Tails are wagging at this comedy fest!
A laugh-fest in Greenpoint will raise money for rescued dogs while treating audience members to some bona fide gut-busting entertainment on Sept. 10.
“Rolling Over From Laughter” will harness the talents of both the Upright Citizens Brigade — New York’s renowned, SNL-vetting improv troupe — and the Oklahoma City Improv to generate giggles and funds for Friends with Four Paws, an Oklahoma City animal shelter that ships rescued dogs to loving foster homes across the East Coast. One of the dog-loving comedians said it will be the ultimate feel-good fest.
“Comedy makes people laugh and feel good, and dogs are peoples’ best friends and they make people feel good,” said Jared Dryden, who will be improvising on stage with a gaggle of fellow comedians.
The event’s organizer, an Oklahoma improv artist who helps run the Midwestern refuge, dreamed up the fund-raiser as a way to combine her two passions and share them with her East Coast kin. But she says the laughter is all in the name of a tail-waggingly good cause.
“It’s about the dogs,” said Leah Rose. “It’s about having fun in honor of the dogs.”
Lauren Adams, an Upright Citizens Brigade comedienne best known for her role on Netflix’s “The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” was delighted to jump on board and bring her fellow Brigadiers with her.
“I’m a big dog-lover and I’m very pro-rescue,” she said. “I’m honored to help get some puppies a new home.”
The group will put on an improvisational comedy show, followed by a performance from the Oklahoma troupe. Finally, the two will join each other on stage for what Rose called an “improv jam.”
Tickled audience members will also be treated to sushi and an open bar while a selection of real live pups are on display, available for fostering or adoption. Attendees will also be able to flip through a book of out-of-state adoptables, and all proceeds of the side-splitting fest will go towards the shelter and its poor pups.
“Rolling Over From Laughter” at Double 6 Studio [66 Green St. between West and Franklin Streets in Greenpoint, (347) 927–6682, www.doubl
