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Tonight at the Improv ft. Esther Povitsky, Rosebud Baker, Ian Edwards, Dana Gould, Kira Soltanovich, Owen Smith, and Frazer Smith!
Sat, 27 Sep, 7:00 PM PDT
Doors open
6:30 PM PDT
Hollywood Improv (The Main Room)
8162 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, CA 90046
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Description
This show will be a phone-free experience. Use of cellphones, smart watches, smart accessories, cameras and recording devices will not be permitted in the performance space.
Upon arrival at the venue, all phones and smart watches will be secured in Yondr cases that will be opened at the end of the event. Guests maintain possession of their phones at all times, and can access their phones throughout the show at designated Phone Use Areas in the venue. All phones will be re-secured in Yondr cases before returning to the performance space.
Anyone seen using a cellphone during the performance will be escorted out of the venue. We appreciate your cooperation in creating a phone-free viewing experience.
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EVENT INFO:
There is a two-item minimum purchase requirement in the showroom for all guests.
Seating is general admission, first-come, first-served, with the exception of groups and premium booths.
No cell phone use, photography or video recording is permitted during performances.
All sales are final.
MISCELLANOUS:
For group sales info, e-mail our Events Manager to learn about special menu options and reserved seating.
Additional questions may be addressed in our Frequently Asked Questions.
For further assistance, contact Hollywood Improv.
Event Information
Age Limit
21+
Stand-up
Esther Povitsky
Esther Povitsky
Stand-up
A fixture of the LA comedy scene, Esther can be seen on Hulu’s 2nd season of DOLLFACE, starring alongside Kat Dennings and Shay Mitchell. Esther also co-created, co-stared and executive produced the Freeform show, ALONE TOGETHER, which premiered in January 2018.
In 2017, Esther was named one of Variety’s “10 Comics to Watch” and performed at the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal, returning to the showcase that helped to launch her career as a New Face in 2013. Her first comedy special, HOT FOR MY NAME, premiered Summer 2020 on Comedy Central.
She’s had recurring roles on CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND, LOVE, and DIFFICULT PEOPLE. Additionally, she guest stared in BROOKLYN 99, WORKAHOLICS, KEY & PEELE and LADY DYNAMITE. Esther hosted the Above Average/Tru TV series COCKTALES WITH LITTLE ESTHER, a sex positive talk show for women, and has a beauty and health centric podcast, GLOWING UP, with Caroline Goldfarb, where the two go on a journey to find their inner glowly goddess. She also currently co-hosts the podcast TRASH TUESDAY with Khalyla Kuhn and Annie Lederman.
Comedy
Rosebud Baker
Rosebud Baker
Comedy
Rosebud Baker is a comedian, actor, and Emmy-nominated writer. Named to Variety’s “Top 10 Comics to Watch,” and Vulture’s “Comedians You Should and Will Know” lists, Rosebud wrote for Saturday Night Live from 2022 to 2025. She has written and performed on two Writers Guild Award–nominated shows, That Damn Michael Che and Inside Amy Schumer, and won the WGA Award for her work on the latter. Her debut stand-up special, Whiskey Fists, premiered on YouTube in 2021, produced by Bill Burr and All Things Comedy. Her Netflix special, The Mother Lode, premiered in February 2025. Her acting work can be seen in Life & Beth on Hulu, That Damn Michael Che on HBO, and the horror-comedy feature film Hell of a Summer. She is based in New York, where she lives and works (when she’s not on a plane to go live and work somewhere else).
Stand-up
Kira Soltanovich
Kira Soltanovich
Stand-up
Kira Soltanovich is best known as the voice of the photo booth on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. A one time bit turned into almost 9 years as a correspondent on the show. She was a regular on both seasons of Punchline on FOX and look for Kira as the surly sidekick to host Donald Faison on the Netflix game show, Winsanity! Kira has a half hour special on Showtime called Here Comes Trouble and an hour special on Amazon called You Did This To Me.
