Daniel Fazio 9/2/25 Daniel Fazio 9/2/25

Rotting Flesh Gives Way To Hope

This Week at Dynasty: NICOLE BYER, SARAH SILVERMAN, DREW CAREY, CHUCK TINGLE, DROPOUT, DRAG, and DR. Z!

Sweet September Darlings,

☀️ 🍂 Welcome to the blustering, blistering month of SWEPTEMBER, we hope you’re ready to be swept off your flarpin’ feet! We have such a beautiful bevy of programming ahead of us, we’re begging to be whiskkkkked away [from the dystopian hellscape we are all forced to navigate] and lovingly carried into experiences that will expand, enchant, and inspire.

JAMie is back from Burning Man, but not yet BaCk 2 ReAliTEA (also the name of an audio journey he’s currently recording in his car). You can expect next week to be chock full of DOWNLOADS from the playa, tips on how to beat the heat, and maybe a fashion column? VAN has been making her own passion fruit jam. The vine that last year granted 3 passion fruits is showing up and showing OUT this year! Did you know that the shells of passion fruit actually have pectin in them and you don’t have to ADD pectin to make a soft set jam with these? Do you know how easy it is to go from being a mildly interesting person to being a person who thinks writing about soft set jam is HOT CONTENT?!

This week, you’ll have to settle for a sparse welcome to this month. In other parts of the country, the foliage may be beginning to turn, the sweaters being pulled from storage, and people talking about soup weather. In LA we know this month is Summer’s slooty drunk aunt who just doesn’t know when it’s time to leave the dance floor. It’s gonna get sweaty and messy.

But while we can’t admire the changing of the leaves, we are finding wholesome joy in watching the colors of lesions and open sores slowly turn and ripen on a certain elected Predator. 🍁 Perhaps it’s just us getting old and sentimental, but we like to think something may be withering and dying. Almost beautiful, for something to physically transform into the rancid rot it’s been emotionally for years. Wow. 🌈 It may amount to nothing, but this weekend felt like a glimmer of hope in a sea of sewage.

Rottingly,

VanJam

THIS WEEK’S SHOWS

🎥 🤚 🍿TUES 09.02 | 7:30PM TONIGHT!

The Benson Movie Interruption

Doug Benson (Super High Me) and friends crack jokes live during a screening of a movie chosen by the audience. Bring a DVD or Blu-ray to nominate, then vote for which film gets hilariously roasted. With special guests DREW CAREY, SARAH SILVERMAN, GEOFF TATE & More Surprises!

🎀 🎰 WED 09.03 | 7:30PM

Chuck Tingle’s Lucky Day Book Launch

Bestselling author CHUCK TINGLE (Camp Damascus, Bury Your Gays) celebrates his new novel Lucky Day. Part horror, part satire, the story follows a bisexual professor and a shady agent unraveling a supernatural casino disaster. Expect cosmic absurdity, sharp humor, and love proving itself real.

💕 🗑️THU 09.04 | 7:30PM

Lovett or Leave It

JON LOVETT hosts his hit live show and podcast breaking down the week’s politics and pop culture with sketches, games, and sharp analysis. This live LA edition welcomes special guests special guests OSCAR NUNẼZ, ALEX BORSTEIN and more.

✏️ 🏀 FRI 09.05 | 7:30PM LIVE & LIVESTREAM

Wordplay with Rekha Shankar

A chaotic word-game variety show from REKHA SHANKA (Dropout). Expect dumb games, sharp comedy, and zero Latin roots. With ANGELA GIARRATANA, PATRICK MCDONALD, KENDAHL LANDRETH, and CORIN WELLS. Co-produced with Laservision.

🪩 💃 FRI 09.05 | 10PM
The Sabo and Loomba Show

ALYSSA SABO and MONICA LOOMBA reinvent the late-night talk show with fast-paced comedy, wild guests, Craigslist surprises, and 70s three-piece suits. Featuring Todd Glass, Caitlin Reilly, Hannah Pilkes, Lily Du, Cam Gavinski, child actor Kameron Bummer, West Los Angeles Children’s Choir, and the Sabo & Loomba Band (Janine Hogan and Jeremy Olson). Expect music, madness, and a total twist on the talk show format.

🫦 🕺 SAT 09.06 | 10:30PM LIVE & LIVESTREAM

Bad Drag Race

LA’s comedy-first drag competition returns, where polish and poise are replaced with crunchy chaos. Hosted by MANO AGAPION, OSCAR MONTOYA,and NICOLE BYER, with special guest ACACIA FORGOT (RuPaul’s Drag Race S17). Big wigs, bad lip-syncs, and comedy that slays the house down.

🎤 🐵 SUN 09.07 | 6PM LIVE & LIVESTREAM

Hanging with Dr. Z Showbiz legend DR.Z recounts his fabulous career in a name-dropping chat fest with Hollywood pals ANDY DALY, LAURIE KILMARTIN, and CHRIS ESTRADA. Also featuring Rusty Steele, Carmine St. Pierre, and more. An insider evening full of stories, laughter, and surprises.

🎞️ 🤫 MON 09.08 | 7:30PM

Actors Anonymous Film Screening

A comedy mockumentary about an actress who fakes alcoholism to study sobriety—only to find friendship, love, and meaning beyond the Hollywood hustle. Laugh, cringe, repeat. Written & directed by MEAGN HEYN. Starring Chris Farah, Tony Rodriguez, Robert Chester Smith, and Jasmine Lewis.

Daniel Fazio 8/23/25 Daniel Fazio 8/23/25

Photo Recap: Mamma Mia — Pop Punk Edition

What happens when you take ABBA’s greatest hits, throw out the wedding-in-Greece storyline, and hand the script over to brilliant comedy writers? You get **MAMMA MIA! BUT DIFFERENT**—an all-new, completely reimagined jukebox musical featuring Broadway talent, original characters, and wildly inventive plots set to the same iconic ABBA soundtrack (plus some deep cuts).
This month’s installment, **Love After Midnight: A Pop Punk Romantasy Clusterfuck**, was written by **Zach Reino and Jess McKenna (Off-Book Podcast)** and powered by the full-throttle sounds of live pop punk band **Jacob the Horse**.
The stage lit up with unforgettable performances from **Kimia Behpoornia, Gabe Gibbs, Angela Giarratana, Sydney Heller, Mary Lou, Julianne Lang, Dan Leahy, Chris Renfro, Rashawn Scott, Calvin Seabrooks,** and **Emily Skeggs**. Under the direction of **Patrick McDonald** and musical direction by **Angela Giarratana**, the show mashed up rom-com chaos, fantasy worlds, and thrashing punk energy—proving once again that ABBA is the perfect soundtrack for *literally anything*.

Photos by: Jill Petracek | @JillPetracek

Daniel Fazio 8/18/25 Daniel Fazio 8/18/25

It's all coming together

This Week at Dynasty: Adam Sandler! Patricia Arquette! Adam Scott! Chelsea Peretti! Mohanad Elshieky! Bridger Winegar! Fuck This Month/Holy Shit!

THIS WEEK AT DYNASTY: ADAM SANDLER! PATRICIA ARQUETTE! ADAM SCOTT! CHELSEA PERETTI! MOHANAD ELSHIEKY! BRIDGER WINEGAR! FUCK THIS MONTH/HOLY SHIT!

See our full calendar here →

Dear Dynasty Darlings,

Last week was a ✨really amazing ✨ week at Dynasty! And this coming week? It is also going to be ✨really amazing ✨week at Dynasty! The aforementioned ✨really amazing weeks ✨will be bridged this evening by the final night of our three night Adam Sandler residency, which, as expected, has been ✨really amazing ✨ so far. The show is *sold out*, but there are still a few tickets left for tonight's 7:30pm Dynasty Tonight! show! We have an incredible line-up including Chelsea Peretti, Natalie Rotter-Laitman, Langston Kerman, and musical guest Will Schwartz. With house band The Dynasties of course, and hosted by Jamie Flam and Mr. Herbert R. Beeper (Vanessa's dog), who will be holding it down for Vanessa who is currently on an island! 🏝️

FYI, an island is a piece of land surrounded by water. "But wouldn't that mean that a continent is an island??" literally all of you are asking. No. By definition an island is not a continent. "Then why didn't you just say that out the gate??" literally all of you are asking. The answer is simple: I don't know. [beat] I don't know. [beat] I don't know.

Have a ✨really amazing ✨ week!
VanJam

🚨 Livestreams still available: The Ultimate Improv Show w/ Jack Quaid, 13-Year-Old MICHAEL AUSIELLO Presents: Beverly Hills - A Pretend Soap Oprea Preformed By Real Actors, Mamma Mia! But Different!, An All Star Live Reading of Return of the Jedi, T HE BRADYS – The Lost Episode: A Very Brady Funeral, Moon Goon Presents Prime! The Amazon Musical🚨

🌟 THIS WEEK AT DYNASTY 🌟

MONDAY, 8/18, 7:30PM: Dynasty Tonight! Comedy, Music, Ritual, & Variety! Nestled in the beating heart of LA’s most magical theater, Dynasty Tonight! is Dynasty Typewriter’s long running one-of-a-kind variety show extravaganza! The show is hosted by Dynasty proprietors JAMIE FLAM and VANESSA RAGLAND who welcome their favorite comedy, music, and variety acts! They also lead celestial manifestation ceremonies and host impromptu audience driven game and fashion shows, lost and found auctions, and occasional conga lines, puppet shows, fish funerals, human weddings, and whatever else the night calls for. All with the soundtrack of their backing jazz/soul band THE DYNASTIES! And if that wasn’t enough, sometimes super famous comedians pop in for surprise sets! Think of Dynasty Tonight! as your popcorn-fueled permission slip for a night of release and delight

This Week's Special Guests:
CHELSEA PERETTI (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
LANGSTON KERMAN (Abbott Elementary)
NATALIE ROTTER-LAITMAN (Exploration Live)
Music by WILL SCHWARTZ
House Band THE DYNASTIES
Hosted by JAMIE FLAM & MR. HERBERT R. BEEPER
+ More!
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10:00PM: ADAM SANDLER
⭐️ SOLD OUT! ⭐️

TUESDAY, 8/19, 7:30PM: MOHANAD ELSHIEKY
🚨 LOW TICKET WARNING 🚨
Join us for an evening of comedy with MOHANAD ELSHIEKY!

MOHANAD ELSHIEKY is a New York–based, Libyan-born comedian who made his national TV debut on Conan, has been featured on The Late Show with STEPHEN COLBERT, Don’t Tell Comedy, Comedy Central, and has toured with Pop Up Magazine. He is currently a writer/consultant for the hit podcast LOVETT OR LEAVE IT and was one of the hosts of Lemonada’s podcast I’M SORRY, where each week they unravel the latest and greatest in Twitter gaffes, petty beef, and not-so-subtle shade.

He has also been featured in KUMAIL NANJIANI’s LITTLE AMERICA book. In 2024, MOHANAD was selected to be one of the SF Sketchfest Dozen, a spotlight series for comics who are on the verge of becoming the next big thing. In 2018, he appeared in an episode of Epix’s Unprotected Sets and was listed as one of Thrillist’s 50 Best Undiscovered Comics. MOHANAD was also a digital producer on Full Frontal with SAMANTHA BEE.

MOHANAD combines a deceptively laid-back demeanor with his whip-smart perspective on politics and culture. The Portland Mercury called him “an undisputed genius of comedy,” and he's been featured on podcasts such as Lovett or Leave It, Pod Save The People, and Harmontown. He has toured across the country with the critically acclaimed storytelling show Pop Up Magazine. ELSHIEKY zeroes in on topics that seem off limits — then surprises you with how hard you’re laughing.

