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X-WR-CALNAME:Baltimore · comedy · Saturday · CalDiscovery BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:KIM’S CONVENIENCE DTSTART:20260830T040000Z DTEND:20260927T040000Z DTSTAMP:20260813T001117Z UID:18470@mdtheatreguide.com CATEGORIES:comedy,theater DESCRIPTION:By Ins Choi\nDirected by cara hinh\nCo-production with Indiana Repertory Theatre and Portland Center Stage\n\nInternationally-acclaimed comedy\n\nStep inside the heart of this neighborhood with Ins Choi’s cri tically acclaimed\, award-winning comedy that inspired the hit Netflix ser ies! Set among the lively\, soul-filled aisles of a local convenience stor e\, the stubborn and fiercely proud owner and immigrant from South Korea\, Mr. Kim\, also known as Appa\, finds himself at a crossroads as he strugg les to keep all that he has built and ensure his family legacy for his chi ldren. Filled with sharp wit and undeniable heart\, this play chronicles t he struggles and triumphs of immigrant parents while honoring the sacrific es we make for the people and the places we love most.\n\nTICKETS LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T001117Z LOCATION:Everyman Theatre\, x\, x\, Greater Baltimore Area\, United States URL:https://mdtheatreguide.com/shows/kims-convenience/?utm_source=caldisco very&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=baltimore-md X-SOURCE-NAME:What’s Playing X-SOURCE-URL:https://mdtheatreguide.com/whats-playing END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:THE SECOND BEST SCHOOL SHOOTING DTSTART:20260917T040000Z DTEND:20261011T040000Z DTSTAMP:20260828T001212Z UID:18540@mdtheatreguide.com CATEGORIES:comedy,theater DESCRIPTION:A U.S. Premiere Play by Alice Stanley Jr.Directed by Heather L anza\nHonorary Executive Producer: Adam McKay\nA U.S. Premiere dark comedy about grief\, friendship\, and what happens when one tragedy is eclipsed by another. As two best friends try to make sense of surviving a school sh ooting\, they confront the brutally absurd and deeply human question: how do you grieve when the world has already moved on?Audience Advisories: di scussions of gun violence and self-harm\, gunshot sound effects\nTICKETS LAST-MODIFIED:20260828T001212Z LOCATION:NextStop Theatre Company\, x\, x\, DC Metro Area\, United States URL:https://mdtheatreguide.com/shows/the-second-best-school-shooting/?utm_ source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=baltimore-md X-SOURCE-NAME:What’s Playing X-SOURCE-URL:https://mdtheatreguide.com/whats-playing END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Laura Benanti: Nobody Cares - A comedy Show with Original Songs DTSTART:20260918T040000Z DTEND:20260926T040000Z DTSTAMP:20260824T181243Z UID:18531@mdtheatreguide.com CATEGORIES:comedy,music,theater DESCRIPTION:Direct from an acclaimed run at Edinburgh Fringe and two sold- out Off-Broadway engagements comes Laura Benanti: Nobody Cares\, a one-w oman comedy show from the mind of Tony Award® winner Laura Benanti. Known for her dazzling Broadway performances and razor-sharp wit\, Benanti take s the stage to share her hilarious\, heartfelt\, and sometimes brutally ho nest takes on motherhood\, people pleasing and the joys of aging. Blending side-splitting storytelling with original songs\, New York Times Critic ’s Pick Nobody Cares is a love letter to recovering ingénues\, mother s\, and anybody working on themselves.\n\nTICKETS LAST-MODIFIED:20260824T181243Z LOCATION:Baltimore Center Stage\, x\, x\, Greater Baltimore Area\, United States URL:https://mdtheatreguide.com/shows/laura-benanti-nobody-cares-a-comedy-s how-with-original-songs/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campai gn=baltimore-md X-SOURCE-NAME:What’s Playing X-SOURCE-URL:https://mdtheatreguide.com/whats-playing END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Steel Magnolias DTSTART:20260918T040000Z DTEND:20261004T040000Z DTSTAMP:20260824T181243Z UID:18532@mdtheatreguide.com CATEGORIES:comedy,theater DESCRIPTION:Laughter\, loyalty\, and the strength of Southern sisterhood. Step inside Truvy’s beauty salon\, where six unforgettable women share g ossip\, grit\, and the kind of friendship that can weather any storm. Stee l Magnolias blends sharp wit with deep emotion\, delivering a story that ’s as warm as it is powerful. A charming small‑town comedy with a hear tbeat — tender\, funny\, and beautifully human.\n\nRuns for 3 weekends f rom Sept. 18 to Oct. 4\, 2026\n\nPort Tobacco Players performs six shows p er season on our main stage in downtown La Plata\, Maryland.\n\nFridays & Saturdays at 7:30 pm (NEW start time for 2026) | Sundays at 3pm.\nTickets $18 for adults\, $15 for seniors over 60\, youth (through high school)\, and military with ID.\nTickets may be purchased at: Ptplayers.com LAST-MODIFIED:20260824T181243Z LOCATION:Port Tobacco Players\, x\, x\, Southern MD\, United States URL:https://mdtheatreguide.com/shows/steel-magnolias-8/?utm_source=caldisc overy&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=baltimore-md X-SOURCE-NAME:What’s Playing X-SOURCE-URL:https://mdtheatreguide.com/whats-playing END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Laura Benanti: Nobody Cares DTSTART:20260918T040000Z DTEND:20260926T040000Z DTSTAMP:20260903T001335Z UID:18552@mdtheatreguide.com CATEGORIES:comedy,music,theater DESCRIPTION:Performer and Writer Laura Benanti\nDirected by Annie Tippe\nC o-Writer and Music Director Todd Almond\n\nDirect from an acclaimed run at Edinburgh Fringe and two sold-out Off-Broadway engagements comes Laura B enanti: Nobody Cares\, a one-woman comedy show from the mind of Tony Awar d® winner Laura Benanti. Known for her dazzling Broadway performances and razor-sharp wit\, Benanti takes the stage to share her hilarious\, heartf elt\, and sometimes brutally honest takes on motherhood\, people pleasing and the joys of aging. Blending side-splitting storytelling with original songs\, New York Times Critic’s Pick Nobody Cares is a love letter to recovering ingénues\, mothers\, and anybody working on themselves.