Some Stars of Native American Comedy
Laugh your way through a night of hot takes and witty insights from today's top Native comics.
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Some Stars of Native American Comedy brings together the comedians behind the surging Native comedy scene today, from the ones who helped make it possible to the fresh faces who are coming in strong. At the Hop, the evening will feature Marc Yaffee, Jim Ruel, Earnest Tsosie and Monique Moreau. The series is curated by Andre Bouchard (Indigenous Performance Productions), who has previously partnered with the Hop to present Welcome to Indian Country (2022, a Hop commission), george emilio sanchez's In the Court of the Conqueror (2022), In the Spirit: a Queer and Two-Spirit performing arts festival (2021) and Anthony Hudson's Looking for Tiger Lily (2018).
Funded in part by the William B. Hart 1934 Trust and the David E. Skinner II 1942 Fund.
Marc Yaffee is a co-star of the Showtime special, Goin' Native. He can also be seen on Amazon Prime and his own Dry Bar comedy special, Mid-Laugh Crisis. Marc was a Best of the Fest selection at the 2022 Burbank Comedy Festival and was named one of the 25 Indigenous Comedians to watch by IllumiNatives Magazine. Minneapolis Star-Tribune's Tom Horgen said Marc's comedy, "Tore the house down."
Jim Ruel is a comedian, writer, director, producer and actor. He is a member of the Bay Mills Band of Ojibwe. He grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he spent the first 10 years of his career performing in comedy clubs around the Midwest. He was a finalist in NBC's Diversity Talent Search which led to his first television appearance on The World Stands Up which was taped in London. He was also featured on Goin' Native: the American Indian Comedy Slam on Showtime and First Nations Comedy Experience on FNX. He currently tours with Another Indian Uprising.
Jim Ruel also works in film and media under Frybread Productions, a Native-owned video production company. Jim Ruel is a co-host of the Hollywood NDNz podcast, highlighting careers of Native American professionals in entertainment. Jim Ruel currently lives in Los Angeles with his girlfriend and their daughter.
Earnest Tsosie, comedian and actor, is a member of the Screen Actors Guild. His professional acting credits include the Netflix movie Rez Ball as well as multiple appearances on the popular AMC TV shows Longmire, Better Call Saul, Dark Winds and NBC's Rutherford Falls. As a comedian, Earnie has entertained coast to coast, from the world famous Laugh Factory in Hollywood, to the House of Comedy in Phoenix and even the prestigious Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. Earnie is always looking for a good time, and he's serious about being funny.
Monique Moreau is a Cree/Saulteaux comedian, writer and voiceover actress from Alberta, Canada. She is a regular at the Largo at the Coronet and she plays Dr. French on the Great North (Fox/Hulu). She writes children's television and has written episodes of Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go! (Netflix) and Carl the Collector (PBS). Her stand up can be described as short anecdotes about growing up adopted in a multi-racial family, an adulthood with multiple disabilities (Autism and a visual impairment), and dealing with the nuance of being Indigenous and LGBTQ+ in a polarized society.
Andre Bouchard (of Kootenai/Ojibwe/Pend d'Oreille/Flathead Salish descent) is a producer, director, consultant and agent who was born and raised on the Flathead Reservation in western Montana the son of a CSKT enrolled father and a white mother. Andre aspires to serve as an inter-cultural activist, working to build bridges and reverse the invisibility that serves to marginalize Native people in the US.
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