
Tonight at the Lab ft. Ramsey Badawi, Omid Singh, Jackson Banks, Skyler Higley, Jessica Michelle Singleton, Gena B Jones, Cid Williams and more TBA
Sat, 20 Jun, 7:30 PM PDT
Doors open
7:00 PM PDT
Hollywood Improv (The Lab)
8162 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, CA 90046
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Event Information
Age Limit
21+

Stand-up
Tonight at the Lab
Tonight at the Lab
Stand-up

Comedy
Ramsey Badawi
Ramsey Badawi
Comedy
Ramsey Badawi is a stand-up comic and writer based in Los Angeles. You can catch him nightly at one of LA’s comedy clubs or on the road opening for household names like Bobby Lee or Bassem Youssef.
His Don’t Tell Comedy set has racked up hundreds of thousands of views online—and over 5 million if you count the clips, which Ramsey firmly believes you should.
As a writer, he’s contributed to projects like The Goatface Comedy Special, Lights Out with David Spade, and more.

Stand-up
Omid Singh
Omid Singh
Stand-up
Born to an Iranian mother and Indian father, Omid Singh is one of the top multicultural comics working today. Not that he considers himself a public symbol or boundary-breaker. As he puts it onstage, “I don’t do anything scary when I go to the airport…but I do like to see how far I can walk away from my luggage.”
Singh’s childhood found him living in far-flung locations ranging from San Diego, ten years in Dubai, a year in fiercely conservative Katy, Texas, and back to the West Coast with addresses across Orange County. After hosting his fifth-grade talent show and participating in Comedy Sportz’s High School League, at 16 Omid produced his own stand-up night (for which he admittedly borrowed plenty of Eddie Izzard material). His participation in a 2008 Ice House comedy contest – this time with 100 percent original jokes – hooked him for life.
Despite experiencing stereotyping and even bullying, Singh doesn’t use his unique upbringing as a crutch. As he sees it, celebrating diversity allows him to connect with every type of audience imaginable.
Singh spent his developmental years in New York City. There he studied at the Upright Citizens Brigade, performed on 2011’s New York Comedy Festival, and was featured in Ben Affleck’s 2012 thriller Argo. Fun fact: In a scene depicting Iranians rushing the American Embassy, extras aren’t wielding U.S. baseball bats thanks to his outspoken fact-checking. 2013 short film Subway, based on his material about a post-workout commute gone awry, was voted the Audience Award winner at the annual No Budget Film Festival.
Now making his home in Los Angeles, Singh was a featured speaker at 2015’s Golden West College Peace Conference. With fellow comedian Jeffrey Baldinger he co-created storytelling gameshow Story Poker, which in 2017 received international acclaim at Scotland’s long-running Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The pair envision expanding the Story Poker podcast into an ESPN-style online series and eventually a home boardgame.
Singh also co-hosts The Patiocast alongside Meg Charles. Spontaneous and uninhibited, the weekly podcast invites listeners to eavesdrop on top talent at Sunset Strip institution The Comedy Store. Singh’s a top seed on the venue’s juggernaut Roast Battle show, a regular at Hermosa Beach’s Comedy & Magic Club, frequent host at Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club on the Las Vegas Strip, and an overseas favorite at The Comedy Store in London.
Between touring clubs and colleges across the country, every April Singh curates the Comedy Stage at Broke L.A.’s indie-arts weekend. Creating opportunities for others to perform is a responsibility he takes seriously: He’s even run an open mic in his family’s downtown clothing shop. As the favorite road opener of Maz Jobrani, Singh credits the Iranian-American trailblazer for imprinting his beliefs in hard work, uncompromising values, and conveying a genuine sense of self. For Singh, being a member of the comedy community means belonging to an extended family, but also serving as a force for positive change in society at large. It’s all about striving to give his best performance possible – both onstage and off.

Stand-up
Jackson Banks
Jackson Banks
Stand-up
Jackson Banks has been hitting the comedy stage since 2012, bringing his unique blend of surreal and satirical humor to audiences across the country. He is known for his theatrical style and enjoys interacting with the audience. He is most commonly seen performing at the Improv and Comedy Store in Los Angeles, and his debut special 'Brain-Kisser' will be released this year.

Stand-up
Skyler Higley
Skyler Higley
Stand-up
Skyler Higley is a stand-up comedian, writer and actor who comes out of Chicago's legendary comedy scene. His incisive and razor sharp writing earned him a WGA Award while on staff at CONAN, and he is currently a staff writer for ‘The Onion.’ He has also contributed to ClickHole and the New Yorker. Skyler was honored as a New Face at the prestigious Montreal Just For Laughs comedy festival, was named one of New York Comedy Festival's 'Comics To Watch' and has been described by his former boss Conan O'Brien as 'delightfully bizarre and undeniably hilarious.

Comedy
Jessica Michelle Singleton
Jessica Michelle Singleton
Comedy
JESSICA MICHELLE SINGLETON is a powerhouse of comedy in a teeny tiny package - known for her high energy, overly honest, always silly, and often dark & dirty performances.
A Comedy Store Paid Regular, she is the breakout star of ILIZA’S LOCALS (Hulu), a comedy special series produced by Iliza Shlesinger.
Her Don’t Tell Comedy performance(s) have amassed millions of views online across multiple platforms. Singleton’s second comedy album HORNY FOR DEATH debuted at #1 on iTunes and Amazon, ahead of Bo Burnham.
Singleton has toured across 4 continents alongside names like: Melissa Villasenor, Theo Von, Mark Normand, Ari Shaffir, and Steph Tolev.

Comedy
Gena B Jones
Gena B Jones
Comedy
Gena B. Jones is a Syrian-Mexican-American comedian and writer based in Los Angeles.
She’s currently a regular at the Hollywood Improv, the Westside Comedy Theater, The Crow, and a plethora of indie venues around LA. She is a co-creator of Hilarious Habibis, a nationally touring standup showcase that spotlights Middle Eastern comics. The show sells out venues all across the country and was featured in the Chicago Tribune, Philadelphia Weekly, and Arab News. Gena has made a splash in the festival circuit: she’s showcased for Just For Laughs New Faces and has performed in the Netflix Is A Joke Festival, the New York Comedy Festival, Boise Treefort Fest, and SF Sketchfest.

Stand-up
Cid Williams
Cid Williams
Stand-up