What’s YOUR total body shred?
Darlings,
💊 aPill greetings, sweet people! Take a swig of somethin’ sweet and gulp up each dose of this month like the good doctor (Noah Wyle) insists. Before we have to intubate.
Hope you’re feeling fine and POWERFUL. 💪 Right now, JAM is 22 days into a 69 day clean and feisty phase including #totalbodyshreds, yoga, and more meditation, while excluding alcohol and coffee. VAN is not doing that, but is spending more time in the garden and researching various cults which is BASICALLY THE SAME.
We’re staring down the barrel at another week of sweet delights here at the theater, and we remain very glad Dynasty exists as a beacon to all the friends n’ folks on the stage and in the audience. In a world in which every day brings new shocking terrors and reaches new scummy lows for humanity, we’re banking on the saving grace being connection and inspiration from the good people of the world who manage to protect and shine their light. Also the bees 🐝🐝 🐝 will help save us, so maybe plant some native plants wherever you can and be nice to creatures big and small when possible.
lozenges,
VanJam
UPCOMING SHOWS
TUESDAY 04/14 at 7:30pm
Taskmistress challenges your favorite comedians to complete absurd, confusing, and hilarious tasks — all to please the Taskmistress, Silver Lake drag icon Tony Soto. Solomon Georgio, Alexis Bevels, Guy Branum, and Alaska Thunderfuck compete live on stage, begging for precious points with only one crowned champion. Similar but legally distinct from a popular BBC Three panel show — but as we all know, plagiarism is okay if you're a drag queen. And if we're going to steal from someone, why not the British?
WEDNESDAY 04/15 at 7:00pm
Join us for a commemorative performance on the 114th anniversary of the Titanic disaster. Never Let Go is a "feat of ingenuity" (NY Times) — a uproariously queer one-man show that distills the three-plus hour epic into one hour of surprisingly subversive punch. Kinnan, who grew up worshiping the movie and its iconic cast of characters, plays all of them with "perfectly executed comedy, pathos and homage" (ScotsGay Arts). As told by Rose, the play takes you on an intimate journey into the fateful romance shadowed by one of the most devastating man-made disasters in modern history. A "truly unique and absorbing high camp theatrical piece" (Culture Fix).
THURSDAY 04/16 at 9:30
Lovett or Leave It: Live in LA
Jon Lovett's live variety show and podcast breaks down the week's politics and pop culture with sketches, games, jokes that literally never miss, and everyone's favorite: nuanced analysis. Joining him tonight is an all-star lineup of comedians, journalists, and other amazing guests — with special guests Kara Swisher, and Kal Penn!
FRIDAY 04/17 at 7:30pm + 10pm SOLD OUT
Phoebe Robinson: Hittin' The Road
Phoebe Robinson is a stand-up comedian, bestselling author, producer, actress, and publisher. Her second stand-up special "I Don't Wanna Work Anymore" premiered on YouTube in 2025, and she is the author of three essay collections including You Can't Touch My Hair and Please Don't Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes. Co-creator and co-star of the podcast and HBO series 2 Dope Queens, she also runs her own production company and book imprint, Tiny Reparations. A recipient of Variety's Comedy Innovator Award, Robinson brings her latest show to Dynasty Typewriter as part of her national tour.
SATURDAY 04/18 at 7:30pm
Hailed a "cultural phenomenon" by Newsweek and celebrated by This American Life, Entertainment Weekly, Time, and The Today Show, Mortified is a night of adults sharing their most embarrassing childhood artifacts — journals, letters, poems, lyrics, plays, home movies, and art — in front of total strangers. Hear grown men and women confront their past with tales of first kisses, worst proms, fights with mom, life at bible camp, and reasons they deserved to marry Jon Bon Jovi.
SUNDAY 04/19 at 7:00pm
UnMatched: A Comedy Show & Screening
The LA premiere of a top-secret and dangerous new reality dating comedy series pilot that had Brooklyn's The Bell House buzzing. UnMatched stars NYC's hottest comedians alongside real unsuspecting singles going on real dates — starring Mera Caulfield, Maddy Kelly, Alyssa Limperis, Edy Modica, Jill O'Connell, Richard Perez, Jacqueline Blizzard, Mustafaa Simpson, Eric Rahill, and actual real people. Following the screening, live comedy performances from Aparna Nancherla, Eric Rahill, Carmen Christopher, Alyssa Limperis, Courtney O'Donnell, Mera Caulfield, and more. It's going to be crazy, dawg. For real.
MONDAY 04/20 at 7:00pm LIVE & LIVESTREAMED
5th Annual High and Mighty 420 Mega Sesh
It's that magical time of year where your most annoying friends get super stoned — and Gabrus is that annoying friend. Join him in the theater or fire it up on livestream if you're couch-locked, for a mega-sesh of bits, shenanigans, and coughing. Gotta cough to get off, brah. With special guests Matt Besser, Ashley Ray, John Gemberling, Gilli Nissim, Mary Jane Gibson, Ethan Edenburg, Eric Jackowitz, Emma Erdbrink, and more.
