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4 days ago | 
cambridgeday.com | Amma Marfo
A hallmark of improv is the fact that no one knows what’s going to take place onstage until it happens. But what if someone did? “Psyched Out: Improv From the Beyond” may be the closest possible scenario to that truth, as a show finds its laughs by staging scenes based on audience members’ psychic readings.
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1 week ago | 
cambridgeday.com | Amma Marfo
The area’s inaugural Fringe Festival is upon us, and its convergence with Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month has proven fortuitous for one group of writer-performers. The Asian-American Playwrights Collective is staging “Spiritual Advisors,” a collection of short plays (we’re talking four plays in under an hour!) as part of the fest Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday – and is using short pieces to make big statements about family history, representation and culture.
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1 week ago | 
cambridgeday.com | Amma Marfo
Sex Week Boston kicks off May 11, focusing on “education, queer and trans joy, and sexual liberation” throughout the area. Amid events such as workshops on zine making, sexual health and romance writing lie a trio of comedy shows finding the funny in sex. “Mr. Tampon Man’s Menstrual Menagerie” kicks off the week at Rooted Armory Cafe, a menses-themed show and period product drive presented by Roya Hamadani (Pigeon City Sketch) and her flagship sketch character, Mr. Tampon Man.
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2 weeks ago | 
ourcommunitynow.com | Amma Marfo
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School’s (nearly) out for summer, and Orlando Baxter wants to celebrate with you. The former high school teacher has broken up fights, monitored detention (for a young man who took “crack a window” a little too literally) and, per the title of his Drybar special, served his time as a “Glorified Baby Sitter.” His jokes will resonate no matter the experience: as students, parents or especially those at the front of the room.
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2 weeks ago | 
cambridgeday.com | Amma Marfo
Orlando Baxter’s ‘Teacher’s Appreciation Show’: No help to your GPA, but it’s great on a transcript by Amma Marfo | Apr 26, 2025 | Laugh | Orlando Baxter’s ‘Teacher’s Appreciation Show’: No help to your GPA, but it’s great on a transcript Christine PetersonSchool’s (nearly) out for summer, and Orlando Baxter wants to celebrate with you.
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3 weeks ago | 
cambridgeday.com | Amma Marfo
As a prolific reader, I find myself drawn to libraries and bookstores. As a comedy enthusiast, I’m always interested when comedy is “put up” in unconventional venues. And when the two interests can collide with the help of comedians who are just as likely as I am to be browsing the shelves of their local indie? That’s a beautiful connection. Luckily for me and for the area, Christina Ciampa sees that as well.
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3 weeks ago | 
cambridgeday.com | Amma Marfo
Comedians face their ‘Hot Ones’-style challenge ahead of May’s Rhythm n’ Spice Hot Sauce fest by Amma Marfo | Apr 20, 2025 | Laugh | Comedians face their ‘Hot Ones’-style challenge ahead of May’s Rhythm n’ Spice Hot Sauce fest Peter Liu Caroline Moore is set to be a “Hot Sauce Comedy” competitor Saturday in Cambridge.
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1 month ago | 
cambridgeday.com | Amma Marfo
‘Kill Tiny’ tortures comics with a familiar format: One-minute sets with judges prepared to pounce by Amma Marfo | Apr 12, 2025 | Laugh | ‘Kill Tiny’ tortures comics with a familiar format: One-minute sets with judges prepared to pounce Via social media Aaron “Tiny” Smith takes on the role of micro-roastmaster for the brutal one-minute sets of “Kill Tiny.” Tony Hinchcliffe of “Kill Tony” fame has made a viable if controversial career putting comedians through a one-minute joke gantlet to...
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1 month ago | 
cambridgeday.com | Amma Marfo
The audience isn’t just asked for its improv ideas, but invited onto stage to show how to use them by Amma Marfo | Apr 5, 2025 | Laugh | The audience isn’t just asked for its improv ideas, but invited onto stage to show how to use them Union Comedy via social media Performers at Union Comedy’s 30-seat theater space in Somerville’s Spring Hill neighborhood in 2023. While a 90-seat theater is on the way for Somerville’s Union Comedy, the organization isn’t waiting on its completion to start...
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1 month ago | 
cambridgeday.com | Amma Marfo
As it happens, there may not be a better time for Laura High to be heading to Cambridge’s Comedy Studio. When I mentioned to her a recently passed resolution designating the city as a sanctuary for trans people, the comedian, TikToker and social commentator was delighted. “Fantastic. I love that. Good job, Cambridge. Well done!”Those familiar with High’s comedy shouldn’t be surprised how pleased she was.