Follow MOHANAD on X @MOHANADELSHIEKY and IG @MOHANAD.ELSHIEKY

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WEDNESDAY, 8/20, 7:30PM: Humanitas Industry 101: Los Angeles Times presents Breaking Into New Hollywood

Join Humanitas Industry 101 for the launch of Breaking Into New Hollywood: A Career Guide to a Changing Industry, the new book from The Los Angeles Times and journalists ADA TSENG and JON HEALEY! ADA and JON will discuss the book (available everywhere August 12) and various career paths with invited industry professionals across departments.

Panelists:

NIK DODANI, actor, writer, comedian
MARILYN FU, screenwriter, producer
ANGELA C. LEE, producer, Director of Artist Development at Film Independent
MIKE GIOIA, AI filmmaker
CHRIS NORIEGA, Partner at Verve

Community Sponsors: NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA), UCLA Extension, Vidiots Foundation, Women in Film, Writers Guild Foundation

About the Authors

ADA TSENG
A former editor at the Los Angeles Times, ADA TSENG is the co-author of Breaking Into New Hollywood: A Career Guide to a Changing Industry, with JON HEALEY. She co-hosts the Asian American pop culture history podcast, Saturday School, with BRIAN HU, and she's running the 2025 TCS New York City Marathon in November to raise money for the Asian American Journalism Association.

JON HEALEY
JON HEALEY worked as a journalist for four decades, retiring in December after a 24-year stint as a reporter and editor for the Los Angeles Times. He specialized in explanatory journalism, helping readers understand complex issues and tackle problems — including those faced by would-be Hollywood professionals. His side hustle is editing board game rulebooks, which is even more fun than you'd think it would be.

About Los Angeles Times Presents Breaking Into New Hollywood
For the millions seeking to pursue their Hollywood dreams, this is the definitive guide to breaking into the entertainment industry that explores and demystifies dozens of careers from acting to post-production, and also takes into account changes brought by the rise of streaming and AI.

About The Los Angeles Times
Published since 1881, The Los Angeles Times is the sixth-largest newspaper by circulation in the United States, as well as the largest newspaper in the western United States.

Learn more about the book on the Simon & Schuster website:
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Breaking-Into-New-Hollywood/The-Los-Angeles-Times/9781668050033

Book bundle ticket purchases include a copy of the book which will be available for pick up at the event. Skylight Books will also be on-site night-of selling copies of Breaking Into New Hollywood.

About Humanitas Industry 101
Humanitas is the LA-based nonprofit that supports film and television writers through various annual programs like The Humanitas Prizes, New Voices Fellowship, and public programs like Industry 101. Since creating Industry 101 in 2022, over 13,000 registrants have signed up to attend 30 events featuring over 140 speakers. Guests from Los Angeles County, states across the US, as well as Singapore, Chile, Bolivia, Germany, Spain, Brazil, Switzerland, Taiwan, the Netherlands, and the Philippines have joined.

Industry 101 is sponsored by Sony Pictures Entertainment. Santa Monica Community College is our Community Sponsor.

Learn more about Humanitas at humanitasprize.org

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THURSDAY, 8/21, 7:30PM: Lovett Or Leave It: Live in LA
🚨 LOW TICKET WARNING! 🚨
Lovett or Leave It is a live variety show and podcast that breaks down the week’s politics and pop culture news with sketches, games, jokes that literally never miss, and everyone’s favorite: nuanced analysis. Join JON LOVETT and an all-star lineup of comedians, journalists, and other amazing guests in Los Angeles live on Thursdays at Dynasty Typewriter.

With TONY GILROY, PATRICIA ARQUETTE and ADAM SCOTT!

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FRIDAY, 8/22, 7:30PM: I Said No Gifts!
🎥 LIVE AND LIVESTREAMED! 🎥 🚨 LOW TICKET WARNING! 🚨

With Special Guests: LAUREN LAPKUS, TARAN KILLAM, and VINNY THOMAS

About I Said No Gifts!
Selected as Apple Podcasts' Podcast of the Month, named one of the Best Podcasts of the Year by The New York Times, and winner of the 2024 Signal Award for Best Comedy Podcast Episode, I Said No Gifts! is a podcast hosted by BRIDGER WINEGAR that has one rule: NO GIFTS. Sadly, even after more than 250 episodes, every guest continues to break the rule and show up with a gift for BRIDGER.

I Said No Gifts! is back in Los Angeles in search of guests who might have enough decency to follow the podcast's simple rule.

About BRIDGER WINEGAR
BRIDGER WINEGAR is a writer, actor, and host of the podcast I Said No Gifts!. He has written for and acted in shows including Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt on Netflix, Black Monday on Showtime, The Afterparty on Apple, Corporate on Comedy Central, and Jimmy Kimmel Live! on ABC.

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SATURDAY, 8/23, 7:30PM: Take Your Shoes Off w/ Rick Glassman
🎥 LIVE AND LIVESTREAMED! 🎥 🚨 LOW TICKET WARNING! 🚨
If you’re one of the 37,000,000 people that watch TAKE YOUR SHOES OFF on YouTube — here is you chance to see how the sausage is made (yes homo). Come for a great night out.

with Special Guest TODD GLASS

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SUNDAY, 8/24,7:30PM: Fuck This Month & Holy Shit Improv
🎥 LIVE AND LIVESTREAMED! 🎥
A night of improv comedy hosted by Fuck This Month and Holy Shit Improv featuring some of LA's best comedians.

FUCK THIS MONTH is a monthly improv comedy show that aims to cure your misery by turning your shitty month into improv comedy. Toast this garbage month off by throwing up your middle finger and sharing what made it suck so royally. A cast of veteran comedians will take your stories of woe and spin them into comedy gold.

Featuring: KATIE MAROVITCH, JON MATTESON, JIAVANI, CHRIS RENFRO, ELI GONZALEZ, LAUREN KNUTTI, & JEFF WHITAKER!

HOLY SHIT IMPROV is an improv show featuring the best comedy talent in Los Angeles. Up-and-coming stars mix with improv legends to create an hour of comedy that will have you yelling, “Holy Shit!”

Featuring: SASHEER ZAMATA, CHANSE MCCRARY, CARLOS SANTOS, SUZI BARRETT, JOE WENGERT, RACHEL PEGRAM & CASEY FEIGH

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MONDAY, 8/25, 7:30PM: Dumb Dads

Dumb Dads LIVE is the debut tour featuring comedians EVAN BERGER & KEVIN LAFERRIERE as they host a Night Out for parents. A show that is away from the kids who we all love so much and they’re our world...etc etc. but C’mon. With familiar characters and sketches like the signature live Press Conference, how could you pass up a show that promises to be a hilarious celebration of parents who are in the thick of parenthood – whatever that means.

KEVIN LAFERRIERE and EVAN BERGER are the Dumb Dads but it wasn't always that way.

They met while harnessing their acting / writing ambitions doing improv in Los Angeles. The connection and friendship they found in this setting would become the foundation for the current platform they have now.

After having kids of their own with their respective families, KEVIN and EVAN decided to apply their comedy chops to challenge the lazy dad joke tropes and share their engaged take on modern parenthood on social media. Which for legal reasons we cannot say if it is or is not based on their own individual / shared experiences. Their perspective and humor on what it meant to be a "Dumb Dad" went viral almost immediately… resonating with parents all around the world.

Soon after, they found themselves on Ellen, Access Hollywood, Good Morning America, Momsplaining with Kristen Bell, America's Funniest Home Videos, & The Today Show. Their community is now over 1 million strong.

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TUESDAY, 8/26, 7:30PM: SpectreVision Radio Presents: The Liminal Mic - Paranormal Story Slam: Ghost Story Edition

Everybody loves a good ghost story! Join us for a live podcast recording featuring a mix of new and familiar voices bravely sharing their true ghost stories with SpectreVision’s DANIEL NOAH and special guests BETSY SODARO + more

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Daniel Fazio 8/11/25 Daniel Fazio 8/11/25

S’Mercury 😏

This Week at Dynasty: Ron Funches! Jon Cryer! Trixie Mattel! Chelsea Peretti! Cara Connors! Bobby Moynihan and More!

THIS WEEK AT DYNASTY: RON FUNCHES! JON CRYER! TRIXIE MATTEL! CHELSEA PERETTI! CARA CONNORS! BOBBY MOYNIHAN and MORE!

See our full calendar here →

Darlings,

Mercury has gone DIRECT, the Lion’s Gate portal still roars, and hopefully we are all about to enjoy a season of abundance, expression, and ease. Or at least fewer rage-inducing calls with CVS Pharmacy (👋 that one’s personal.) The weather’s heating up, our AC’s staying cool, and the remainder of this month has some real gems of shows AND some surprises coming 🤔! The newsie is our favorite place to tell people about said surprises, so keep your eyes on your inbox for the next little while. Not a surprise but a head’s up, a week from today we have a very special MONDAY night Dynasty Tonight! and the lineup is reallll good: CHELSEA PERETTI (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
NATALIE ROTTER-LAITMAN (Exploration Live) and music by WILL SHARP! Come, kay?

🦇 And since we have your eyes right now, we have a lil’ promo code for ya. Tomorrow night, we are thrilled to host WHO ME? With the Batmin! He is vengeance. He is the night. He is doing his first live podcast at Dynasty Typewriter. For the first time ever, join the Batmin (WHO BOBBY MOYNIHAN?) and his father figure and co-host Alfred (WHO BRETT MORRIS) for the first LIVE episode of this "popular" and "well-known" podcast on CBB PRESENTS with special guests Superman (WHO BEN RODGERS?) and Wonder Woman (WHO NICOLE PARKER?). 🚨 And for our newsie darlings, take 5 smackaroos (USD) off your ticket price with code: batminmobile 🚨

This past weekend, off-site at DescFlamso gardens (Jamie’s house), we enjoyed a magical gathering of some of our favorite humans. We were graced with the presence of two GIGANTIC cormorants that have been constructed in Jam’s yard, and a 30ft tall bamboo structure. Folks from ages 5-75 hung out and shared food and drink and experienced the magic of human connection. Dogs from 3 pounds to 40 pounds hung out and experienced the magic of canine connection. This magic was especially present in the pulley system on the bamboo tower. Juiceboxes and cookies sent up to you as you enjoy a view of palm trees and huge birds and the sounds of a poorly, nay, intuitively, played didgeridoo? Core memories were made. Needless to say, all these features coming to Dynasty asap! ;)

Hope to see you at the theater very soon and very often.

Adoringly,
VanJam

🚨 Livestreams still available: SMOSH Presents: We're All Gonna Die, Playgirl with EDI PATTERSON, Hey Riddle Riddle, The Ultimate Improv Show w/ Jack Quaid🚨

🌟 THIS WEEK AT DYNASTY 🌟

👶 🍼MONDAY, 8/11 , 7:30PM: CARA CONNORS: BORN TO SUCK (Live!) Fresh off her debut special STRAIGHT FOR PAY (AMAZON PRIME)—hailed by THE NEW YORK TIMES as one of “6 Terrific Specials From 6 Very Different Comics” and one of PASTE MAGAZINE’s “Best Comedy Albums of the Year.” —comedian, writer, and certified chaos agent CARA CONNORS brings the L.A. premiere of her bold new hour to DYNASTY TYPEWRITER LOS ANGELES for one night only.
With appearances on JUST FOR LAUGHS, DATING #NOFILTER (PEACOCK), OUTTV’s CARA TAKES UP SPACE, and over 35 cities toured across NORTH AMERICA and EUROPE, CONNORS has cemented herself as a comedic force with a fearless, full-body style that’s as raw as it is ridiculous.

BORN TO SUCK blends deeply personal storytelling, absurdist characters, and sharp social satire into a heartfelt, hilarious performance.

