[videos] Vanessa Gonzalez: The Latino Comedy Project “Gentrif*cked!” @ Brava // SF
See below last Friday night’s hilarious videos!
FRIDAY, February 3rd AT 7:30 PM
Vanessa Gonzalez / The Latino Comedy Project Presents: “Gentrif*cked!”
Brava Theater Center
2781 24th Street, San Francisco, CA 94110.
Video 1: First … let’s start with their description of the show.
Video 2: Our favorite – funny rendition of DORA the EXPLORER.
About comedy group:
Vanessa Gonzalez is originally from Texas and was voted “Best Stand-up Comic” in the Austin Chronicle before her move to Los Angeles.
She was a breakout as one of the New Faces of the 2017 Just For Laughs festival in Montreal and subsequently created and starred in a web series called “Ms. Vanessa” for Mas Mejor, a digital platform that is part of Lorne Michael’s company Broadway Video.
She has been featured on TruTV’s “Laff Mobb‚” “Laff Tracks,” HBO Latino‚ Entre Nous, and her half-hour “Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents” special premiered on Oct. 18th, 2019.
In “Gentrif*cked” Emmy-nominated sketch troupe, The Latino Comedy Project examines the causes and consequences of gentrification as it affects communities across America.
The LCP asks:
What happens when a community’s piñata shops are demolished and replaced with vegan cat-friendly coffeehouses?
When neighborhood flea markets are transformed overnight into luxury condos?
When Mexicans are replaced with obsessively dog-walking paddleboard enthusiasts?
Through a dynamic mixture of live sketches and original videos, the LCP provides all the hard answers in “Gentrif*cked.” They’re bad. They’re brown. They’re The Latino Comedy Project.LCP.
About LCP:
In the Latino Comedy Project’s Gentrif*cked, The Resistance starts at home. The evening will feature hilarious special guests: Austin’s only bilingual improv troupe Migas, and the stand-up comedy of “Funniest Person In Austin” finalist Vanessa Gonzalez.
The LCP’s all-new original sketch show examines the causes and consequences of gentrification as it affects Austin and communities across America. What happens when a community’s piñata shops are demolished and replaced with cat-friendly vegan coffeehouses? When are neighborhood pulgas transformed overnight into luxury condos? Or when Mexicans are replaced with obsessively dog-walking paddleboard enthusiasts?
Through their trademark mix of live sketches, music and original videos, the LCP provides all the hard answers and leaves no one unscathed.