You’ve seen her on Comedy Central’s Lights Out with David Spade and on TruTV’s How To Be A Grownup.
Currently, Kira is back working with her old boss, Jay Leno, on the reboot of the old game show You Bet Your Life on FOX. And don’t forget to check out her talk show in a sauna (where she beats fellow comedians with Russian branches) called Let’s Get Sweat! on her website www.kiracomedy.com
Stand-up
Ian Edwards
Ian Edwards
Stand-up
Born in England and raised in Jamaica, Ian Edwards is a stand-up comedian, writer, producer, actor, and podcaster. His first one-hour stand-up special, IanTalk: Ideas Not Worth Spreading, debuted on Comedy Central this summer.
As a stand-up, Ian released his debut album "100% Half Assed" on Conan O’Brien’s record label, Team Coco Records. He is the first comedian signed to the label. Ian has appeared numerous times on Comedy Central’s @Midnight , TBS’ Conan, and Comedy Central’s The New Negroes, and is regularly featured as a guest on some of the top podcasts in the world (WTF with Marc Maron and The Joe Rogan Experience to name a few).
Ian has served as an executive story editor and writing consultant on HBO’s Crashing, as well as a co-producer on Netflix’s Friends from College. Prior to that, Ian served as a consulting producer on NBC’s The Carmichael Show, as well as a staff writer on ABC’s Blackish. Ian also wrote the feature Undercover Brother 2 for Universal.
Ian recently played the recurring role of Skull in the Netflix series Friends From College. In 2015, Ian was cast in Sean Baker’s Indie Spirit Award nominated film, Tangerine, and prior to that was in Jeff Garlin’s film Dealing with Idiots, opposite JB Smoove and Natasha Leggero.
Ian is co-host of the All Things Comedy podcast "Soccer Comic Rant," an informed, passionate, and hilarious weekly update of soccer highlights around the world.
Comedy
Dana Gould
Dana Gould
Comedy
Dana is a comedy writer, actor, comedian, show creator and producer. He is best known for creating, writing, and executive producing IFC’s comedy horror series STAN AGAINST EVIL, in which he also starred as “Kevin.” Dana served as Consulting Producer and guest starred on Peacock’s TED prequel series created by Seth MacFarlane. He is also voicing multiple characters in the upcoming TED animated series.
On the development side, he sold his feature about Martha Mitchell to Sister Pictures and also developed an hour-long series based on Steve Niles’ comic book series THE OCTOBER FACTION for Netflix.
Other television writing credits include THE SIMPSONS, where he served as a Co-Executive Producer for six seasons, SEINFELD, PARKS & RECREATION, MARON, SUPER ADVENTURE TEAM, and many more.
His graphic novel adaptation of Rod Serling’s original draft of the screenplay for PLANET OF THE APES was published by Boom! Comics.
Dana also hosts his monthly podcast “The Dana Gould Hour”, which frequently resides in iTunes’ Top Ten Comedy.
Comedy
Owen Smith
Owen Smith
Comedy
OWEN SMITH has performed Stand-up on Conan and Colbert. He’s a regular at the Comedy Store Hollywood and Comedy Cellar in New York. According to Joe Rogan he is amongst the top comics in the world and “should be more famous than he is.” Owen returns to Just For Laughs for the first time since he debuted as a New Face in 2002.
OWEN created an underground buzz in the comedy world when he shot his hour special “Good Luck Everybody” entirely on ten iPhones then retuned them the next day and got all his money back.
A storyteller at heart his personal brand of comedy is comprised of unique angles on fatherhood, marriage, race and his obsession with NPR programming.
Owen is also a sought after writer. His writing credits include: ABC’s Black•ish, Survivor’s Remorse (Starz), The Arsenio Hall Show, The ESPY’s (on ESPN with Drake and ABC with Joel McHale), The Guy’s Choice Awards, Whitney(NBC), Deon Cole’s Black Box (TBS), Are We There Yet (TBS), and Everybody Hates Chris.
Comedy
Frazer Smith
Frazer Smith
Comedy