With Special Guest: JORDAN MYRICK ( Dropout, Good Mythical Morning)

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🦇 🤷‍♂️ TUESDAY, 8/12, 7:30PM: WHO ME? With the Batmin! He is vengeance. He is the night. He is doing his first live podcast at Dynasty Typewriter on AUGUST 12TH at 7:30 PM AT NIGHT! (Rhymed night with night. See that?) For the first time ever, join the Batmin (WHO BOBBY MOYNIHAN?) and his father figure and co-host Alfred (WHO BRETT MORRIS?) LIVE on stage and ready for fucking anything. The "popular" and "well-known" podcast on CBB PRESENTS on CBBWORLD.COM "comes to life live on stage" with special guests Superman (WHO BEN RODGERS?) and Wonder Woman (WHO NICOLE PARKER?).

And who knows who else may decide to attack mid-show??? It all depends on...who's in town that weekend. Join us, won’t you? It's definitely not a trap to find out who killed my parents.
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🧼 🏝️ WEDNESDAY, 8/13, 7:30PM: 13-Year-Old MICHAEL AUSIELLO Presents: Beverly Hills - A Pretend Soap Oprea Preformed By Real Actors
⭐️ IN PERSON SOLD OUT! ⭐️ 🎥 LIVE AND LIVESTREAMED 🎥

The life-or-death smash is returning with a brand new life-or-death adventure! In the 1980s’ Golden Age of daytime television, back when MICHAEL AUSIELLO was but a closeted gay teen doing his damnedest to get by in small-town New Jersey, he penned 517 episodes of a soap opera called Beverly Hills. (Yes, before anyone knew that 90210 was its zip code!)

Miraculously, the future founder of TVLine saved every handwritten script. (See also: Hoarders, Season 2.) Now, four decades later, some of the biggest names in comedy will come together — back together, in a few cases — to perform a 60-minute reading of a self-contained story arc.

After journeying to the Great Wall of China, surviving the deadly Russian circus, tracking down a serial killer, and hosting the wedding of the year, the show The Daily Beast called an “unhinged, hilarious hit” is poised to reveal the truth behind the coveted prisms.

And yes. If you were wondering, although some of Teenage MICHAEL’S atrocious spelling has been cleaned up for this theatrical experience — you’re welcome — the scenes will be performed exactly as they were written nearly 40 years ago. For better and worse.

Featuring: TONY RODRIGUEZ, WENDI MCLENDON-COVEY, EDI PATTERSON, CAITLIN REILLY, LAMORNE MORRIS, TIMOTHY SIMONS, LYRIC LEWIS, PATTY GUGGENHEIM, DANA POWELL, JIM RASH, DYLAN COHEN, MITCH SILPA, KRISTEN JOHNSTON, ANDY RICHTER, PAUL SCHEER and TRISTAN MICHAEL BROWN
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💕/ 🗑️ THURSDAY, 8/14, 7:30PM: Lovett Or Leave It is a live variety show and podcast that breaks down the week’s politics and pop culture news with sketches, games, jokes that literally never miss, and everyone’s favorite: nuanced analysis. Join JON LOVETT and an all-star lineup of comedians, journalists, and other amazing guests in Los Angeles live on Thursdays at Dynasty Typewriter.

With RON FUNCHES, TOM PAPA and more!
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🤘 💔 FRIDAY, 8/15, 7:30PM: Mamma Mia! But Different!
🚨LOW TICKET WARNING 🚨 🎥 LIVE AND LIVESTREAMED 🎥 Have you ever wondered what an ABBA jukebox musical would look like if it wasn’t set in Greece during a wedding? Come see an entirely RE-IMAGINED PRODUCTION full of BROADWAY ACTORS performing whatever our featured writer wants to do — no questions asked. Completely different characters. Wildly different plots. The same exact ABBA hits you know and love (and maybe even some you don’t) — it’s MAMMA MIA! BUT DIFFERENT!

THIS MONTH’S SHOW – LOVE AFTER MIDNIGHT: A POP PUNK ROMANTASY CLUSTERFUCK

WRITTEN BY: ZACH REINO and JESS MCKENNA (Off-Book Podcast)

THIS MONTH’S PERFORMERS:
KIMIA BEHPOORNIA
GABE GIBBS
ANGELA GIARRATANA
SYDNEY HELLER
MARY LOU
JULIANNE LANG
DAN LEAHY
CHRIS RENFRO
RASHAWN SCOTT
CALVIN SEABROOKS
EMILY SKEGGS

FEATURING LIVE POP PUNK BAND: JACOB THE HORSE

DIRECTED BY: PATRICK MCDONALD
MUSICAL DIRECTION BY: ANGELA GIARRATANA
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🛸 🌟 SATURDAY, 8/16, 6:30PM: An All Star Live Reading of Return of the Jedi
⭐️ IN PERSON SOLD OUT! ⭐️ 🎥 LIVE AND LIVESTREAMED 🎥 The Star Wars Minute Podcast and The George Lucas Talk Show are proud to return to Dynasty Typewriter on AUGUST 16TH to stage their LIVE reading of the original screenplay with a radical cast including some of the galaxy’s hottest stars (…and maybe some surprises?!)

Too far, far away to join us in person? We’ll be transmitting a livestream to your location, and you can watch it for up to a week following the live show….

Featuring:

JON CRYER
JARED HARRIS
COLTON DUNN
CREED BRATTON
ERIC EDELSTEIN
JACK QUAID
JESSICA WILLIAMS
JOJO GINN
KIRK THATCHER
LARAINE NEWMAN
HAL LUBLIN
MATT GOURLEY
RACHEL PEGRAM
RICH SOMMER
LAUREN HOLT
MARK MCCONVILLE
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☀️ SUNDAY, 8/17 ☀️

3:00PM: THE BRADYS – The Lost Episode: A Very Brady Funeral
🎥 LIVE AND LIVESTREAMED 🎥 🚨LOW TICKET WARNING 🚨
A staged reading benefitting CHIRLA & CHRYSALIS
CHIRLA – The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights focuses on the Los Angeles community.
CHRYSALIS addresses the homelessness crisis and barriers to the workforce by helping thousands of people each year.

Presented by TOM LENK, JACK PLOTNICK, RICHARD DAY, and JIM HANSEN

Starring:
Carol Brady – MELISSA PETERMAN (Reba, Happy’s Place)
Marcia Brady – ALICIA HANNAH-KIM (Cobra Kai, Minx)
Jan Brady – RACHEL BAY JONES (Young Sheldon, Georgie and Mandy’s First Marriage)
Cindy Brady – KIRSTEN VANGSNESS (Criminal Minds, Wizards Beyond Waverly Place)
Greg Brady – JUAN PABLO DI PACE (Fuller House, Dallas)
Peter Brady – TRIXIE MATTEL (Trixie Motel, RuPaul’s Drag Race)
Bobby Brady – TOM LENK (American Horror Stories, Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
The Ghost of Robert Reed (Mike Brady) – JACK PLOTNICK (Grace & Frankie, Reno 911!)
SEBASTIAN ROCHÉ (1923, Vampire Diaries)
MARK ANTHONY SAMUEL (The Merry Gentlemen, General Hospital)
RYAN W. GARCIA (The Lincoln Lawyer, Try Guys)
KATE COMER (The Comeback, The Dropout)
CAMILLE MANA (Scrambled, One on One)
BROOKE SEGUIN (Unconventional, 12 Hour Shift)

🎬 COMING SOON… TO A STAGE NEAR YOU!
Step into a time warp and witness the most bonkers TV moment that never made it to air! Join us for a live staged reading of a lost, never-before-seen episode from the infamous 1990 drama reboot of The Brady Bunch — “The Bradys”! This so-called “serious” sequel was canceled after just 5 episodes… but Episode 6? It was written. Never filmed. Never seen by the public... until now.

💥 What’s in this unearthed TV treasure?
• A plot twist so outrageous it’ll blow your bell-bottoms off — they kill off Mike Brady. Yes, THE Mike Brady!
• Backstage drama turned actual drama: the writers reportedly couldn’t stand Robert Reed so much they wrote him out permanently. Cue the helicopter crash!
• A thrilling mystery: Will or won’t Carol Brady sing at the funeral? The suspense! Find out!

🌈 Don’t worry though — “Everybody’s Smilin’! Sunshine Day!” — because you’re about to witness the Brady Bunch like you’ve NEVER seen them before. Think family drama, 90s flair, and soap opera-level stakes… all performed live without that pesky television remote control.

🎟️ One night only. Don’t miss it. Because once this staged chaos is unleashed… there’s no going back to the groovy old days. GET TICKETS!

🌕 📦 7:00PM: Moon Goon Presents Prime! The Amazon Musical
🎥 LIVE AND LIVESTREAMED 🎥 Prime! tells the human (and humanoid android) stories behind the world’s biggest — and soon to be only — company. Join a very special Alexa-bot as they leave their warehouse home for the first time, traveling across the country to learn just how much Amazon has changed the world… for the better! This musical adventure takes you across the entire globe, from Florida to California

MOON GOON is MARY ANTHONY, JEREMY CULHANE, JASMINE DON, JOSH FLEURY, ANGELA GIARRATANA, PAUL HEREDIA, MARY LOU, SKYLER MADSEN, CHANSE MCCRARY, PATRICK MCDONALD, NIKKI MCKENZIE, ANDREW SANTIAGO
GET TICKETS!

✨ 🌴 MONDAY, 8/18, 7:30PM: Dynasty Tonight! Comedy, Music, Ritual, & Variety! Nestled in the beating heart of LA’s most magical theater, Dynasty Tonight! is Dynasty Typewriter’s long running one-of-a-kind variety show extravaganza! The show is hosted by Dynasty proprietors JAMIE FLAM and VANESSA RAGLAND who welcome their favorite comedy, music, and variety acts! They also lead celestial manifestation ceremonies and host impromptu audience driven game and fashion shows, lost and found auctions, and occasional conga lines, puppet shows, fish funerals, human weddings, and whatever else the night calls for. All with the soundtrack of their backing jazz/soul band THE DYNASTIES! And if that wasn’t enough, sometimes super famous comedians pop in for surprise sets! Think of Dynasty Tonight! as your popcorn-fueled permission slip for a night of release and delight.

Past and regular performers include: Reggie Watts! Sarah Silverman! Chris Fleming! Brett Goldstein! Atsuko Okatsuka! Brent Weinbach! John Mulaney!

Join so many others in making this your new favorite ritual!

This Week's Special Guests
CHELSEA PERETTI (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
NATALIE ROTTER-LAITMAN (Exploration Live)
Music by WILL SHARP
+ More!
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UPCOMING SHOWS

Daniel Fazio 8/4/25 Daniel Fazio 8/4/25

Lustful skin paninis, Lustful dots, Lustful paninis

This Week at Dynasty! Alex Edelman! Elijah Wood! Mae Martin! Milana Vayntrub! Ken Jennings! Nicole Byer! Tim Heidecker! Sasheer Zamata! Paul Scheer!

THIS WEEK AT DYNASTY! ALEX EDELMAN! ELIJAH WOOD! MAE MARTIN! MILANA VAYNTRUB! KEN JENNINGS! NICOLE BYER! TIM HEIDECKER! SASHEER ZAMATA! PAUL SCHEER!

See our full calendar here →

Darlings,

August is upon us. Or, as we like to call it here at Dynasty, Aug-LUST. A month long celebration of 🔥 red hot romantic romps 🔥. Other smallish venues that offer a wide array of programming and hang their hat on their 🍿 highly curated selection of popcorn toppings 🍿 typically stick with the basic Gregorian calendar's spelling of August and keep things vanilla in their email marketing endeavors. But at Dynasty, we seize the opportunity to sexualize this steamy, sultry 31 day span. And That's The Dynasty Difference!™

We also don't hesitate for a second to use this space to celebrate 🔥 National Psoriasis Month 🔥. We can't speak for other venues that also have a bathroom mascot that is a plunger hat wearing bear named Sludgy, but over here at Dynasty, we are aware of psoriasis. Almost too aware, if we're being honest. And we are always honest. And That's The Dynasty Difference!™

And while other venues are using their platforms to espouse the virtues of 🥪 National Panini Month 🥪 (they know who you are), we aren't afraid to ZAG and declare our allegiance to 🍦 National Dippin' Dots Month 🍦.

