“Come Out For Change - A Gay-la For Charity”
Comedy Benefit @ the Lincoln Lodge Wed, December 17th @ 9 pm
Chicago comedy producer Nellie Huggins announces a very special comedy show to benefit Equality Illinois (”EQIL”), whose mission is to “secure, protect and defend equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in Illinois.”
The show will feature a (mostly) gay lineup of stand up, sketch, video, music, and variety performers, including:
Cameron Esposito - Lincoln Lodge cast member, Fourth Fridays producer, self-labeled “Homo Genius”
Bill Cruz - regular performer with Don’t Spit the Water, favorite stand-up at the Lincoln Lodge, Chicago Underground Comedy, and more
Ben Lerman - Chicago-bred NYC favorite and delightful musical madman
Sketch group “Alliance” - (Sommer Austin, Keith Ecker, and Meredith Melville, directed by John Loos)
Seth Dodson - improv star of Don’t Spit the Water, fresh from winning Season Three of Impress These Apes !
Hosted by the brilliant and beautiful Allison Leber, who also emcee’d the Prop 8 protest at Federal Plaza, which ended spilling out into the streets of downtown Chicago
