Hey squad,

I’ve got a show tonight! At 7:30 at Young Ethel’s in Brooklyn - it’s free if you are in town, just buy a drink (alcoholic or non) and tip your bartender, obvi. It’s part of Bar-Prov, so there’s improv all night from some super cool teams, and we are around the first 2 Thursdays of the month.

Also, I’ve got a show with the Bisque next Thursday 7/17 at 7pm at BCC as a guest of The Good Time. We love them! Come out to that too :)

And finally, No Worries If Not did a sketch that came out right for the Tony’s last month - I have a small role, filmed it and edited it. Written by my buddy, Michelle O’Brien, it’s a compliment when I say it’s pretty dumb. Enjoy and see you next month :)

Hey team,

I’ve got a show next week. Weird time to be plugging comedy shows but this is The Bisque’s fundraising variety show for The Brigid Alliance, and that’s always good to plug. Tickets are here and if you buy before June 11 at 7pm - you can get the early bird price. We also live stream (Caveat has a really nice live stream set up!) that you can watch a whole week later and those tickets are cheap.

ALSO the tickets go to support access to women’s health.

AND the line up is insane - Negin Farsad (NPR’s Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me, HBO and more), and my dear friend Kate Owens (Hulu, Broadway, Just For Laughs) will be guest comics. We’ll also have a killer all lady improv team, Three Pole Bunch and of course, lots of good improv provided by yours truly (and the rest of my lovely team, The Bisque). Wednesday, June 18th, 7pm - Caveat in the Lower East Side or on the World Wide Web ♥️

Also, a timely sketch that came out many months too late, but I wrote/act a Severance parody sketch below. Less funny if you don’t watch Apple TV’s hit show, but I’d like to think still funny. Beautifully shot by my colleague Matt Cerisano and acted by my co-star Howard Hendrix Powell - this is one of the No Worries If Not gals most recent sketches!

Ok, please come/buy digital tickets to see the Bisque (remember you don’t have to watch live and the money goes to abortion access!)

Byeeeeeeee

Hiiiiii crew,

I’ve got a show at BCC this week on Thursday May 15th at 7pm with The Bisque. We are guests for one of the best improv teams in town (not exaggerating, they are incredible) The Good Time. We love them - tickets are on sale here.

Also I just got on a house team at Young Ethel’s, so you can catch me doing improv there at 7:30pm on the first two Thursdays of each month starting in June.

The world is scary but my parents got a puppy and his name is Tank. He’s extremely cute (see photo evidence below).

Those are all my updates. Short and sweet. When things are bad, remember that community is a radical solution to the isolation and fear. My city council rep, Tiffany Cabán, frequently repeats the anti-facist, deeply community based, and frankly, beautiful phrase “No one not let go of anyone’s hand.” So don’t.

Love ya, see ya next month,

D

Thaddeus “Tank” Pettitt Manning - I mean, look at that face

Hiiii,

Wow, it crazy out here. Good news is, you can see me back at good ole UCB - Upright Citizens Brigade. I’m in a show call The Assignment - it’s a cool monthly show where people try out new, experimental improv forms with a rotating cast. I’m thrilled to join for a form called “The Flashlight” - tickets are $10 for in person and livestream so come on out on Thursday April 10th at 8:30pm

Also, for TableTopNotch - the weekly Dnd show I’m on - we are finally back in our main, gritty western campaign “Brunkhollow”, after taking a break to do a silly time travel themed show. If you are interested in some Deadwood inspired Dungeons and Dragons, this will scratch that very specific itch.

That’s it for updates - remember to help your neighbors.

talk soon,

Deirdre