About Love’s A Joke - Comedy Matinee & Comedy Night!
The Phoenici Playhouse, as part of its 50th Season, presents a two-show summer comedy special: “Love’s A Joke” - Comedy Matinee & Comedy Night!
Love's a Joke is a raucous and not-to-miss comedy tour as America’s funniest entertainers and comedy couples take the stage to dish on marriage, sex, divorce, parenthood, fighting, weddings, and who (or what) they fantasize about when their spouse isn’t looking. They got married so you don't have to!
Featuring Vicky Kuperman & Max Cohen
Hosted by Kendra Cunningham
August 29th - Two Shows!
Comedy Matinee 2:00 pm (Doors @ 1:30 pm)
Comedy Night 7:00 pm (Doors @ 6:30 pm)
No Intermission
Ages 18+
About the comedians:
Vicky Kuperman
Russian-born Vicky Kuperman has performed nationwide for over a decade and was named one of Huffington Post’s new comedians to watch. She's been seen on Live From Gotham, Nickelodeon, The Maxim comedy Showcase and heard regularly on SiriusXM.
Her comedy albums Love's a Joke, When I Could Feel, All Good! and Three's Comedy are in regular rotation on SiriusXM, and her book How to Spy on Your Neighbor was top 10 in political-humor on Amazon.
Radio & Podcast guest appearances include:
Tell me Everything, John Fugelsang, SiriusXM
RISK! podcast
Fake the Nation with Negin Farsad
Kiss 108 Matty in the Mornings
Parenting is a Joke
She‘s Got Issues
Front page spread of The Forward
In her comedy, she talks about everything from her Russian Family, World Travel, and marrying a younger guy, to her favorite topic: dogs. The three-week military tour for Armed Forces Entertainment she did was one of the greatest honors of her life. She entertained troops on 15 military bases and five countries across Europe.
She's the co-founder of the Love's a Joke tour, in which America's top comedy couples (married, divorced, cheating, what have you) perform around the country. She founded it with her husband but she does most of the work because she's the woman.
Max Cohen
Max's comedy career spans over 15 years. He's performed on five continents and too many states to remember. He is a regular panelist on John Fugelsang’s show Tell Me Everything on SiriusXM, and his albums Operation: Pastrami Sandwich and Love's a Joke are also played regularly on SiriusXM. He previously co-hosted the podcast Shut It Down! The Bar Rescue Recap Show and was featured on an episode of Bar Rescue on Paramount Network.
He brings the confusions and bewilderments of his life from the family dinner table to stages such as the Gotham Comedy Club, Broadway Comedy Club, and Stand Up NY. He was a semifinalist in The Great Long Island Laugh Off. Max has appeared in the New Orleans Comedy Arts Festival, Laughing Devil Comedy Festival, the SENE Film, Music & Arts Festival, and the Key West Comedy Festival.
He is also the co-producer of the Love's a Joke tour with his wife Vicky Kuperman, which means he just does what she tells him.
Kendra Cunningham
Originally from Boston, Kendra Cunningham has been named as a comic to watch by Time Out New York and has been compared to Groucho Marx and Mae West by the UK’s Chortle. She has previously been in the Montreal Just for Laughs Festival, The Glasgow Comedy Festival, and was a finalist in the Boston Comedy Festival for two years in a row. She has twice appeared on NBC’s Last Comic Standing gaining two spots in the top 100 jokes of the season. Her DryBar comedy special “On My Best Behavior” has almost 1 million views and is available on line as well as her special Meatball Therapy. She has two albums “Blonde Logic” and “Less Bitter, More Glitter. She recently launched The Compliments Collection, a fun line of hoodies, tees and gifts. You can get a copy of her humorous essays, Blonde Logic, on Amazon.
Phoenicia Playhouse
Who We Are
The Phoenicia Playhouse is the home of the Shandaken Theatrical Society, a 50-year-old not-for-profit organization dedicated to bringing community theater to Shandaken and surrounding communities. Located at 10 Church Street in the heart of Phoenicia, the theater was constructed in 1887 by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Over the years it has housed the original charitable and fraternal organization, an auction house, and a movie house. It is now one of the Catskill region’s longest-lived art organizations. The Playhouse has been an important resource for our community for 138 years. Our goal is to keep it thriving for artists and patrons of future generations.
Our Mission
The Phoenicia Playhouse is a performing arts organization that strengthens, invigorates and promotes the Catskills community. Our mission is three-fold: We produce shows, provide a venue for other shows and events, and create educational opportunities through youth and adult workshops. We are committed to drawing residents (full-time and part-time) and travelers together through the experience of the arts. “Community” is the most important part of “Community Theater”.