong line-up for The Ivy League of Comedy‘s Skirmish of the Sexessm.
Two male comics, two female comics, one each married and single, talking about relationships and other wonders.
Re-celebrate Valentine’s Day (or don’t!) with tales of love and not-love, bad dinners and good dates, broken cars and unbroken dreams.
Ophira Eisenberg has performed on The Late Late Show and Comedy Central and had her own show Ask Me Another on NPR. Tony Deyo has performed on Conan and The Late Late Show. Calise Hawkins has performed on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and Nick Mom Night Out. Shaun Eli has performed on Amazon and Netflix.
Tony Deyo
Tony Deyo is a comedian known most notably for his sharp, quick material and near-perfect comedic timing almost certainly gained from his years as a professional symphony musician. New York City’s Village Voice calls him “one of the tightest joke writers in the business.”
In 2013 he made his late-night television debut on Conan. Within a year, he had added appearances on The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson, AXS TV’s Gotham Live, and Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen.
Calise Hawkins
Calise Hawkins is a stand-up comedian and writer. She has performed her standup on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Nick Mom’s Night Out and she was a cast member of Oxygen’s Funny Girls. She has written for Comedy Central’s @midnight, Hood Adjacent with James Davis, HBO’s That Damn Michael Che, and Hulu’s Everything’s Trash.
Shaun Eli bio
Stand-up comedian Shaun Eli has rightfully been called one of America’s smartest comics. Whether it’s a story about dining with a vegetarian or successfully fighting a parking ticket in criminal court, master storyteller Shaun Eli shows you that there’s hilarity in the ordinary if you approach life with a comedic warp. Job interviews? How about the Ten Commandments? For just about anything he’s experienced he has hilarious stories at the ready. With a sense of humor that’s both cheerful and universal Shaun has headlined shows on five continents. In 2021 he was the recipient of a major profile in The New York Times.
Ophira Eisenberg
Ophira Eisenberg is a standup comedian, writer, and host of the comedy podcast Parenting Is A Joke with iHeart and Pretty Good Friends. She also hosted NPR’s Ask Me Another where she interviewed and played silly games with hundreds of celebrities including Sir Patrick Harris, Rosie Perez, Yo-Yo Ma, Awkwafina, Roxanne Gay, Nick Kroll, Chelsea Handler, and more. She’s appeared multiple times on CBS’s The Late Late Show, Sherri! with Sherri Sheppard, Comedy Central, HBO, The New York Festival, and is regular on The Moth Radio Hour. Her stories are included in three of The Moth’s best-selling collections. Her memoir, Screw Everyone: Sleeping My Way to Monogamy was optioned for a TV series, and her recent comedy special Plant- Based Jokes is streaming on YouTube. She is a regular at The Comedy Cellar and other New York clubs, and her solo show Leaving A Mark: A Comedy About Scars made its Off-Broadway review to rave reviews and won the Women in the Arts & Media Award for Solo Show Scripts.
Tickets on sale for Friends on Tuesday, May 13 at noon. General on sale on Friday, May 16 at noon.
