True fact: Portland needs some good laughs right now. That’s why the Mercury is so hot-to-trot on our annual comedy show, the Undisputable Geniuses of Comedy! Here’s how it works: We scour the city for the funniest, most gut-busting hilarious stand-up comedians and up-and-comers, and then stick ’em all on one stage for the finest night of comedy Portland has to offer. It’s all going down on September 8 at 8 pm at Revolution Hall—so get your tickets quick because it will sell out!
Need more convincing? Then let’s meet the comedians of the Undisputable Geniuses of Comedy 2018!
Alex Falcone
Alex was picked as Portland’s Funniest Person in this year’s annual contest at Helium Comedy Club, which should be reason enough to race around the block to see him perform. AND YET? He was also a runner up in 2017’s Seattle International Comedy Competition, named one of Willamette Week’s Funniest Five, hosts one of Portland’s best comedy shows (Earthquake Hurricane), and was a previous Mercury Genius of Comedy. He also says very funny things about sex, marriage, and the futility of life in a mesmerizing, mathematical fashion. You’re gonna want to watch him work.
Mohanad Elshieky
You may have seen this whip-smart Libyan native in the 2016 Geniuses of Comedy show, as a runner-up in Portland’s Funniest Person competition, on the Lovett or Leave It podcast, and you will see him in the very near future on a stand-up TV special for Epix. But every time Mohanad takes the stage, he dazzles with his self-effacing, wry observations about being a North African in Portland. Keep your eye on this very talented comedian—he’ll be breaking big before we know it.
