 news & press New York Arab-American Comedy Festival starts Nov 14th!  The groundbreaking New York Arab-American Comedy Festival (NYAACF) will hold its 4th Annual Festival from November 14th-19th, 2006. nigelparry.net has been a proud sponsor of the Festival since 2005. Nigel Parry undertakes photography, publicity support, and web/print design services for the Festival. The 2006 event promises to provide entertainment that is funny, uniquely original and politically insightful. The Festival -- which has three components: Sketch Comedy Nights (comedic theatre), Stand-Up Comedy Nights, and a Short Comedic Film Night -- has served as a launch pad for emerging talent while providing a much-anticipated forum for the presentation of new works.
Festival organizers vow that no topic is off-limits as the theater pieces comedically tackle such topics as the perception of Muslims in America, the Bush administration, an infomercial on "How to be a real American" and even an Arab Superhero. This year's participants include Waleed Zuaiter (The Public Theater's Mother Courage and Stuff Happens), Leila Sbitani (Host of Nickelodeon's Hi-Jinks), from Los Angeles comedian Aron Kader (Axis of Evil comedy tour), Hend Ayoub (the new movie opening October 27 Death of an American President aka "D.O.A.P"), Festival co-founders Dean Obeidallah, a comedian who received rave reviews for his one man show I Come in Peace which premiered at the 2006 NY Fringe Festival and co-producer/co-star of Comedy Central's The Watch List, and Maysoon Zayid, comedian and actress, who has been featured on NBC's Nightly News, MTV, and As the World Turns.
For more information, and to purchase tickets, visit arabcomedy.org |
