Oct 10 Friday
Start Eerie October off at NAMBA ARTS with a night of weird, mysterious, hilarious scenes and games – all made up for you, on the spot!Passionate about fostering creativity and community through top-notch improv education and electrifying performances, Ventura Improv Company has been bringing side-splitting laughter to Ventura County since 1989. Join us and experience a night of comedic magic you’ll be talking about for weeks!
More info: venturaimprov.comVentura Improv Company is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.
Oct 11 Saturday
Have you ever prayed that Jesus would come back as a stand-up comedian? Well, your prayers have been answered. The second coming is no longer coming. It’s here and it’s called STAND-UP JESUS!
Heaven help us? Hell, yeah!
Come bear witness to a truth that hurts and a truth that’s funny with STAND-UP JESUS! Thy kingdom come, thy will be done; and it will be done with divine satire. In Robert Dubac’s latest solo show, our lord and savior is back and this time he’s no longer a carpenter. He’s a stand-up comedian hell-bent on preaching what God created on the 8th day. Comedy.
Who better to battle modern-day hypocrisy than STAND-UP JESUS! Shining the light of truth on false prophets, duplicitous politicians and immoral sheeple, J.C.’s razor-sharp satire has been intelligently designed to redeem sinners of all faiths. So let he who is without sin cast the first heckle!
Yes! STAND-UP JESUS is irreverent, sacrilegious and, above all, hysterical! Atheists and believers both praise STAND-UP JESUS as, “A miracle! It succeeds at being heaven and hell, enlightening and offensive; all at the same time!”
“Razor-sharp, whip-smart, irresistible satire!” PBS Chicago
Robert Dubac (author, actor) belongs to a rare breed of humorists who make comedy smart and tragedy funny. Eschewing drama in the pursuit of humor he deftly combines stand-up with theater, pulling our emotional strings with intelligence and wit. In other words, you get more truth and less dick jokes. He constantly tours the world with all three of his solo shows, sometimes all at once, as a self-contained one-man repertory company.
Admission includes post-show wine and wafers (the vanilla and chocolate kind) reception with the artist
Oct 18 Saturday
The Good Good Show is Santa Barbara's longest running monthly stand up comedy show featuring the best comedians working today that you've seen or heard on Comedy Central, Jimmy Kimmel, Amazon Prime, FX, The Problem with Jon Stewart, Funny or Die, Sirius XM and more.
FEATURING: Feicia Folks, Alexa Loftus, Jeff Frame, Julie Weidmann and Serafina Costanza.
Come have some laughs with us and enjoy a delicious craft beer (wine available too)!
7:30 p.m. $10
Show is 21+
Oct 24 Friday
New Beginnings of Santa Barbara County presents two benefit performances of: Every Brilliant Thing
Every Brilliant Thing returns to Santa Barbara for the second time with the show’s original co-creator and star, Jonny Donahoe.
This unique and critically acclaimed play has become a global stage phenomenon, playing more than six hundred times over four continents, including five months off-Broadway and currently being performed in London’s West End.
Donahoe, a Drama Desk Award-nominated writer and performer will bring back his wildly popular and magnificent one-man show, previously showcased by New Beginnings in 2022.
Every Brilliant Thing follows a child who, to lift his mother’s spirits, begins a heartfelt list of life’s small joys—a list that grows over the years and comes to shape their own journey.
Both poignant and funny, the play explores the extraordinary ways we care for the people we love.
Donahoe will reprise his role in a performance that will be featured on Friday, October 24th, and a matinee show on Sunday, October 26th.
The show was filmed by World of Wonder and screened as a special on HBO.
Oct 25 Saturday
Oct 26 Sunday
