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THE KING OF COMEDY Introduced by Comedian Aparna Nancherla

7:30

Monday, June 27

Aparna Nancherla, one of Variety’s 10 Comics to Watch for 2016, will introduce the Monday, June 27, 7:30 show of The King of Comedy.

A former writer for Late Night with Seth Meyers on NBC, Aparna can be seen on the current season of Inside Amy Schumer on Comedy Central and the upcoming season of Love on Netflix. She currently hosts the long-running, popular underground New York comedy show, Whiplash at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater on Monday nights at 11 p.m.

Other credits include writer and performer on Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell and appearances on Conan on TBS, Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, @midnight, and Adam Devine’s House Party on Comedy Central, NBC’s Last Comic Standing, and Seeso’s Night Train with Wyatt Cenac. She has also been on numerous lists such as Vulture‘s “50 Comedians You Should Know in 2015”, Marie Claire‘s Funniest Women of 2015, Time Out NY’s “10 Funniest Women in New York”, Flavorpill’s “11 Essential Young Comedians in New York City”, LA Weekly‘s “12 Comedy Acts to Watch”, and Splitsider’s “10 Up-and-Coming Comedians on Each Coast”.

Aparna was recently featured in The Atlantic’s June 6 article on female comedians. Read the full piece here

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