Order up! Chicago Style Deep Dish: Minnesota Style features not only a thick crust but also four of The Windy Citys sauciest comics. Fill your tummy with a piping hot slice of music, stand up, and sketch comedy served up fresh by this cheesy quartet! Featuring Minnesota's own Alex Collyard (iO Chicago) and Chrissi Hartigan (Comedy Central LA, Clickhole) with appearances from Andy Rowell (America's Got Talent), and Ashley Leisten (Second City). Chicago Style Deep Dish: Minnesota Style will feature a variety of acts with an emphasis on music comedy from some of Chicago's most popular up-coming comedic talent. Videos, looping, raps, ballads, characters, costumes, standup... anything and everything is to be expected! The show will also feature some local performers. Andy Rowell is a comedian, musician, and filmmaker based out of Chicago. He spends most of his time producing comedy videos and can be spotted performing throughout the midwest. Most notably, Andy was featured on season fourteen of America's Got Talent as "Tequila Guy", an act described by Simon Cowell as, "So stupid, I loved it". For the latest, follow @goodfriendandy or visit www.andy-rowell.com.
Chrissi Hartigan is a singer, actor, comedian & real life Polynesian lady living in Chicago, IL. She hails from St. Paul and has the horrible accent to prove it. A graduate of Columbia College's Jazz Studies program, Chrissi is dedicated to using her Bachelor of Music for creating a fresh approach to musical comedy. So that's fun. Blending a bold sound & restive demeanor, she continues to be a staple solo act for some of the best stages in Chicago. Previous appearances include The Lincoln Lodge, The Paper Machete, Chicago Underground Comedy & headlining Strip Joker. Offstage, she works as a cast member in iO Comedy Network team Free Street Parking. She chose to pay for a website instead of buying health insurance. So please visit Chrissiros3.com
Ashley Leisten is a comic, solo sketch performer, writer, & improviser from Keller, Texas. Shes is a graduate of Second City Severn Darden House Company and the Annoyance Theatre Improv program. Her stand-up & one-woman comedy shows have been featured on shows throughout Chicago as well as several national festivals including her headlining set at Out of Bound Festival (ATX, 2018). Shes the producer of Mosh Pit, Chicagos only metal comedy show. Her first self-directed & composed comedy musical, "Boyband: The Musical," is on its second run on The Annoyance's Mainstage. Shes a big dipshit who lives in GarageBand.
Alex Collyard is a comedian, actor, producer, and proud father of piles and piles of unwashed band t-shirts. He writes, performs, and works as the technical director of Studio Eleven, described as the "SNL" of Chicago's iO Theater. He also produces Just Kitten Around, Chicago's only comedy showcase that takes place in a cat cafe! His unique brand of audience interactive character based stand-up makes him a frequent performer on revered Chicago comedy institutions such as The Lincoln Lodge, The Paper Machete, Chicago Underground Comedy and has NEVER performed on Strip Joker because no one wants to see that (hasn't been asked).
Follow him on TikTok, Twitter, and Instagram @alexcollyard Alex Collyard @AlexCollyard - Instagram, Twitter, TikTok Alex Collyard and Nobody Asked For This on YouTube
Andy Rowell https://www.andy-rowell.com/ @goodfriendandy - Instagram, Twitter Andy Rowell on YouTube Chrissi Rose https://www.chrissiros3.com/ @chrissiros3 - Instagram, Twitter Chrissi Rose Hartigan on YouTube Ashley Leisten http://www.ashleyleisten.com/ @ashleisten - Instagram, Twitter