Performance | Amreeka

August 22, 20256:00 pm - 8:00 pm

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Edlis Neeson Theater

a large neon sign that reads West Coast Premiere Amreeka The Comedy Show presented by Golden Thread Productions

A male presenting person with light brown skin and a beard gestures while speaking into a microphone on a red lit stage in front of a large neon sign

A person stands on a blue and red lit stage in front of a large neon sign that reads West Coast Premiere Amreeka The Comedy Show

About the Event

Amreeka is a roving stand-up comedy night curated by artist Wafaa Bilal and named in response to how some Middle Easterners jokingly refer to “America.” Get ready to laugh with Amreeka mainstays Suzie Afridi, Charles McBee, and Usama Siddiquee, who find common ground by poking fun at the personal and the political.

Access Information

CART captioning is available for this event. To request additional accessibility services like ASL interpretation or audio description, please contact us at [email protected] or 312-397-4076.

About the Comedians

Suzie Afridi started doing stand-up in 2013 because no one read her blog, and in 2017 she toured with a story titled “Olive Oil Eyes” with the Moth.

Charles McBee is a respected NYC stand-up comedian and writer from Toledo, Ohio, who has made three national stand-up comedy appearances on Gotham Comedy Live and was a favorite on two FOX television shows, Laughs, Seasons 1 and 2, and Punchline, Seasons 1 and 2.

Usama Siddiquee is a Bengali-American comedian living and working in NYC, whose brand of charismatic, ebullient, and intelligent comedy is sure to make audiences roll with laughter!

Related Exhibition

February 1, 2025 - October 19, 2025

Wafaa Bilal: Indulge Me

Funding

Program

Lead support for Learning programs at the MCA is provided by Jana and Bernardo Hees.

Major support for Learning programs at the MCA is provided by Carol Prins and John Hart/The Jessica Fund and an anonymous donor.

Additional generous support is provided by the Friends of Edwin A. Bergman Fund, the Hulda B. & Maurice L. Rothschild Foundation, Diane Kahan, The Marshall Frankel Foundation, D. Elizabeth Price and Lou Yecies, and The William Randolph Hearst Foundations.

Exhibition

Lead support for Wafaa Bilal: Indulge Me is provided by the Harris Family Foundation in memory of Bette and Neison Harris, the Zell Family Foundation, and Cari and Michael Sacks.

Generous support is provided by Creative Capital Foundation, The Joyce Foundation, and the Margot and W. George Greig Ascendant Artist Fund.