Dippin' Dots: No press required.

Didn't see publishing those words in a public facing forum when we woke up this morning. Yet here we are. Here we are. And with the 🦁 Lion's Gate Portal 🦁 (888) doin' its' thang right now, it's safe to say by the end of Aug-LUST, things are gonna be lookin' up for all of us. Guaranteed! So that's pretty neat, right?! Right.

Last week at Dynasty was magical. ✨ The week ahead, also magical. ✨ All the shows and events we have are listed below. We hope you will join us at one or all of them! You ding dang deserve it!

And That's The Dynasty Difference!™
VanJam

PS- As mentioned above, we are aware of psoriasis. We are also aware we used sandwich emojis 🥪🥪 to flank National Panini Month and ice cream cone emojis 🍦🍦 to flank National Dippin' Dots Month. In addition to being aware, we are also proud. Proud to work with what we have. So judge us all you want. We can only be us. And us isn't afraid to improvise and make sandwich and ice cream cone emojis SING into the forms of their food cousins. Us are aware of food cousins. Us are aware of psoriasis.

🚨 Livestreams still available: Lets Not Die: Yellow Dot Live!, Watch Watts Happen Live, The Ultimate Improv Show w/ DREW GOODEN and EDDY BURBACK (Early Show + Late Show), Doug Loves Movies, 30MM: Hook + Jurassic Park, SMOSH Presents: We're All Gonna Die, Playgirl with EDI PATTERSON, Hey Riddle Riddle🚨

🌟 THIS WEEK AT DYNASTY 🌟

🎥 🙋 🍿 TUESDAY, 8/5, 7:30PM: Benson Movie Interruption: Your Choice is a show where comedian Doug Benson (SUPER HIGH ME, @midnight) invites some of his comedy friends to sit in the front row of the theater with mics, cracking wise during a screening of a movie that YOU choose. That’s right, audience members are encouraged to bring a dvd/blu ray of a film they would like to see ripped apart (lovingly) and a vote will be held to determine which one we watch.

With Special Guests MAE MARTIN, MILANA VAYNTRUB, and ALEX EDELMAN
GET TICKETS!

🖤 🤍 WEDNESDAY, 8/8, 7:30PM: Ebony & Ivory Screening w/ Special Guest ELIJAH WOOD📽️ Ebony and Ivory Trailer 📽️
With introductions from ELIJAH WOOD and DANIEL NOAH Two musical legends gather at a Scottish cottage on The Mull of Kintyre for a tense summit to discuss a potential collaboration that will ultimately result in a global Number One smash hit single.

Directed by: JIM HOSKING
GET TICKETS!

💕/🗑️ THURSDAY, 8/7, 7:30PM: Lovett or Leave It is a live variety show and podcast that breaks down the week’s politics and pop culture news with sketches, games, jokes that literally never miss, and everyone’s favorite: nuanced analysis. Join JON LOVETT and an all-star lineup of comedians, journalists, and other amazing guests in LOS ANGELES live on Thursdays at DYNASTY TYPEWRITER.

With Special Guests KEN JENNINGS, AMY SCHNEIDER, TIM HEIDECKER and more!

GET TICKETS!

😛 🔥 💪 FRIDAY, 8/8, 7:30PM: The Ultimate Improv Show
⭐️ IN PERSON SOLD OUT! ⭐️ 🎥 LIVE AND LIVESTREAMED! 🎥
DAN BLACK presents THE ULTIMATE IMPROV SHOW! An all-star cast of improvisers perform the best, funniest and ultimate-est improv show of all time! (Ultimate-est is a word!) Each show will feature a celebrity guest monologist who will tell impromptu stories based off of a random suggestion from the audience. These stories will inspire the funniest improvised comedy scenes you've ever seen, like ever!

Featuring...
DAN BLACK
PAUL SCHEER
ANDREW DISMUKES
SASHEER ZAMATA
LENNON PARHAM
CARL TART
NICOLE BYER
Guest Monologist JACK QUAID
+ More!
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🎢 SUNDAY, 8/9 , 7:30PM: Single Riders Only! is a new dating sketch show about the terrors of being without a plus one. Our host this month is actor SIERRA SANTANA. SANTANA is a CHICANA actor, producer, and storyteller whose work spans film, TV, and live performance. She’s appeared in OG viral BUZZFEED videos, modeled for brands like SAVAGE X FENTY and THE NORTH FACE, and co-founded LAS TÓXICAS LIVE, an all-LATINA comedy show at UCB LA.

In addition to our hilarious sketches, we've got JENNY YANG as our special standup guest!

GET TICKETS!

👶 🍼MONDAY, 8/10 , 7:30PM: CARA CONNORS: BORN TO SUCK (Live!) Fresh off her debut special STRAIGHT FOR PAY (AMAZON PRIME)—hailed by THE NEW YORK TIMES as one of “6 Terrific Specials From 6 Very Different Comics” and one of PASTE MAGAZINE’s “Best Comedy Albums of the Year.” —comedian, writer, and certified chaos agent CARA CONNORS brings the L.A. premiere of her bold new hour to DYNASTY TYPEWRITER LOS ANGELES for one night only.
With appearances on JUST FOR LAUGHS, DATING #NOFILTER (PEACOCK), OUTTV’s CARA TAKES UP SPACE, and over 35 cities toured across NORTH AMERICA and EUROPE, CONNORS has cemented herself as a comedic force with a fearless, full-body style that’s as raw as it is ridiculous.

BORN TO SUCK blends deeply personal storytelling, absurdist characters, and sharp social satire into a heartfelt, hilarious performance.

GET TICKETS!

🦇 🤷‍♂️ TUESDAY, 8/11, 7:30PM: WHO ME? With the Batmin! He is vengeance. He is the night. He is doing his first live podcast at Dynasty Typewriter on AUGUST 12TH at 7:30 PM AT NIGHT! (Rhymed night with night. See that?) For the first time ever, join the Batmin (WHO BOBBY MOYNIHAN?) and his father figure and co-host Alfred (WHO BRETT MORRIS?) LIVE on stage and ready for fucking anything. The "popular" and "well-known" podcast on CBB PRESENTS on CBBWORLD.COM "comes to life live on stage" with special guests Superman (WHO BEN RODGERS?) and Wonder Woman (WHO NICOLE PARKER?).

UPCOMING SHOWS

Daniel Fazio 7/28/25 Daniel Fazio 7/28/25

What did you lose in order to find yourself 🤔

This Week at Dynasty! Edi Patterson! We’re All Gonna Die! Patton Oswalt! Todd Glass! Debra DiGiovanni! Kel Cripe! Andrea Jin! George Primavera!

THIS WEEK AT DYNASTY! EDI PATTERSON! WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE! PATTON OSWALT! TODD GLASS! DEBRA DIGIOVANNI! KEL CRIPE! ANDREA JIN! GEORGE PRIMAVERA!

See our full calendar here →

Oh My Darling Clemetines 🍊(mandarins, cuties, navels, and all other miraculous handheld citrus delights),

We hope you’re doing like SO GREAT. No presh, but actually we kinda need you to be doin’ so great and havin' people bein' so great to you and bein' so great to others and the world because maybe that's the whole damn thing. Sound good? Ok! 🤝. WOW WE CLOSED THAT DEAL BEFORE LUNCH! The week is off to a SO GREAT start. Can't you feel it?? And now we will share some small joyous things from our personal lives.

(A friendly reminder: Before you go further, you don’t need to read this. If you don't connect with these personal, often astrological leaning notes, we fully understand. You can click the link at the top of this email to access our calendar of amazing programming WITHOUT commentary! This is just for those of you who appreciate hearing from actual humans in the midst of 🤖 botpocalypse! 🤖 And THAT'S The Dynasty Difference!™

🦂🦂 Double Scorpio's Weekly Portal Patter 🦂🦂
🦁 The Lion’s Gate Portal is open! ✨ Consult your local witch/astrologer for more information, but basically it's a good time in the universe to intentionally MAKE WISHES, believe in them, and watch them come to life! Or something like that! A reminder that we manifest wishes every week at our Dynasty Tonight! show, so come on out this Saturday if you want us to help petition the gods (any gods) for whatever you like. First two people to send us a wish right now win free tickets to Saturday's show!

🤐 VAN is trying to help her son build a secret room. As is customary with whatever kind of brains they have, what started as a simple idea is SPIRALING and VIBRATING with excitement. Have you ever built a secret room? Or, have you VISTED a secret room you loved? Any tips? What does this secret room need to make it TRULY magical?

🦐 VAN'S SHRIMP, Marge Shrimpson, had her babies! She had them a while ago, if we’re being honest. Basically, she had a bunch of eggs on her tiny shrimp abdomen for weeks… and then she didn’t. The day this was realized was ALSO the day VAN did a 20% water change as the Walstad Method™ recommends. Long story short, VAN was sure she’d watered her plants with the infant children of Marge. LO AND BEHOLD, they did not get sucked out and turned into plant fertilizer! They were just sooooo tiny she couldn’t see them at first. But now there are SEVEN small but visible beautiful BLUE baby shrimp! 🥵 Marge is a cherry red shrimp, and so now we know who the daddy was. Big blue daddy PRAWN KNOTTS. Wow. Love is colorblind. So are cherry shrimp, technically their compound eyes tuned for movement, not hue. Maybe that’s why she picked him: he was a flash of truth in the tank. Whatever you believe, the truth is simple: P. Knotts left a sperm packet near Marge’s gonopore at the perfect time.

🦴 JAMIE is likely going to Burning Man! There’s a lot that could be said about this, but the hope of new self-discovery is at the core. Specifically, FASHION DISCOVERY likely, alter ego discovery. So if in the future you THINK you see Jamie but they are encompassing and expressing many gender identities in a top hat with a bone nose piecing… meet, B3W1X. They are probably going to be a lot like Jamie but they LOVE showing midriff, shooting 3 pointers, and debuting new “takes on shoes.” Any Burners have advice or words of wisdom or WARNING?

🗓️ Whilst summer may be slow, the calendar is filling up with so many wonderful things to see. We’re so grateful for all the magic on the stage and in the audience!

That is all, for now. Enjoy the end of July and beginning of August in as enchanting a fashion as you would like.

Yours truly,
VanJam

🚨 Livestreams still available: Clean Plate Club, DesiQuest, Artists on Artists on Artists on Artists Live!, Lets Not Die: Yellow Dot Live!, Watch Watts Happen Live, The Ultimate Improv Show w/ DREW GOODEN and EDDY BURBACK (Early Show + Late Show), Doug Loves Movies, 30MM: Hook + Jurassic Park 🚨

🌟 THIS WEEK AT DYNASTY 🌟

📻 🎤 MONDAY, 7/28, 7:30PM: Vintage Basement Vintage Basement is a neo-retro night of stand-up comedy and music produced by New York-based twin brothers MAX and NICKY WEINBACH!
With Special Guests
LIZZY COOPERMAN
DJ DOUGGPOUND
TODD GLASS
ANDREA JIN
APARNA NANCHERLA
GET TICKETS

😱 TUESDAY, 7/29, 7:30PM: Smosh Presents: We're All Gonna Die
🚨 LOW TICKET WARNING 🚨🎥 LIVE AND LIVESTREAMED 🎥 Watch as a group of improvisers and comedians desperately try to survive while their “Game Master” leads them through a nightmarish tale. This anthology series — produced by SMOSH, GEORGE PRIMAVERA, and JON MATTESON — takes place in the fictional peninsula town of Maw Meadows and resolves nail-biting action using the TTRPG system Dread. Uncover the mystery of Maw Meadows by piecing together the clues from each show. The truth is more terrifying than you could possibly imagine…

Game Master – GEORGE PRIMAVERA
Players – JON MATTESON, SHAYNE TOPP, REKHA SHANKAR, and IFY NWADIWE
NPC (Non-Player Character) – DYLAN MCCOLLUM
Ep. 1 Streaming Ticket
Season Pass for all 7 Episodes
GET TICKETS!

