Six New York comedians descend upon Astoria to share their hilarious, true stories (and jokes and bits and riffs) about science! We can’t wait to laugh with you there!

Join us on Wednesday, February 22 at 7:30pm ET at QED in Astoria to have your sides split by these sweet science stories! Doors open at 7:00pm.

Hosted by Gastor Almonte and Zack Stovall.

Stories By:

Kunal C. Arora - Kunal C. Arora is a New York-based comedian with biting observational humor and sarcastic charm. When he isn’t performing across the U.S., you can find him hanging out in comedy clubs around New York City or Instagram/Twitter (@ALLDAYKCA).

Mike Drucker - Mike Drucker is a television writer and standup comedian. He’s was the co-head writer and co-executive producer of Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, and has written for shows including The Tonight Show, Adam Ruins Everything, and Mystery Science Theater 3000. Mike’s writing has also appeared in video games for Sony and Nintendo.

Chloe Radcliffe - Chloe Radcliffe is a NYC-based standup comic, actor, and writer. Her Comedy Central: Featuring set debuted in 2022, and before that she worked as a writer for The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. She was named a TBS Comic To Watch at the New York Comedy Festival, has been seen on Epix, and was selected for NBC’s 2019 Late Night Writers Workshop. She produces Minneapolis’ 10,000 Laughs Comedy Festival.

Caitlin Reese - Caitlin Reese (she/they) is a Queens-based comedian and writer who regularly performs at New York Comedy Club and has been in a multiple festivals, including the HBO Women in Comedy Fest, Limestone, & Laughing Skull. In her former life, she was a social worker and ran a rape crisis center, and used to do undercover animal rights investigations, likely due to the guilt of putting her childhood cat in bonnets.

Andre D. Thompson - Andre D. Thompson was born and raised in New York City where he began stand up at 18. He’s performed at comedy clubs all over the city such The Comic Strip Live, New York Comedy Club and Carolines on Broadway. In 2020 Andre made his television debut on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. In 2021 Andre became a JFL New Face and started working as a staff writer on Comedy Central’s The God’s Honest Truth.

Nat Towsen - Nat Towsen is a comedian and nonfiction writer from Manhattan, New York. He has written for Esquire, Vice, CollegeHumor, and The Onion. He also works at Botnik Studios, using AI to write comedy. In pre-pandemic times, he toured the country and abroad to perform standup and work with cultural programs, teaching about comedy as a tool in activism and for addressing mental health.

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.