Stand Up! for Main Street
Public Citizen Presents an All-Star Comedy Benefit on September 18 in San Francisco
Event Details
Sunday, September 18, 2016 • 6:30 – 8 p.m.
Marines’ Memorial Theatre • 609 Sutter Street • San Francisco, California
Join Us
Tickets are $100 — with a reduced cost for students and public interest employees of $25. For five or more tickets or to sponsor the event, please contact Amanda Fleming at (202) 588-7734 or email events@citizen.org.
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Emcee
Steve Skrovan
Featuring
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Will Durst
Will Durst is a five-time Emmy nominee. With more than 800 television appearances, he has been featured on the Late Show with David Letterman, HBO, Showtime, CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox News and the BBC. |
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Diane Amos
Diane Amos is a stand-up comedian and actor. She has served as the spokesperson for Pine-Sol® Brand Cleaners’ advertising campaigns since 1993. She has appeared in films such as Nine Months and Angels in the Outfield. |
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Nato Green
Nato Green has a regular column in the San Francisco Examiner, and his humor commentaries have appeared in VICE, The Huffington Post, and San Francisco Bay Guardian. He created Iron Comic, the Iron Chef-spoofing comedy game show he co-hosts with Moshe Kasher. |
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Larry “Bubbles” Brown
Larry “Bubbles” Brown is a San Francisco-based comedian. He has appeared on over 25 television shows, including the Late Show with David Letterman. He has been a frequent opening act for Dana Carvey and Dave Attell. |
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Johnny Steele
Johnny Steele is a comedian with 20 national television appearances. On the radio, he hosted San Francisco’s Live 105 Morning Radio Show and co-hosted KRON/Bay TV’s THE SHOW. |
Hosts
Mark Chavez and Jonathan Gertler
Joseph Cotchett, Frank Pitre and Niall McCarthy
Bryan Kemnitzer, Nancy Barron, Kristin Kemnitzer and Adam McNeil
Reception Sponsors
Derek Howard
Tom and Evelyn Hunt
Sandra Schmaier
Margaret Sharp
Public Citizen Trustees
David Brisken
Elizabeth Cabraser
Mark A. Chavez
Polly and Randy Cherner
Abe and Ida Cooper Foundation
Trammell Crow
Andrew Friedman
Glenn Garland
Jonathan Gertler
D. Howard Gold
Sherry Gold
Neil Holtzman
Ray Kahler
Taras Kick
Shannon Liss-Riordan
Richard and Marilyn Mazess
Brad Moore
Michael Rooney
Daniel Shih
Stephen Silberstein
Steve Skrovan and Shelley Powsner
Gerson H. Smoger
Jonathan Soros
Jeremy Stoppelman
Roger Townsend
Public Citizen Board of Directors, Inc.
Jason B. Adkins (chair)
Joan Claybrook
Andrew Friedman
Danny Goldberg
Jim Hightower
Joy Howell
Shannon Liss-Riordan
John Richard
Anthony So
Robert Weissman (ex officio)
Public Citizen Board of Directors, Foundation
Mark A. Chavez (chair)
Jim Bildner
Ann Brown
Robert C. Fellmeth
David Halperin
Annie Leonard
Cynthia Renfro
Steve Skrovan
Gerson H. Smoger
Robert Weissman (ex officio)
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