🚬 WEDNESDAY, 7/30, 7:30PM: Playgirl with EDI PATTERSON
⭐️ IN PERSON SOLD OUT ⭐️ 🎥 LIVE AND LIVESTREAMED 🎥
A completely improvised play where all of the characters are played by one person.
GET TICKETS!

💕/ 🗑️ THURSDAY, 7/31, 7:30PM: Lovett or Leave It
Lovett or Leave It is a live variety show and podcast that breaks down the week’s politics and pop culture news with sketches, games, jokes that literally never miss, and everyone’s favorite: nuanced analysis. Join JON LOVETT and an all-star lineup of comedians, journalists, and other amazing guests in Los Angeles live on Thursdays at Dynasty Typewriter.

With Special Guests
ALICE WETTERLUND
PATTON OSWALT
PEPPERMINT
ASHLEY NICOLE BLACK

GET TICKETS!

🧩 🤔 FRIDAY,8/1,7:30PM: Hey Riddle Riddle
🚨 LOW TICKET WARNING 🚨🎥 LIVE AND LIVESTREAMED 🎥 Riddles! Puzzles! WhoDunnits! ADAL RIFAI, ERIN KEIF, and JOHN PATRICK COAN, three of Chicago's most overrated improvisers, are on the case to solve every riddle, puzzle, brain-teaser, and head-scratcher known to humanity. Some riddles are almost impossible, some are absolutely improbable, and some simply have not aged well. And if you don't like riddles, don't worry! This podcast is barely about them!
GET TICKETS!

🌴🌙 🕯️ SATURDAY, 8/2,7:30PM: Dynasty Tonight! A Night of Comedy, Music, Variety, & Ritual! Nestled in the beating heart of LA’s most magical theater, Dynasty Tonight! is Dynasty Typewriter’s long running one-of-a-kind variety show extravaganza! The show is hosted by Dynasty proprietors JAMIE FLAM and VANESSA RAGLAND who welcome their favorite comedy, music, and variety acts! They also lead celestial manifestation ceremonies and host impromptu audience driven game and fashion shows, lost and found auctions, and occasional conga lines, puppet shows, fish funerals, human weddings, and whatever else the night calls for. All with the soundtrack of their backing jazz/soul band THE DYNASTIES! And if that wasn’t enough, sometimes super famous comedians pop in for surprise sets!

Think of Dynasty Tonight! as your popcorn-fueled permission slip for a night of release and delight.

This Week's Special Guests
KIMBERLY CLARK (The Late Late Show w/ James Corden)
DEBRA DiGIOVANNI (Honourable Intentions)
KEL CRIPE (JFL New Faces '25)
DAN DONOHUE (A Closer Look)
BRENT WEINBACH (Dress Up Gang)
+ More!
GET TICKETS!

🛌 😞 SUNDAY, 8/3 ,7:30PM: Involuntary Celibate Join us for a live, staged reading of Involuntary Celibate, an absurdist comedy feature by NICK TIFFANY.After discovering that her ex-best friend MOBY made a bomb threat in the name of an Incel subreddit, popular high schooler BLAKE sets out on a quest to help him lose his virginity to avert this potential future.

Starring:
OLIVIA SCOTT WELCH
DAVID BROWN
HENRY BOCK
KATIE ADLER
BRENDAN SCANNELL
KYLIE BRAKEMAN
KEL CRIPE
TUULI SANDVOLD
SOPHIE RADUTZKY
and NICK TIFFANY
GET TICKETS!

Oh My Darling Clemetines 🍊(mandarins, cuties, navels, and all other miraculous handheld citrus delights),

We hope you’re doing like SO GREAT. No presh, but actually we kinda need you to be doin’ so great and havin' people bein' so great to you and bein' so great to others and the world because maybe that's the whole damn thing. Sound good? Ok! 🤝. WOW WE CLOSED THAT DEAL BEFORE LUNCH! The week is off to a SO GREAT start. Can't you feel it?? And now we will share some small joyous things from our personal lives.

(A friendly reminder: Before you go further, you don’t need to read this. If you don't connect with these personal, often astrological leaning notes, we fully understand. You can click the link at the top of this email to access our calendar of amazing programming WITHOUT commentary! This is just for those of you who appreciate hearing from actual humans in the midst of 🤖 botpocalypse! 🤖 And THAT'S The Dynasty Difference!™

🦂🦂 Double Scorpio's Weekly Portal Patter 🦂🦂
🦁 The Lion’s Gate Portal is open! ✨ Consult your local witch/astrologer for more information, but basically it's a good time in the universe to intentionally MAKE WISHES, believe in them, and watch them come to life! Or something like that! A reminder that we manifest wishes every week at our Dynasty Tonight! show, so come on out this Saturday if you want us to help petition the gods (any gods) for whatever you like. First two people to send us a wish right now win free tickets to Saturday's show!

🤐 VAN is trying to help her son build a secret room. As is customary with whatever kind of brains they have, what started as a simple idea is SPIRALING and VIBRATING with excitement. Have you ever built a secret room? Or, have you VISTED a secret room you loved? Any tips? What does this secret room need to make it TRULY magical?

🦐 VAN'S SHRIMP, Marge Shrimpson, had her babies! She had them a while ago, if we’re being honest. Basically, she had a bunch of eggs on her tiny shrimp abdomen for weeks… and then she didn’t. The day this was realized was ALSO the day VAN did a 20% water change as the Walstad Method™ recommends. Long story short, VAN was sure she’d watered her plants with the infant children of Marge. LO AND BEHOLD, they did not get sucked out and turned into plant fertilizer! They were just sooooo tiny she couldn’t see them at first. But now there are SEVEN small but visible beautiful BLUE baby shrimp! 🥵 Marge is a cherry red shrimp, and so now we know who the daddy was. Big blue daddy PRAWN KNOTTS. Wow. Love is colorblind. So are cherry shrimp, technically — compound eyes tuned for movement, not hue. Maybe that’s why she picked him: he was a flash of truth in the tank. Whatever you believe, the truth is simple: P. Knotts left a sperm packet near Marge’s gonopore at the perfect time.

🦴 JAMIE is likely going to Burning Man! There’s a lot that could be said about this, but the hope of new self-discovery is at the core. Specifically, FASHION DISCOVERY likely, alter ego discovery. So if in the future you THINK you see Jamie but they are encompassing and expressing many gender identities in a top hat with a bone nose piecing… meet, B3W1X. They are probably going to be a lot like Jamie but they LOVE showing midriff, shooting 3 pointers, and debuting new “takes on shoes.” Any Burners have advice or words of wisdom or WARNING?

🗓️ Whilst summer may be slow, the calendar is filling up with so many wonderful things to see. We’re so grateful for all the magic on the stage and in the audience!

That is all, for now. Enjoy the end of July and beginning of August in as enchanting a fashion as you would like.

Yours truly,
VanJam

🚨 Livestreams still available: Clean Plate Club, DesiQuest, Artists on Artists on Artists on Artists Live!, Lets Not Die: Yellow Dot Live!, Watch Watts Happen Live, The Ultimate Improv Show w/ DREW GOODEN and EDDY BURBACK (Early Show + Late Show), Doug Loves Movies, 30MM: Hook + Jurassic Park 🚨

🌟 THIS WEEK AT DYNASTY 🌟

Game Master – GEORGE PRIMAVERA
Players – JON MATTESON, SHAYNE TOPP, REKHA SHANKAR, and IFY NWADIWE
NPC (Non-Player Character) – DYLAN MCCOLLUM
Ep. 1 Streaming Ticket $19.99
Season Pass for all 7 Episodes
GET TICKETS!

🚬 WEDNESDAY, 7/30, 7:30PM: Playgirl with EDI PATTERSON
⭐️ IN PERSON SOLD OUT ⭐️ 🎥 LIVE AND LIVESTREAMED 🎥
A completely improvised play where all of the characters are played by one person.

GET TICKETS!

💕/ 🗑️ THURSDAY, 7/31, 7:30PM: Lovett or Leave It
Lovett or Leave It is a live variety show and podcast that breaks down the week’s politics and pop culture news with sketches, games, jokes that literally never miss, and everyone’s favorite: nuanced analysis. Join JON LOVETT and an all-star lineup of comedians, journalists, and other amazing guests in Los Angeles live on Thursdays at Dynasty Typewriter.

Think of Dynasty Tonight! as your popcorn-fueled permission slip for a night of release and delight.

Starring:
OLIVIA SCOTT WELCH
DAVID BROWN
HENRY BOCK
KATIE ADLER
BRENDAN SCANNELL
KYLIE BRAKEMAN
KEL CRIPE
TUULI SANDVOLD
SOPHIE RADUTZKY
and NICK TIFFANY

GET TICKETS!

UPCOMING SHOWS

Daniel Fazio 7/21/25 Daniel Fazio 7/21/25

ENTER THE VORTEX!

This week at Dynasty! Mae Martin! Scott Aukerman! Reggie Watts! Atsuko Okatsuka! Nicole Byer! Lauren Lapkus! 30 Minute Musicals! Dynasty Tonight!

This Week at Dynasty! MAE MARTIN! SCOTT AUKERMAN! REGGIE WATTS! ATSUKO OKATSUKA! NICOLE BYER! LAUREN LAPKUS! 30 MINUTE MUSICALS! DYNASTY TONIGHT!

See our full calendar here →

Dynasty Darlings,

Double Scorpio 🦂🦂 aka Double Phoenix 🐦‍🔥🐦‍🔥 aka Jamie Flam and Vanessa Ragland 💋💋aka VanJam 👯‍♂️ here with your weekly Dynasty Typewriter electronic mail blast! We're coming off a particularly fun weekend of shows here in our theater, which you of course know, is built on a ꩜ VORTEX ꩜. Upon looking up the definition of vortex just now it was revealed that a vortex is actually a very specific phenomenon related to fluids that requires lots of scientific language to describe. So we'll stick with the language that the great city of Santa Fe, New Mexico uses to describe its vortex-centric approach to tourism marketing when describing ours: Dynasty exists in an area that possesses "a unique convergence of the Earth's energy, which can amplify personal transformation." Not to one up Santa Fe, but we believe our vortex is also tapping into the energy of other planets as well as hidden, mystical enchanting realms. One way to learn about these realms is to come to our sometimes weekly in-house produced variety show, Dynasty Tonight! In addition to our always amazing line-ups of comedians you love, we use the show and our house band The DyNasties to tap into the powers of the ꩜ Dynasty Vortex ꩜ to help manifest transformation for all in attendance. This past Saturday, for example, we entered realms of queendoms and castles and crocodiles and lasers! And everyone there got right on board! That's pretty neat, right?? Also my parents were in the audience, as they typically are, and I got this text from my mom afterwards:

💬 When I got home my voice was hoarse from laughing! I keep thinking [Dynasty Tonight!] can’t get better and then you top the last one. You absolutely amaze me and make me so proud and lucky to be your mama. You and Vanessa have never ending wells that allow you to dig so deep. I hope these kinds of nights reignite you and remind you and Vanessa that you make life a little lighter for so many trying to navigate the rocky seas of a messy time. It also is a reminder that without our family nothing much matters. Vanessa is part of our family. 💬
-Vikki Flam

😭I know moms are supposed to say stuff like this, but for whatever it's worth, she like totally means it!! Sorry to get all vulnerable, but this is truly why we opened Dynasty in the first place and why we continue to put ourselves through all the 🎢 ups and downs 🎢 that come with owning a small business, especially with all the unprecedented unpredictability of the last few years. We're deeply committed to this thing we're doing and feel so lucky to see the impact it has on people every day. And THAT's The Dynasty Difference!™ Have you had a transformative experience or do you want to share something weird or funny from a Dynasty Tonight! show you've been to recently? We'd love to hear about it!

