THE BEST OF THE SF STAND-UP COMEDY COMPETITION SATURDAY, APRIL 2ND @ 8PM ORCHESTRA: $30, LOGE: $25, OPERA: $20 PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A RENTAL OF EL CAMPANIL THEATRE. PASSES NOT ACCEPTED.
Back again after a stellar show this last January, don’t miss these hilarious finalists from the famed San Francisco Stand-Up Comedy Competition all together for one night at El Campanil Theatre!
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
DENNIS GAXIOLA
Dennis Gaxiola is one of America’s funniest clean comedians. The Air Force veteran has appeared on over 20 national tv appearances as well as a viral DryBar comedy special that has garnered over 150 million views on social media. A finalist of the SF international comedy competition and one of the Latin Kings Of Comedy.
CHAD OPITZ Chad Opitz is a comic whose hilarious and unique perspectives make him an oft booked staple at Bay Area clubs and showcases. Veering between one-liners, short story jokes, and sometimes even song, Opitz’ writing is as well-regarded as his character and performance work.
Chad has been a featured guest on the Doug Loves Movies Podcast and The Benson Interruption. He was a featured performer at the 2016-2019 San Francisco Sketchfests. Chad was the winner of Bay Area legend Jimmy Gunn’s “Best Newcomer” award. He is a regular host at Punch Line San Francisco and Sacramento, Cobb’s Comedy Club and is a feature act at Rooster T. Feathers Comedy Club and San Jose Improv. He’s been invited to perform for the Altercation Comedy Festival in Austin, TX. and the B4UDie Comedy Festival in Anchorage, Alaska.
Chad has been featured in several short films and commercials, including Walgreens Red Nose Day to help end child poverty. He was cast as “young Francis Ford Coppola” for the upcoming 4th season of Amazon Prime’s Goliath starring Billy Bob Thornton. He’s opened for Michelle Wolf, Melissa Villasenor, David Cross, Scott Thompson, Christopher Titus, Gad Elmaleh, ISMO, Rob Schneider, Neil Hamburger, Taylor Tomlinson, Tom Green, Bobcat Goldthwait, Brooks Wheelan and many more.
MATT GUBSER
“A true comedian…just a laid-back dude with a bone-dry wit.”-San Jose Metro “A sharp wit and a sexy brain.”-Eureka Times-Standard “Smart, perceptive, and dark.” -The Serious Comedy Site “Irreverently funny.”-Salt Lake Underground
Matt Gubser is a San Francisco Bay Area based comic who performs across the US and Canada. Touching on topics ranging from parenting, dating, sex, politics, & religion, he intermingles personal anecdotes and biting social commentary, all couched in a comfortable, relaxed delivery.
Matt was has been part of SF Weekly’s “Best of the Bay” and was named “Comedian’s Comedian” in the Bay Area Stand Up Comedy Awards. His most recent album, “Before He Was Famous,” reached #2 on the Amazon Music Comedy Chart.
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