It’s BACK as part of our jam packed Extended Holiday Weekend! Check out one of Pittsburgh’s most beloved comics: Headliner Gab Bonesso with supporting acts by: Marcus Cox, Dave Stewart, and McKinnlee McElroy
Hosted by the always funny Derek Minto
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BIOS
Pittsburgh’s Gab Bonesso is an award-winning standup comedian and a nationally recognized public speaker who was recently named “Top 100 Speaker on Mental Resilience” by the EZ Care Clinic in San Francisco. She is also one half of The Josh & Gab Show, an award-winning assembly program that has reached over 500,000 students and teachers around the country, promoting a message of kindness.
As a standup comedian Gab has worked on CBS radio as an On-Air Producer, she has been the corporate comedian for American Eagle Outfitters working LIVE events and hosting their in-house corporate videos. She has written weekly columns for AOL, The Pittsburgh City Paper and The Pittsburgh Current. Gab has featured for comedy veterans like Richard Lewis, Brian Posehn, Lizz Winstead, Tommy Chong, Will Durst, John Hodgman, Fortune Femster, Jen Kirkman and TJ Miller.
Richard Lewis described Gab as, “the real deal and f***ing hilarious” and Daily Show co-creator Lizz Winstead called Gab, “a superstar”.
Gab’s public speaking career began when she openly started talking about her bipolar disorder in her standup comedy. Quickly seen as an advocate, Gab was given public speaking opportunities to talk about her journey with mental health. Gab combines her real life stories with her joke writing ability to keep her talks brutally honest and hysterical. Gab’s mental health talks have been described as “extreme raw honesty”. Gab truly feels no shame in her mental health diagnosis and hopes to spread awareness and kindness to those living with mental health disorders. Gab began her journey with mental health as a child so she is able to speak to all-ages on the subject. She also has multiple diagnoses (BiPolar Type 1 Disorder, CPTSD, OCD, ADHD, Autism Spectrum and Anxiety), and she can speak to all or each one individually depending on the request of the client. Gab’s talks can be specified to each individual group. She also teaches workshops on using her experiences with mental health through her art as a form of catharsis.
Marcus Cox has performed at many venues in the East Coast, Midwest and South. Marcus has appeared in many Comedy Festivals in Cleveland, Grand Rapids, Memphis, St. Augustine and Baltimore. Marcus has won many competitions in the tri-state area and has appeared at comedy clubs such as: Pittsburgh Improv (PA), The FunnyStop Comedy Club (OH), The Lincoln Lodge (IL) and The Greer Cabaret Theater (PA). Marcus brings his smooth, charismatic, and likable personality on stage. Marcus Cox is one that you want to catch at a show near you.
Dave Stewart is a Pittsburgh native and the owner of Chipped Ham Comedy. He produces and hosts a monthly show called Coffee n Comedy at Espresso A Mano in Lawrenceville. This fall, his company will be producing the Chipped Ham Comedy Jam, a jam packed live event at Spirit Hall. He's also been producing one of the longest running storytelling shows in the city, Real Pittsburgh Stories, at the Arcade Comedy Theater. You can see him this spring at Cafe Conmiga in Wexford on May 10th, the Millvale Music Festival on May 18th, and headlining at the Arcade Comedy Theater on June 1st.
McKinnlee McElroy is an emerging stand-up comic in the Pittsburgh area with a unique and witty observational style. She is a graduate of Arcade Comedy and frequently performs at various venues including Arcade Comedy, Hard Rock Café, Brillobox, and Don’t Tell Comedy. When she’s not making audiences laugh, you can find her baking sourdough bread or listening to comedy specials to help her fall asleep.