We've got another Dynasty Tonight! show this Saturday if you want to experience it for yourself! And we've also got like so many other good shows at the theater this week, including some great livestreams that you can watch from anywhere in the damn world! Tomorrow night we've got a Yellow Dot stand-up showcase with Mae Martin if you want to come down to the vortex or watch at home! And Reggie Watts is debuting his new surrealist talk show on Wednesday night! And so many other great things happening all week. Come to all of it, k??

Love you very much!
VanJam

🚨 Livestreams still available: The Long Shot Podcast Reunion, Too Scary; Didn't Watch, The Ultimate Improv Show w/ LAMORNE MORRIS, A Fundraiser Variety Show for Mrs. Stanley, Clean Plate Club, DesiQuest, Artists on Artists on Artists on Artists Live! 🚨

🌟 THIS WEEK AT DYNASTY 🌟

🩸 🫦 👠 MONDAY, 7/21, 7:30PM: Scott Hasn't Seen: Sprague Hasn't Seen "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"
🚨 LOW TICKET WARNING! 🚨
Join SCOTT AUKERMAN & SPRAGUE THE WHISPERER for a rowdy screening celebrating their 199th episode!
SPRAGUE hasn't seen "THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW," so let’s all watch it together and discuss.

Costumes encouraged, chaos inevitable.
GET TICKETS!

🌎 🟡 TUESDAY, 7/22, 7:30PM: Let's Not Die: Yellow Dot Live
🎥 LIVE AND LIVESTREAMED! 🎥

ADAM MCKAY'S Yellow Dot Studios presents a night of comedy about the greatest existential threat facing humanity. Hilarious stuff! Let's Not Die! (both the show name and a plea to fossil fuel CEOs) features stand-up comedy, music, sketches, and videos. It'll be a hilarious — and enraging — show for Yellow Dot Studios, a non-profit media studio calling out polluters and mobilizing action on the climate emergency.

With Special Guests
MAE MARTIN
LESLIE LIAO
LAUREN BASH
RAY LAU
MILAN PATEL
ESTEBAN GAST
+ MORE!
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👀 ☕️ 🤯 WEDNESDAY, 7/23, 7:30PM: Watch Watts Happen Live
🎥 LIVE AND LIVESTREAMED! 🎥
Watch Watts Happen Live is an improv show that puts REGGIE WATTS’ signature surrealist spin on the late-night talk show format, imbuing the established structure—monologue, interviews, guest performers, clips and bits—with dream logic and anarchic joy. The result, driven by REGGIE’S good-natured absurdity and supported by a revolving cast of fluid improvisers and musicians, is an unhinged, never-the-same-twice experience that thrives on live unpredictability.

With musical guest DORA JAR and comedians ATSUKO OKATSUKA and JEREMY CULHANE!

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💪 👅 FRIDAY,7/25,
7:30PM: The Ultimate Improv Show
⭐️ IN PERSON SOLD OUT! ⭐️ 🎥 LIVE AND LIVESTREAMED! 🎥
DAN BLACK presents THE ULTIMATE IMPROV SHOW! An all-star cast of improvisers perform the best, funniest, and ultimate-est improv show of all time! (Ultimate-est is a word!) Each show will feature a celebrity guest monologist who will tell impromptu stories based off a random suggestion from the audience. These stories will inspire the funniest improvised comedy scenes you've ever seen, like ever!

With Cast
LAUREN LAPKUS
NICOLE BYER
LILY SULLIVAN
DAN BLACK
PAUL WELSH
CARL TART
BETSY SODARO

Guest Monologists: DREW GOODEN and EDDY
+MORE!
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💪 👅10:00PM: The Ultimate Improv Show
🎥 LIVE AND LIVESTREAMED! 🎥

With Cast
LAUREN LAPKUS
LILY SULLIVAN
DAN BLACK
PAUL WELSH
CARL TART
BETSY SODARO

Guest Monologists: DREW GOODEN and EDDY BURBACK

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☀️ SATURDAY, 7/26☀️

🎥 🍿 3:00PM: Doug Loves Movies
🎥 LIVE AND LIVESTREAMED! 🎥
DOUG BENSON has hosted the weekly comedy podcast Doug Loves Movies since 2006, which is recorded in front of live audiences in Los Angeles and at clubs all over the U.S. BENSON and his guests talk about movies and then play movie-related games. Guests have included such notables as JOHN LITHGOW, film critic LEONARD MALTIN, BRIAN POSEHN, ZACH GALIFIANAKIS, SARAH SILVERMAN, PATTON OSWALT, JON HAMM, PAGET BREWSTER, and ARDEN MYRIN. If you love movies, you'll love DOUG LOVES MOVIES!
With Special Guests
PAGET BREWSTER
JERRY TRAINOR
+ MORE!

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🌴 🌙 ✨ 7:30PM: Dynasty Tonight! Our semi-weekly live show featuring performances from great stand-up comics, musical acts, and variety artists! Often, VERY famous people pop in! We only book performers we truly love — as artists and humans — because that’s what YOU deserve. Hosted by Dynasty proprietors JAMIE FLAM and VANESSA RAGLAND, DYNASTY TONIGHT! is a celebration of the human experience, human expression, human connection — and sometimes we give away junk/treasures from our lost and found.

Think of it as your popcorn-fueled permission slip for a night of release and delight.
With Special Guests
NATALIE ROTTER-LAITMAN (Exploration Live)
LUKE MONES (Genies)
MAX and NICKY WEINBACH (Vintage Basement)
OBA OLANIYI (Your New Dads)
Live music by DT house band THE DYNASTIES!

+ MORE!
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🌞 🦕 SUNDAY, 7/27 ,7:30PM: 30 MINUTE MUSICALS: HOOK + JURASSIC PARK
🎥 LIVE AND LIVESTREAMED! 🎥
HOOK + JURASSIC PARK
30 Minute Musicals reads their parodies of Hook and Jurassic Park in one Spielberg Double Feature musical spectacular: lost boys, pirates, dinosaurs, and DNA! Relive the early 90s magic!

A Secondine Production
Written/Directed by BROOKE SEGUIN
Original Music by BROOKE SEGUIN and DAN WESSELS
Stage Manager: STEPHAINE BOLTJES

Starring:
TOM LENK
RYAN GARCIA
TOMMY HOBSON
SAM PANCAKE
BROOKE SEGUIN
JOEY ACUNA JR.
GRACIE GILLAM
KIRSTEN VANGSNESS
MATT MCCONKEY

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📻 🎤 MONDAY, 7/28, 7:30PM: Vintage Basement Vintage Basement is a neo-retro night of stand-up comedy and music produced by New York-based twin brothers MAX and NICKY WEINBACH!
With Special Guests
LIZZY COOPERMAN
DJ DOUGGPOUND
TODD GLASS
ANDREA JIN
APARNA NANCHERLA

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UPCOMING SHOWS

Daniel Fazio 7/14/25 Daniel Fazio 7/14/25

🦌 BUCKED OUT

This Week at Dynasty! Tim Baltz! Lauren Lapkus! Alex Borstein! Lily Sullivan! Dana Gould! DesiQuest! Colton Dunn! Simon Gibson & Joshua Turek!

This Week at Dynasty! TIM BALTZ! LAUREN LAPKUS! ALEX BORSTEIN! LILY SULLIVAN! DANA GOULD! DESIQUEST! COLTON DUNN! SIMON GIBSON & JOSHUA TUREK!

See our full calendar here →

Sweet Darlings,

We’re basically at a midpoint of July (or as we’ve just bravely, wildly, named it, Jull-O. If you go to our Instagram you can see we even made a really fun Jull-O graphic with our fabulous graphic designer Dan. Because, dear reader, how often can we be forced to say these same month names over and over for the REST OF OUR LIVES!? We have to FEEL, goddamnit! For some, that involves skydiving (🙄) and for others, like us, that involves randomly renaming months. The associated risks are different, but the 💀⚡️ skull-rockin’ adrenaline⚡️💀 is one and the same. Don’t believe us? Find a scientist and ask her. The frizzier the hair THE SMARTER.)

It’s been a season of change here at Dynasty, as most seasons tend to be. We’ve said goodbye to Missy, our wonderful former GM. And now we’re saying HELLO to Brenna, our wonderful new Director of Operations! Brenna has weathered her first week at Dynasty well, and in her near future will be overseeing lots of exciting projects. If you’re at the theater and see a woman with great vibes and a name tag that says Brenna, say hello! And if they turn out NOT to be Brenna, then WHOOPSIE, you just got rocked in another DynaStaff Nametag Switcheroosday Tuesday. (These can happen any day, but the name remains the same. Regardless, it'll be a source of 💀⚡️ skull-rockin’ adrenaline⚡️💀 ) We’re so excited to have Brenna onboard, and so grateful for all the darlings in our life. 💞 Not on the darlings list: the big fridge warranty people, the popcorn machine warranty people ( #RIP Janet, our Princess of Pop), or the air conditioning repair people. They are on other lists. A new popcorn machine/ Pop Princess will come to life this week. What should we name her? We may not take any suggestions, but if we DO and if it’s YOURS there will certainly be some kind of PRIZE. 💰 🌽

Speaking of prizes... the first five people to respond to this email with a note about how they like to achieve their hits of 💀⚡️ skull-rockin’ adrenaline⚡️💀 get to come to this Saturday's Dynasty Tonight! show with a guest for free! We've got a killer line-up with Dana Gould and more, The DyNasties, and us hosting... it's gonna be weird and epic. Just ask anyone who's been at one of the last few shows. We're getting more and more batshit every week and manifesting really important world changing stuff. 🦇

Lustily,
VanJam

🚨 Livestreams still available: The Long Shot Podcast Reunion, Too Scary; Didn't Watch, The Ultimate Improv Show w/ LAMORNE MORRIS, A Fundraiser Variety Show for Mrs. Stanley 🚨

🌟 THIS WEEK AT DYNASTY 🌟

🍽️ 😋 TUESDAY, 7/15, 7:30PM: Clean Plate Club
🎥 LIVE AND LIVESTREAMED! 🎥

Delectable improv with BOBBY MOYNIHAN and friends.

Plus live cooking on stage! From DINNER TIME LIVE's CHRIS YING!

With Special Guests
LILY SULLIVAN
TIM BALTZ
COLTON DUNN
ANGELA GIARRATANA
LAUREN LAPKUS

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📖 📖 WEDNESDAY, 7/16, 7:30PM: SIMON GIBSON and JOSHUA TUREK: Double Booked SIMON GIBSON and JOSHUA TUREK are co-headlining DYNASTY TYPEWRITER — possibly even with special guests who may be more famous than them. GIBSON and TUREK are like thunder and lightning — except both of those describe SIMON’s style, while JOSHUA is like the cold rain.

SIMON GIBSON The co-host of NBC and USA NETWORK’s CANNONBALL, L.A.-based comedian SIMON GIBSON exploded onto the comedy scene after a standout performance at the JUST FOR LAUGHS NEW FACES showcase in MONTREAL.

JOSHUA TUREK is a comedian and poet who has amassed a large cult following on TIKTOK and INSTAGRAM.
GET TICKETS!

