March 2022 Comedy Night
Headliner: Tommy Ryman
Feature: Courtney Baka
Tommy Ryman:
Tommy Ryman, a semifinalist on NBC’s Last Comic Standing, is an acclaimed comedian. His oddly-adorable stand-up landed him No. 2 on iTunes comedy charts for his album Having the Time of My Life. Named Best of the Midwest at Gilda’s Laugh Fest, Tommy grew up in Minnesota jamming on clarinet for his new-age mom and kale-chip-making dad.
He performs at top clubs, colleges, and festivals across the nation including the Great American Comedy Festival. Tommy was invited to be on Nickelodeon’s NickMom Night Out and has a full comedy special on Dry Bar Comedy. Ryman has worked alongside Nick Swardson, Hannibal Buress, Maria Bamford and Louie Anderson but none wear a cardigan quite like Tommy. Featured on Paste Magazine and regularly heard on SiriusXM and iheartradio, Tommy’s act can be described as absurdist and clever masked behind an endearing, innocent demeanor.
A Last Comic Standing judge raved, “I have never seen anything like [Tommy] before in my whole life, [he is] one-of-a-kind, fantastic!”
Feature:
Courtney Baka is a comedian and writer based in Minneapolis. With her dry wit and unique perspective, she finds comedy in a tragic world. She has performed in numerous festivals across the country including The Women in Comedy Festival, Limestone Comedy Festival, 208 and 10,000 Laughs. In addition, she has opened for such comedians as Kyle Kinane, Taylor Tomlinson, Shane Torres and Aparna Nancherla. She also writes for the punk rock satire site The Hard Times, where she is known as the resident goth. Courtney was named 2019 Minnesota Comic to watch, but you can usually find her in her apartment with her two cats where she is currently living out her dream of becoming a cliche.