Literati: A Comedy Show About Books and the Idiots Who Write Them
Studio K
Colin O’Brien and Michael Wolf bring Literati, their hit comedy show about the greatest American novels never written, to the Club at Studio K! Catch hilarious fake authors discussing their distinguished work. Featured comedians include Alise Morales, Eugene Mirman, Josh Sharp, and Ikechukwu Ufomadu.
Colin O’Brien and Michael Wolf bring Literati, their hit comedy show about the greatest American novels never written, to the Club at Studio K! Catch hilarious fake authors discussing their distinguished work. Featured comedians include Alise Morales, Eugene Mirman, Josh Sharp, and Ikechukwu Ufomadu.
Artists are subject to change at any time without notice.
Comedians
Alise Morales
Alise Morales is a comedy writer, performer, voice actress, and podcaster. Alise is best known for her work as the writer of the Betches Sup newsletter, and co-host of the Betches Sup podcast, which she left in October of 2023 after eight wonderful years. Her writing has been featured in Flexx Mag, Reductress, Above Average, PureWoW, Betches, and more.
In 2012 she was a featured standup in MTVU’s College Quickies series and was a member of the video sketch trio Horrible Insane Girl, which premiered on IFC's Comedy Crib in May 2015. In 2016, Alise was one of the winners of the NBC/UCB Diversity Scholarship Showcase, and her series Triffany & Briffney was an official comedy selection for 2016’s New York TV Fest. Alise also performed on UCB’s Lloyd Night from 2015–2018
Alise’s original show,The Roast of Your Teenage Self, toured across the country and was featured in the 2017 and 2019 New York Comedy Festivals. In 2019 it became its own podcast on the All Things Comedy Network and debuted at #2 on Spotify’s trending podcasts. Alise has appeared on Hulu’s Difficult People, Late Night with Seth Meyers, and The Chris Gethard Show. You can also catch her voicing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Showtime’s Our Cartoon President, as Village Voice secretary Isobel on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel season 4, and as “Virtue Signal” anchor Lila Moreno on seasons 1 and 2 of Stephen Colbert’s Tooning Out the News. Recently Alise was selected as part of a group of 12 exciting up-and-coming actors and comedians for the 2023 CBS Showcase. Her latest project, theGo Touch Grass Podcast, premiered on the Headgum network in December 2023.
Massachusetts resident Eugene Mirman escaped the clutches of Russian communism at the age of four when his family immigrated from Moscow to Lexington, MA (where along with Paul Revere and John Adams he kicked off the American Revolution). He attended Hampshire College and designed his own major of Comedy—doing a one-hour stand-up act as his thesis (for which he was made fun of, don’t worry).
Eugene currently stars as the voice of “Gene” on Fox’s hit animated series Bob’s Burgers.
He is also known for portraying comedian/mobster Yvgeny Mirminsky on Adult Swim’s Delocated; Eugene the landlord on Flight of the Conchords; Dr. Eugene Mirman on Aqua Teen Force; and Eugene, the Russian foreign exchange student, on Home Movies. He is a frequent co-host of Star Talk with Neil deGrasse Tyson and hosts the audio series Hold On with Eugene Mirman for Audible, which has featured such guests as Jim Gaffigan, “Weird Al” Yankovic, and Reggie Watts. Eugene has also appeared on Archer, @Midnight, Inside Amy Schumer, Late Night With Conan O’Brien, Russell Howard’s Good News, Late Night with Seth Myers, Broad City, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, and more.
Eugene’s comedy special Eugene Mirman: An Evening of Comedy in a Fake Underground Laboratory aired on Comedy Central in 2012 and another special, Vegan on His Way to the Complain Store, premiered on Netflix in 2015. In 2015 he also released a nine-disc vinyl box set on SubPop entitled I’m Sorry (You’re Welcome), which could also be purchased as a chair, a bathrobe, and a puppy.
Eugene was named Best New York City Comedian by the Village Voice, one of “50 Funniest” by Time Out New York, and one of The 10 Best Comedians of the Decade by Paste Magazine. Eugene was also named by Rolling Stone as “Hot Twitterer” and keeps his 426k+ followers entertained daily.
A pioneer of the comedy variety show since the days of Rififi, Eugene co-founded Pretty Good Friends along with Julie Smith Clem, which began as a weekly comedy show in Brooklyn, but grew into tours, large outdoor shows, and TV and radio projects. Out of these shows, Eugene and Julie also created (originally as a joke) the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival, which is now a yearly institution in Brooklyn and beyond.
Colin O’Brien
Colin O’Brien is a writer/performer living in Brooklyn, NY who was named one of the Just For Laughs New Faces: Characters in 2016. His work has been featured on MTV, CollegeHumor, Fusion, Nerdist, Funny or Die, and The Kevin McDonald Kevin McDonald Podcast. Colin wrote and performed with the high-octane sketch comedy group O.S.F.U.G: The Fast F*ckin’ Sketch Show which sold out shows at The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre and Knitting Factory in Brooklyn for seven years.
Colin co-hosted the podcast Literati: A Comedy Show About Books & The Idiots Who Write Them on the ForeverDog Podcast Network. His comedy musical duo Nancy’s show Home Is Where The Songs Is as well as his part writing seminar/part Broadway show How To Write A Book: The Play also both enjoyed extended runs at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. As well as performing regularly around New York City and LA, Colin has also performed at New York Comedy Fest; NYC Sketch Fest; San Francisco Sketch Fest; Austin Sketch Fest; Piccolo Fringe Festival in Charleston, SC; Hell Yes Fest in New Orleans; and the Boston Comedy Arts Fest.
Josh Sharp
Josh Sharp, along with partner Aaron Jackson, is the star, writer, and executive producer of Dicks: The Musical. A24’s first musical feature is adapted from Josh and Aaron’s long-running off-off-Broadway production, F*cking Identical Twins.
Josh served as a correspondent on The Opposition w/ Jordan Klepper for Comedy Central, and starred in Netflix’s The Iliza Shlesinger Sketch Show. Other credits include Search Party, At Home with Amy Sedaris, and Two Broke Girls.
Ikechukwu Ufomadu
Ikechukwu Ufomadu is an Emmy-nominated and Drama Desk Award–winning actor, writer, and comedian, named a “Comedian You Should and Will Know” by Vulture/New York Magazine and a “Comic to Look Out For” by Time Out New York.
He co-wrote and stars in the indie comedy feature Inspector Ike, praised in the New York Times as an “often-inspired goof.” He also co-wrote and stars in the short-form series Words with Ike (FX), which was recognized with an Emmy nomination for Best Actor in a Short Form Series. His solo show Amusements played a critically-acclaimed, sold-out run at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe and makes its Off-Broadway premiere at Playwrights Horizons in November of 2023.
Michael Wolf
Michael Wolf is a comic and writer based in Los Angeles whose work has been featured on Comedy Central, Adult Swim, MTV, and more. He started in Boston College’s improv and stand-up scene, performing with My Mother’s Fleabag. In New York City, he studied and performed at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theater with the mainstage sketch show OSFUG.
Hosting shows in NYC and freelancing as a director for Comedy Central, he has collaborated with talents like Bowen Yang, Roy Wood Jr., Tom Hiddleston, and Hugh Jackman. His long-running podcast Literati, featuring hilarious fake authors and notable guests, was a hit on the ForeverDog Network. Check out his website www.TheMichaelJWolf.com for his comedy videos and upcoming shows.
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