🎲 🗡️ THURSDAY, 7/17, 7:30PM: DesiQuest
🎥 LIVE AND LIVESTREAMED! 🎥

Join us for an unforgettable live play experience of DESIQUEST, the immersive tabletop role-playing game set in a richly detailed world inspired by SOUTH ASIAN MYTHOLOGY and FOLKLORE.

For newcomers to DESIQUEST, this critically acclaimed series combines the rich storytelling traditions of SOUTH ASIAN CULTURE with innovative tabletop gameplay, and tonight's noir adventure is perfectly suited for our shadowy storyline.

Led by JASMINE BHULLAR, the DQ team will find themselves in a CASABLANCA-style tale of intrigue at a seaside resort, where they must pull off an elaborate heist to aid an INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT against DUTCH RULE (let's smoke their herring!).

This high-stakes adventure features gambling elements with a working roulette wheel that will directly influence the game's outcome, blending cinematic storytelling where every decision could change the course of history.

Whether you're a seasoned adventurer or new to the world of tabletop role-playing, DESIQUEST offers something for everyone — promising an unforgettable theatrical experience that combines immersive storytelling, cultural depth, and live gameplay in one thrilling evening.
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🍷 👅 FRIDAY,7/18, 7:30PM: ALEX BORSTEIN is Thirsty and we are FLARPIN' PARCHED to witness the splendor. Grab your goblet and prepare to GET QUENCHED.
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🤩 SATURDAY, 7/19 🤩

🧐 4:00PM: One-Man Whodunnit: The Tale of Francis Grey and the Case of His Dead Boyfriend!

9 CHARACTERS. ONE ACTOR. AN HOUR-LONG VIDEO TRACK. AND… MURDER!

When FRANCIS GREY’s boyfriend is murdered on the eve of his birthday, he opens up a not-so-official investigation—and discovers more than he bargained for in this audaciously perverse murder mystery! Joined by a host of not-so-perfect and incredibly suspicious family members—and JENNIFER COOLIDGE—everyone is a suspect. How far will FRANCIS go to crack the case in his chaotic quest for truth?

Whether you’re on the edge of your seat wondering if NATHAN can keep up with the video, or if you’re dying to know WHODUNNIT, this show is sure to keep you guessing until the very end!
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7:30PM: Dynasty T onight! Our mostly weekly evening of comedy, connection, and maybe a little chaos.(We manifest things FOR REAL and we also EXPUNGE things. 👊) Dynasty Tonight! is back with a juicy lineup of VERY SPECIAL GUESTS we adore:

✨ DANA GOULD (Stan Against Evil)
🔥 NICOLE AIMÉE SCHREIBER (Lights Out with David Spade)
🎯 NATE CRAIG (Maniac)

Hosted by celestial wagon-drivers JAMIE FLAM and VANESSA RAGLAND, this is your weekly permission slip to laugh, feel, and grab some free junk from our lost and found.

🍿 Music by our very nasty house band, The DyNasties.
GET TICKETS!

🦇 💃 🦇 10:00PM: SPF666, A Summer Spooktacular Presented by Bat Cave Burlesque Step into the shadows (and away from the sun, ew) to experience LA's favorite gothy burlesque spooktacular. Take a little vacay with your glitter ghoul hosts, VIA L'ONCE and DADDY LONGLEGS, as they embrace the macabre and introduce you to haunting performers who truly thrive where the sun don't shine. Variety, burlesque, and drag performers bring to life the essence of goth culture, with stunning costumes, haunting music, and most importantly, a celebration of individuality and darkness.

Plus, your hosts are very hot... and very funny.

Your goth best and burnin’ hot summer looks encouraged.
Featuring:
DADDY LONGLEGS
VIA L'ONCE
LOLA LA MINX
PIONONO
PRINCESS FARHANA
KRYSTAL KURIO
TATAS FORNOW
...and more!
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☀️ SUNDAY, 7/20 ☀️

🎤 🎨 🎤🎨 🎤🎨 4:00PM: Artists on Artists on Artists on Artists LIVE!
🎥 LIVE AND LIVESTREAMED! 🎥 🚨 LOW TICKET WARNING!🚨

The groundbreaking, eye-opening, and seminal podcast and YouTube series that answers the question "Now that’s why they call it showbusiness" is doing ANOTHER LIVE SHOW. Join hosts KYLIE BRAKEMAN, JEREMY CULHANE, ANGELA GIARRATANA, and PATRICK McDONALD (plus very special guests) as they get a roundtable suggestion from the audience and bring it to life in zero seconds flat.

Will there be industry legends spilling industry secrets?
Will there be shocking name-drops that have you questioning someone’s credibility?
Will there be screaming?

Much like all of Hollywood—if you aren’t there, you’ll never know.

THIS MONTH'S SPECIAL GUESTS:
JACOB WYSOCKI
REKHA SHANKAR
+ MORE!
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💅 7:30PM: TOM HEARN: How Fabulous Is That?! Viral comedian TOM HEARN’s HOW FABULOUS IS THAT?! is a campy, over-the-top comedic extravaganza.

TOM brings his ICONIC IMPRESSIONS LIVE TO THE STAGE. Don’t miss:
MARTHA STEWART, REBA McENTIRE, KODY BROWN, JAMES CORDEN, and of course, INA & JEFFREY GARTEN—
but HOW FABULOUS IS THAT?! has SO MUCH MORE! Packed with award-winning sketch comedy, cheeky innuendos, and show-stopping musical numbers!

Over the last year, TOM HEARN has dazzled audiences around the globe:
TORONTO, CHICAGO, SEATTLE, NEW YORK’s legendary JOE’S PUB,
MONTREAL SKETCHFEST (winning the JFL AWARD),
and a 22-show run at the EDINBURGH FRINGE, earning 5-star reviews—
and now, Dynasty!
GET TICKETS!

🩸 🫦 👠 MONDAY, 7/21, 7:30PM: Scott Hasn't Seen: Sprague Hasn't Seen "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"
🚨 LOW TICKET WARNING! 🚨
Join SCOTT AUKERMAN & SPRAGUE THE WHISPERER for a rowdy screening celebrating their 199th episode!
SPRAGUE hasn't seen "THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW," so let’s all watch it together and discuss.

Costumes encouraged, chaos inevitable.
GET TICKETS!

UPCOMING SHOWS

Daniel Fazio 7/7/25 Daniel Fazio 7/7/25

Dare to Enter The Monday Portal!

This Week at Dynasty: Aparna Nancherla! Andrew Dismukes! Fumi Abe! Lisa Gilroy! Carl Tart! The Long Shot Podcast Reunion! Sam Taggart! More!

This week at Dynasty: APARNA NANCHERLA! ANDREW DISMUKES! FUMI ABE! LISA GILROY! CARL TART! THE LONG SHOT PODCAST REUNION! SAM TAGGART! MORE!

See our full calendar here →

Dear Dynasty Darlings,

As you likely already know, today is a very special Monday. It's the Monday of the iconic ✨7/7/7 PORTAL✨! For those of you not in the know, the 7/7/7 Portal (because July 7th and 25 adds up to 7, duh) is a portal that is widely regarded as a powerful energetic gateway, resonating with high-frequency vibrations, making it a profound opportunity for spiritual awakening. SCORE! Even Garfield himself, who notoriously hated Mondays, would have to agree that today is special.

And yes, we are talking about former U.S. president James A. Garfield. While we can't say whether or not he had a strong connection to the realm of spirits, we do know that he was assassinated... on a Monday!! So if anyone has the right to hate Mondays, it's that guy! And yet we would all have to agree that in spite of that, he still couldn't dispute that today was anything less than profoundly important and transformative. So that's really saying something.

Ok, to be fair, James A. Garfield was actually assassinated on a Saturday. But! He died on a Monday. Two and a half months later! Yikes! We could get into the weeds on this more, but we'll just gently guide you to his Wikipedia page which was chock full of other fun facts about the preacher, lawyer, Civil War general, and US representative turned POTUS. At Dynasty, every day is President's Day when you're trying to connect the dots on a day when the boundary between the physical and spiritual realms becomes especially thin, allowing for easier access to inner wisdom, higher guidance, and alignment with one’s soul purpose with a misdirection joke based on a cartoon cat who famously hated Mondays and James A. Garfield, a president who, like Abraham Lincoln, was assassinated. And who also like Lincoln, was born in a log cabin! It's true! ANYHOO, can you imagine our sheer delight when we looked up the date of his death and saw that it was actually on a Monday?

What we're trying to say is that the universe is pure magic, so if you can, use to today to manifest wonderful things for your life. Even if that's unsubscribing from this newsletter because it's too real for you. Or not real enough. We just want you to be happy! And THAT'S The Dynasty Difference!™

Lots of great shows and livestreams coming up this week at our enchanted theater! Peruse below and pick one or two and get tickets! You won't regret it!

Love,
VanJam

🚨 Livestreams still available: Caitlin Reilly Bullies The Audience, Ultimate Improv w/ Andrew Dismukes, Every Place I Cry 🚨

🌟 THIS WEEK AT DYNASTY 🌟

MONDAY, 7/7, 7:30PM: The Long Shot Podcast Reunion
🎥 LIVE AND LIVESTREAMED! 🎥
SEAN CONROY, EDDIE PEPITONE, AMBER KENNY, and JAMIE FLAM return to discuss their struggles and the general terrors of everyday life... it's a comedy podcast.

GET TICKETS!

WEDNESDAY, 7/9, 7:30PM: Too Scary; Didn't Watch
🎥 LIVE AND LIVESTREAMED 🎥 🚨 LOW TICKET WARNING 🚨

We have arrived at our final destination…because TOO SCARY; DIDN’T WATCH is performing live at DYNASTY TYPEWRITER! Hosts EMILY GONZALEZ, HENLEY COX, and SAMMY SMART will be joined by returning guest LISA GILROY to recap FINAL DESTINATION: BLOODLINES in all its nasty glory. See the movie beforehand or don’t, either way we promise you will be leaving with a new level of appreciation for the top tier cinema that is the FINAL DESTINATION franchise.

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FRIDAY,7/11, 7:30PM: The Ultimate Improv Show
🎥 LIVE AND LIVESTREAMED 🎥

DAN BLACK presents THE ULTIMATE IMPROV SHOW! An all-star cast of improvisers perform the best, funniest, and ultimate-est improv show of all time! (Ultimate-est is a word!) Each show will feature a CELEBRITY GUEST MONOLOGIST who will tell impromptu stories based off of a random suggestion from the audience. These stories will inspire the funniest improvised comedy scenes you've ever seen, like ever!

WITH CAST
BOBBY MOYNIHAN
ANDREW DISMUKES
DAN BLACK
ANDY DALY
CARL TART
BETH APPEL
GUEST MONOLOGIST: LAMORNE MORRIS!
+ MORE!

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SATURDAY, 7/12

4:00PM:The Doohickeys Present: Cowboy Cosplay

“If you enjoy the intersection of traditional country music and side-splitting humor, THE DOOHICKEYS will be right for you” — SAVING COUNTRY MUSIC

Dust off your boots and don your finest fringe — COWBOY COSPLAY is riding into town! Come play dress-up with LA’s finest comedians, musicians, magicians, and more as they get countryfied by THE DOOHICKEYS.

🎁 The best dressed audience member will win a homemade pie!

THIS MONTH’S GUESTS:

CHASE ROSENBERG – Comedian, Groundlings Main Company
WEBSITE: http://www.chaserosenberg.com
IG: @chaseerosenb

THE PACKRATS – Banjo/Upright Bass Duo
WEBSITE: https://www.usedsongs.net/the-packrats
IG: @jordanthepackrat

MICHAEL BUSH – Magic Castle Magician
No known internet presence… mysterious!

