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The Dudes
Dean Obeidallah (“The Muslims Are Coming,” all the comedy things)
co-producer and thinker-upper of the show
and
Kevin Avery (writer, Last Week Tonight With John Oliver)
Christian Finnegan (VH1, Comedy Central, TBS)
Rob Paravonian (Comedy Central, VH1, a zillion views on YouTube)
John Fugelsang (SiriusXM, CNN, NPR)
Eddie Sarfaty (Comedy Central, Logo)
with special guest and emcee
Ophira Eisenberg
and more!
Sponsored by: ONE® Condoms
Thanks to our awesome Host Committee, Supporters, and all of you, we FILLED Gotham Comedy Club.
Honorary Host Committee
Lewis Black
Andy Borowitz
Pete Dominick
Rachel Dratch
Ritch Duncan
Dan Etheridge
Robbie Fulks
Kate Harding
Deputy Chief Juanita Holmes, Commanding Officer of NYPD’s Domestic Violence Unit
AJ Jacobs
New York City Council Member Ben Kallos
Piper Kerman
Chris Kluwe
Phil LaMarr
New York City Council Member Brad Lander
Dahlia Lithwick
NYC Mayor’s Office to Combat Domestic Violence
Jennifer L. Pozner
JD Roberto
Sarah Silverman
Larry Smith
Baratunde Thurston
Kings County District Attorney Kenneth P. Thompson
Adam Wade
Jamia Wilson
Lizz Winstead
Deanna Zandt
Host Committee
Rabbi David Adelson
Marilia Bezerra
Christina Blacken
Celia Bobrowsky
Soraya Chemaly
Matt Easton & Madelon Gauthier
Kamal Fizazi
Nada Jung
Dixie & Jeff Laite
Liam O’Malley
Eric Mulkowsky
Elise Newman
Darshan Patel
Oraia Reid
Michael Rothman
Richa Rudola
Joanne Sandler & Ray Tekosky
Sunil Savkar
Jessica Seigel
Zach Silverstein
Mona & Ravi Sinha
Mihika Srivastava
Jacqui Starkey
Court Stroud
DC Vito & Emily Long Vito
Andrew E. Wagner
Sandeep Walthati
Erin White-Casselman & Ben Casselman
Rebecca Wind
The Arab American Association of New York
Camino Public Relations
The New York Arab-American Comedy Festival
Network of Arab American Professionals
The Muslim Bar Association of New York
Soubriet Byrne & Associates
Whole Whale
Women’s Prison Association
Supporters
Betty and Saul Adelson
Vinnie Angel
Kambri Crews
Florence & James Harris
Ellen & Marshall Kolba
Idelisse Malave
Chris Mazzilli
Rob Paravonian
Matt Polacheck
Jim Rosenfeld
Tenzin Yeshi
CultivatedWit.com
Hilton Garden Inn New York – Central Park South/Midtown West
Shmaltz Brewing Company
We use comedy for good.
From hacky gender stereotypes to bad rape jokes (yup, there are a few good ones!), it can be hard to get out and seek out the funny without wincing at the same old, same old.
We can change that.
On August 19, 2015, we got a bunch of funny dudes together to tell jokes—and stand up to challenge the culture that promotes gender-based violence.
(It rocked so hard in 2014—as seen on MSNBC, NY1, and more—that we just had to DO THIS THING again.)
So can you.
Like comedy? Not like violence against women? PERFECT. Whether we create or consume the funny, we can all take action in our own worlds and ways to make a difference.
This year, you took a stand. The event totally SOLD OUT even faster than in 2014, and with your generous support, we raised some big money too!
The best part? All proceeds went to Breakthrough. You’ve joined the Breakthrough Generation: the generation that will make violence and discrimination against women unacceptable.
You’ll keep doing your part. We’ll do the party.
WE WENT BEYOND LOLS.
In our second straight SOLD OUT crowd, MORE THAN HALF said they were inspired to take action in their community, and ALMOST HALF the crowd was new to Breakthrough!
Raised more than 350% more money than last year, including $5000 in a 5-minute challenge LIVE ON STAGE.
MILLIONS of people heard the message that dudes ARE against violence against women and that we ALL have the power to stand up for change.
Great evening and hilarity at @BreakthroughUS benefit Dudes Against Violence Against Women! #Dudes15 pic.twitter.com/C3OVEY0fC1 — The Bowery Boys NYC (@BoweryBoys) August 20, 2015
#Dudes15 co-producer @Deanofcomedy is rocking @GothamComedy Please excuse brevity or typos pic.twitter.com/hdNdJjDVgj — S. Kleine-Ahlbrandt (@ska_kongshan) August 20, 2015
Funny people being funny for a great cause. Psyched for #Dudes15 pic.twitter.com/tZJ0A37BgA — Ben Casselman (@bencasselman) August 19, 2015
I’m at Dudes Against Violence Against Woman. And if you have a problem with that, I’ll kick your ass. #dudes15 — Brian August (@brianaugust) August 19, 2015
MAKE IT A PARTY.
Missed the show this year? SUPER BUMMED ABOUT IT? Keep an eye out for information about our next show!
I’m doing the show because my wife shouldn’t have to walk the long way to the car every morning just so she can avoid ‘that guy’. I’m doing the show because the end of every Dateline episode is so depressingly predictable. I’m doing the show because the world deserves better from men. – Christian Finnegan
