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Joe’s Pub, a program of the Public Theater presents the North American premiere of critically acclaimed comedian, author, and actor Catherine Cohen’s new show Come For Me. The show will run at Joe’s Pub from Monday, June 5 through Friday, June 30 with press performances on Friday, June 9, and Saturday, June 10 for review coverage to strictly run on or after the official press opening on Tuesday, June 13.
Joining Cohen as opening support at each performance is award-winning actor and comedian Ikechukwu Ufomadu. Tickets for Public Theater partners and supporters go on sale at 2 PM today. The public on-sale will be on April 11 at 12PM ET.
Come For Me is an openly glamorous, decidedly horny musical exploration of what it means to enter your thirties as a woman online, in love, and inspired to romanticize the prospect of freezing your eggs.”Shooting The Twist… She’s Gorgeous at Joe’s Pub was the best night of my life!!” Said Cohen. “ I can’t wait to debut my new hour there this summer. It’s going to be dreamy!!!” The show made its world premiere in the UK, where it was praised by The Guardian as “outrageously sharp and funny.” The List applauded Cohen’s songwriting, as it “continues to be rich in gags and memorable melodies while also growing in sophistication and complexity.”
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Cohen invites her audiences to “emotionally prepare for sexy stand-up and songs about finding your purpose, filling the void, and sending nothing but love and light to anyone who isn’t addicted to your person.”
Ufomadu has been called the “gentleman scholar of alt comedy” by Vulture, while Time Out New York has described him as having “a confidence as big as all outdoors. You don’t want to miss him before he becomes a household name.” His set will be a waggishly absurd exploration of such vital topics as “The Alphabet” and “Counting.”
Catherine Cohen is best known for her hit Netflix comedy special The Twist…? She’s Gorgeous, which was also performed and filmed at Joe’s Pub, and premiered earlier this year. The same live show won Cohen the coveted title of Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Comedy Festival in 2019. Last year, Cohen found herself in Comedy Central’s Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens, and she joined the cast for Season 3 of FX’s critically acclaimed series What We Do In The Shadows. She can also be seen leading the indie comedy Dating & New York opposite fellow comedian Jaboukie Young-White, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and was acquired by IFC Films. Her other on screen credits include Netflix’s series Special, Michael Showalter’s feature The Lovebirds, Disney+’s reboot of Home Alone, HBO’s High Maintenance, Comedy Central’s Broad City, and TBS’ Search Party. Additionally, in 2021, Cohen published her first book, God I Feel Modern Tonight, a collection of comedic poetry. Cohen and fellow beloved and criminally under-famous comedian Pat Regan host Seek Treatment, a playful, fun, and flirty podcast all about “boys, sex, dating, and love.” She can be seen next in the Paramount+ feature film, At Midnight, and in the upcoming Hulu series What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding.
Catherine Cohen Online:
Ikechukwu Ufomadu is an Emmy-nominated and Drama Desk Award-winning actor, writer, and comedian, named a “Comedian You Should and Will Know” by Vulture/New York Magazine and a “Comic to Look Out For” by Time Out New York. He co-wrote and stars in the indie comedy feature Inspector Ike (BRIC/Factory 25), praised in The New York Times as an “often-inspired goof” and in Paste Magazine as a “cult classic in the making”. He also co-wrote and stars in the short-form series Words With Ike (FX), recognized with an Emmy nomination for Best Actor in a Short Form Series. As an actor, he can be seen in the Oscar-nominated Judas and The Black Messiah (Warner Bros), Los Espookys (HBO), Three Busy Debras, Joe Pera Talks With You (Adult Swim) and more. He’s written for the late night series Ziwe (Showtime), the Emmy-nominated Tooning Out The News (Paramount Plus) and Paid Off (TruTV). As a comedian, he’s performed at The Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, South by Southwest, The Public Theater, Ars Nova, Bushwick Starr, JACK, San Francisco Sketchfest and more.
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Joe’s Pub, a program of The Public Theater, was named for Public Theater founder Joseph Papp. Since it opened in 1998, Joe’s Pub has played a vital role in The Public’s mission of supporting artists at all stages of their careers with an intimate space to perform and develop new work. Joe’s Pub presents the best in live music and performance nightly, continuing its commitment to diversity, production values, community, and artistic freedom. In addition to one-night-only concerts and multi-night engagements, Joe’s Pub is home to the annual Habibi Festival, which hosts artists representing contemporary and traditional musics of the SWANA (Southwest Asia/North Africa) region, and The Vanguard Award & Residency, a yearlong curation series that celebrates the career, and community, of a prolific and influential artist, including Nona Hendryx, Judy Collins, Laurie Anderson, and Barbara Maier Gustern.
With its intimate atmosphere and superior acoustics, Joe’s Pub presents over 700 shows featuring artists from all over the world and hosts over 100,000 audience members annually. Beyond public performances, Joe’s Pub also leads artist development programs like New York Voices, a commissioning program that helps musicians develop new performance projects, and Joe’s Pub Working Group, an artist-led development and collaboration cohort. Current commissioned artists include Daniel J. Watts & Nick Blaemire, Liza Paul & Bahia Watson, Sunny Jain, Vuyo Sotashe & Chris Pattishall, and treya lam. Joe’s Pub is supported in part by an American Rescue Plan Act grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to support general operating expenses in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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