FREE ARLO
IG: @freearlo

THE DOOHICKEYS BIO
Based in Los Angeles, THE DOOHICKEYS consists of singing and writing duo HALEY SPENCE BROWN & JACK HACKETT.

“THE DOOHICKEYS combine a deep respect for traditional country music with a quirky sense of humor to create something unique. While listeners will find humor in their songs, the music is seriously good. Don’t sleep on these country up-and-comers.” — AMERICAN SONGWRITER MAGAZINE

Their song “CAN’T BEAT MY OL’ BEATER” hit #1 on SIRIUSXM’S OUTLAW COUNTRY, while their debut album “ALL HAT NO CATTLE” spent 3 months in the AMERICANA TOP 40 and hit #1 on ROOTS RADIO.

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7:30PM: Dynasty Tonight!

TLDR Version: Dynasty Tonight! is a semi-weekly live show with performances from great stand-up comics and musical and variety acts! Often VERY famous people pop-in! We only pick performers we truly love (as artists and humans!) because that’s what YOU deserve.

Curious Version:

Dynasty Tonight! is a Dynasty entertainment tradition over 300 years young. Dynasty founders, Jamie Flam and Vanessa Ragland, have made it their mission to continue the centuries-old inspirational work of their forebearers, Orl & Halcyon Dynasty - that is, creating enchanting experiences for humans. The location has changed (from a bat-ruled cave on a secret island to a historic theater in the heart of Los Angeles) but the spirit remains: Dynasty Tonight! is a celebration of the human experience, human expression, human connection, and out-of-this worrrrlllld popcorn.

With Special Guests
SAM TAGGART (Straightiolab)
MAGGIE MAYE (Bandslam)
EVER MAINARD (Y'all Gay)
FUMI ABE (Writer on James Corden)
+ More!

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SUNDAY, 7/13,

3:00PM: Murder on Sex Island: Book Release Show with JO FIRESTONE and Friends

MURDER ON SEX ISLAND: BOOK RELEASE SHOW with JO FIRESTONE AND FRIENDS
Featuring..
APARNA NANCHERLA
ASHLEY BROOKE ROBERTS
MARLENA RODRIGUEZ
DYLAN MARRON

+ More!

About MURDER ON SEX ISLAND
A sexy reality show. A missing contestant. A one-of-a-kind detective.

"Bless Jo Firestone's quiet, mad genius . . . Hilarious and completely brilliant, [a] bloodstained love-letter to reality-dating television." —Vulture

When a cast member goes missing from the hit reality show Sex Island, producers hire detective Luella van Horn to go undercover as a contestant and solve the case. What the producers don’t know is that the enigmatic Luella van Horn is actually a woman named Marie Jones, a divorced ex–social worker from Staten Island attempting to lead a double life as a private eye. The local press couldn’t get enough of Luella . . . until she horribly bungled her last case and a murderer went free.

Unable to resist the opportunity to be a part of her favorite trashy TV show, travel to a remote island, and embark on a journey for redemption, Marie-as-Luella takes the case. But the more she learns about Sex Island’s dark underbelly, the harder it gets to make it out alive. She encounters shady producers, sleazy directors, contestants willing to do whatever it takes to win the $100,000 grand prize—and the dead body of the show’s missing fan-favorite in her bathtub.

Will she find the killer? Will she find herself? Will she find . . . love?

Find out now, on Sex Island’s most dramatic season yet.

About Jo Firestone
Jo Firestone is a comedian and television writer known for her work on After Midnight with Taylor Tomlinson, ZIWE, and Joe Pera Talks With You. Her most recent comedy special, Good Timing, received a Critics Choice nomination and is available on Peacock. She co-hosts the long-running podcast Dr. Gameshow with Manolo Moreno and is the co-author of two card games, Punderdome: A Card Game for Pun Lovers and Fruits. Murder on Sex Island is her debut mystery.

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7:30PM: A Fundraiser Variety Show for MRS. STANLEY
🎥 LIVE AND LIVESTREAMED 🎥

A FUNDRAISER VARIETY SHOW FOR MRS. STANLEY
— A film by TAMAR LEVINE + KATIE MAROVITCH

AN EVENING OF IMPROV FEATURING:

KIMIA BEHPOORNIA
DAN GREGOR
TAMAR LEVINE
KATIE MAROVITCH
VIC MICHAELIS
OSCAR MONTOYA
BOBBY MOYNIHAN
JACQUIS NEAL
LILY DU
IZZY ROLAND

🎤 STANDUP: ATSUKO OKATSUKA
🎙️ EMCEE: RAPHAEL CHESTANG

Plus: a never-before-seen clip of DROPOUT TV’s “VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE” and a Q&A!

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MONDAY, 7/14, 7:30PM: Vintage Basement

Vintage Basement is a neo-retro night of stand-up comedy and music produced by From New York-based twin brothers MAX and NICKY WEINBACH!

With Special Guests TBA!

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Daniel Fazio 6/30/25 Daniel Fazio 6/30/25

Goodbyes and hellos, triumphs and idiocy.

This week at Dynasty: Exploration Live! JON DALY! HOLMES! RACHEL BLOOM! ASHLEY RAY!

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Hello Darlings,

❤️ It’s time to check out of the HoneyJune Suite. Of course you remember that was our creative theme for the month! We hope she was good to you. 🔑 💕

She came to an end very sweetly for us. Saturday night’s DYNASTY TONIGHT! was a perfect blend of laughter, surprise, and heartfelt goodbyes. We were blessed with the brilliance of ATSUKO OKATSUKA (watch her new special FATHER on Hulu right now!) and interdimensional talent wielder REGGIE WATTS (catch WATTS WHAT HAPPENS LIVE at Dynasty on July 23rd). MO WELCH killed and, 🤩 SECRET GUEST BRETT GOLDSTEIN dropped by to delight us all. ✨ And we had another surprise that came from the depths of the Dynasty Wylds… SLUDGY. Yes, our beloved plumbassador took the stage (in a custom puppet theater built by none other than GM Missy herself) to deliver a Royal Flush Rite of Passage™ farewell to MISSY, who has been our General Manager, chaos calmer, and champion of All Things Dynasty for almost three years. She’s off to new creative adventures as an independent artist and we’re SO excited for her. We’ll let you know where you can find her creations! 🌺 Missy leaving, Sludgy arriving! So many feelings felt in all directions.

Sludgy says - “Most folks always think pipes just carry toilet water. But truth is, some pipes are hooked… straight up to the heart. Emotions gurgle through ‘em - grief, hope, weird little dreams, scary little dreams, angry dreams. Basically all kinds of dreams. And reality. And sure, sometimes it’s messy. But that’s the celestial water cycle, folks. Tears leak out, the clouds slurp ‘em up, and next thing you know, it’s rainin’ renewal on somebody’s begonias. Progress don’t always look like pressure - sometimes it’s just a quiet drip behind the drywall of the universe. Trust the flow. Sludgy’s gotcha.” 🛠️🐻💧Thanks, Sludgy.

In other cycles and seasons: We’re very excited to introduce you to our new Director of Operations very soon. A truly stellar human who will help us charge forth into JULY - or should we say JULL-O! 🍓🍋 A month packed with programming, experiments, puns, and mold-breaking magic.

Speaking of experiments (you can file this right under STUPID experiments) this very morning, VAN allowed her children to cover her face in mini suction-cup plungers “for fun.” That was very stupid. And now her face has little crop circle bruise polkadots that the internet expects will last over a week. Cupping, but make it useless. Remember when Gwyneth Paltrow turned heads years ago proudly displaying her cupping bruises in a chic evening dress? It’s absolutely nothing like that!

Other venues wouldn't share something like this. But we do. And That’s The Dynasty Difference!™

xo,

VanJam

PS - For everyone champing at the bit to know: With early in the day projections, it looks like JAM is going to end the month averaging around 15,322 steps per day, eclipsing last month's 15,168. That's good and not even a little obsessive! JAM also just learned that "champing at the bit" comes from "the behavior of horses when they are excited or impatient, often gnawing or grinding their teeth on the metal bit in their bridle." Also, while "champing" is the original and arguably more precise term, "chomping" is now widely accepted as a variation. But we use "champing" here at Dynasty because we... cherish precision. And That’s The Dynasty Difference!™

🚨 Livestreams still available: Clean Plate Club, Wrong Answers Only, Pretty Gay, Fuck This Month and Holy Shit Improv, Caitlin Reilly Bullies The Audience, Ultimate Improv w/ Andrew Dismukes, Every Place I Cry 🚨

🌟 THIS WEEK AT DYNASTY 🌟

MONDAY, 6/30, 7:30PM: SHANE MCANALLY: You Never Know
⭐️ SOLD OUT ⭐️
With over 50 No. 1 songs, 4 Grammy wins, and a Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, SHANE MCANALLY has made a career out of unforgettable storytelling. Now, he’s taking that same wit and heart from the writer’s room to the stage. SHANE MCANALLY proves that great storytelling — whether in song or comedy — always hits.

TUESDAY, 7/1, 7:30PM: The Benson Movie Interruption: Your Choice
DOUG BENSON(SUPER HIGH ME, @midnight) invites some of his comedy friends to sit in the front row of the theater with mics, cracking wise during a screening of a movie that YOU choose. That’s right, audience members are encouraged to bring a dvd/blu ray of a film they would like to see ripped apart (lovingly) and a vote will be held to determine which one we watch.
With Special Guests
JONAH RAY RODRIGUES
VANESSA GONZALEZ
MICHAEL HITCHCOCK
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WEDNESDAY, 7/2, 7:00PM: The Crossword Show
Host ZACH SHERWIN (“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” “Epic Rap Battles of History”) presides as a panel of guests solves an actual crossword puzzle live onstage, with everything displayed on a big screen so the audience can follow along. As the solvers decipher the clues, Zach takes the show down rabbit holes of comedy, music, wordplay, and trivia inspired by the answer words, and it all ties together at the end for a grand finale that’s as satisfying as it is mind-blowing. It’s the New York Times crossword meets NPR’s “Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me,” but with more rap than you’d expect, and you genuinely don’t need any puzzle expertise to be dazzled by this delightful, brainy, one-of-a-kind experience. “Tons of fun.” - NYTimes. “Jaw-dropping.” - SFGate.
With Special Guests
RACHEL BLOOM
ASHLEY RAY

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THURSDAY, 7/3, 7:30PM: Exploration Live
🚨 LOW TICKET WARNING! 🚨 CHARLIE BARDEY and NATALIE ROTTER-LAITMAN explore some of the most (and least) pressing ideas, theories, axioms, and concepts out there.

With special guest MEAGHAN STRICKLAND!

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SATURDAY, 7/5, 7:30PM: Dynasty Tonight!
Our show featuring performances from great stand-up comics, musical acts, and variety artists! Often, VERY famous people pop in! We only book performers we truly love — as artists and humans — because that’s what YOU deserve. Hosted by Dynasty proprietors JAMIE FLAM and VANESSA RAGLAND, DYNASTY TONIGHT! is a celebration of the human experience, human expression, human connection — and sometimes we give away junk/treasures from our lost and found.

Think of it as your popcorn-fueled permission slip for a night of release and delight.

Music from our very nasty house band: The DyNasties.
With Special Guests
JON DALY (The Kroll Show)
HOLMES (Overcompensating, Hacks)
DAVE WAITE (Late Night With Jimmy Fallon)
ATSUKO OKATSUKA (The Intruder)
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MONDAY, 7/7, 7:30PM: The Long Shot Podcast Reunion
🎥 LIVE AND LIVESTREAMED 🎥
SEAN CONROY, EDDIE PEPITONE, AMBER KENNY, and JAMIE FLAM return to discuss their struggles and the general terrors of everyday life... it's a comedy podcast.

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