Comic W. Kamau Bell Performs with Hari Kondabolu for a Night of Comedy Benefiting Housing Forward

Two of the most exciting political stand-up comics working today will be performing at DePaul University's Merle Reskin Theatre in downtown Chicago on May 20, 2016 at 7pm in order to raise money for Housing Forward. The tickets are $30, and they are on sale now through Brown Paper Tickets. Click here to get yours today! All proceeds from this event benefit Housing Forward. 

Fresh from CNN's new hit show, United Shades of America, W. Kamau Bell is a socio-political comedian whose new one-hour comedy special, Semi-Prominent Negro, also debuted on Showtime last month. Semi-Prominent Negro is directed by Morgan Spurlock. Kamau is also known for his cult-favorite but criminally short-lived Chris Rock-produced FX comedy series, Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell. The New York Times called Kamau the most promising new talent in political comedy in many years. Among the places Kamau has been seen or heard are Comedy Central's @midnight, HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, Conan, Meet The Press, WTF with Marc Maron, The Rachel Maddow Show, Fresh Air, and This American Life. His writing has appeared on VanityFair.com, Salon.com, MSNBC.com, and Buzzfeed. Kamau is also proud to be the ACLU's Ambassador of Racial Justice. Kamau is the host of Kamau Right Now!, a public radio talk show that airs on KALW in San Francisco. He produces a weekly podcast with fellow comedian Kevin Avery entitled Denzel Washington is The Greatest Actor of All Time Period. SF Weekly called Kamau “smart, stylish, and very much in the mold of politically outspoken comedians like Dave Chappelle.”

Hari Kondabolu is a Brooklyn-based, Queens-raised comic who the NY Times has called one of the most exciting political comics in stand-up today. In March 2014, he released his debut standup album Waiting for 2042 on indie-label Kill Rock Stars. He was the NYU's APA Institute's Artist in Residence for the 2014-2015 Academic Year. Hari has done standup on the Late Show with David Letterman, Conan, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Live at Gotham, and John Oliver's New York Standup Show. His Comedy Central Presents half-hour television special debuted on the network in February 2011. He was also a writer and correspondent for Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell. He has performed at such notable festivals as the HBO Comedy Festival, South by Southwest, Bumbershoot, Sasquatch, the Aspen Ideas Festival and Just for Laughs in Montreal and Chicago.