\n\n \ n\nTICKETS LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T001335Z LOCATION:Baltimore Center Stage\, x\, x\, Greater Baltimore Area\, United States URL:https://mdtheatreguide.com/shows/laura-benanti-nobody-cares/?utm_sourc e=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=baltimore-md X-SOURCE-NAME:What’s Playing X-SOURCE-URL:https://mdtheatreguide.com/whats-playing END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CityLit Stage presents Funny Ladies: Stars of Comic Fiction Talk S hop DTSTART:20260919T140000Z DTEND:20260919T150000Z DTSTAMP:20260820T183149Z UID:14821-1789812000-1789815600@www.citylitproject.org CATEGORIES:comedy,literary DESCRIPTION:Funny Ladies: Stars of Comic Fiction Talk Shop \n10:00 am – 11:00 am\nCityLit Stage\nEast 31st Street & Barclay Street\nBaltimore\, MD 21201 \nThree acclaimed women authors talk about their latest books\, the craft of humor\, and the role of comic fiction in the current social and political landscape. What makes something funny? Why is humor important? H ow does absurdity function both as entertainment and as a form of commenta ry on serious matters? The books under discussion range widely in focus\, from the world of literary event planning to the interior lives of the soc ial media generation to the surreal landscape of the afterlife. This meeti ng of great comic minds promises to be inspiring\, profound\, and laugh-ou t-loud funny. Novelist Susan Coll\, whose newly published novel\, Word Sal ad\, “is a moving\, thoughtful exploration of the complicated nature of grief and the power that books have to help us find ourselves when we’re lost\,” writes national bestseller Grant Grinder. Coll is the events ad visor at Politics and Prose Bookstore. Amy Fusselman‘s latest book\, Clo ud Six\, which Literary Hub named A Most Anticipated Book of the Year\, is a comic novel about an unfortunate couple navigating the lowest tier of h eaven. Baltimore’s Sydney Rende’s short story collection has been call ed “an invaluable tip-sheet to the way we live now\, I Could Be Famous c aptures perfectly the hazards of young womanhood in a world where everyone is desperate to be looked at\, but wary of being seen.” (Jonathan Dee\, author of Pulitzer Prize Finalist The Privileges). Betsy Boyd\, director of Creative Writing and Publishing Arts MFA program at the University of B altimore\, joins us as moderator. Her fiction has been published in Kenyon Review\, American Short Fiction\, Five Points\, and StoryQuarterly. \nSus an Coll\, whose ninth novel\, Word Salad\, a comedy of manners\, “remind s us that sometimes things have to completely fall apart for them to perfe ctly come together.” Her previous books include Bookish People\; The Sta ger\, a New York Times and Chicago Tribune Editor’s Choice\; and Accepta nce\, which was made into a television movie starring Joan Cusack. Her wor k has appeared in publications including the New York Times Book Review an d the Washington Post. She is the events advisor at Politics and Prose Boo kstore\, and the former president of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation.\nsusanco ll.com\nInstagram: @susan_keselenko_coll \nAmy Fusselman is the author of six books of fiction and nonfiction. Her latest book\, Cloud Six\, is a co mic novel about an unfortunate couple navigating the lowest tier of heaven . Her essays have appeared in The New York Times\, The Atlantic\, the Wash ington Post\, and many other outlets. She lives with her family in New Yor k City.\namyfusselman.com \nSydney Rende is the author of the short story collection\, I Could Be Famous. A reality TV enthusiast since that fateful night in 2007 when LC called Spencer Pratt a Sucky Person\, she will chal lenge anyone who argues that reality TV isn’t high art. A writer and edi tor from Baltimore\, Maryland\, her work has been deemed a “terrific deb ut” by George Saunders: “Eleven fast\, sharp\, funny stories laced wit h a deep\nunderstanding of the corrosive effect our fame-hungry attention economy has on real connection between people. Rende is such a witty\, eng aging writer\, with an intuitive understanding that the short story is in the world to delight\, engage\, and enlarge the reader.” Her work can be found at the New York Times Style Magazine\, Carve Magazine\, Joyland\, a nd elsewhere.\nwww.sydneyrende.com\nInstagram: @sydneyrende \nBetsy Boyd ’s fiction has been published in Kenyon Review\, American Short Fiction\ , Five Points\, StoryQuarterly\, Shenandoah\, and elsewhere. Her short sto ry “Scarecrow” received a Pushcart Prize. Betsy directs the Creative W riting and Publishing Arts MFA program at the University of Baltimore and is the recipient of two Maryland State Arts Council awards\, an Elliot Col eman Writing Fellowship\, a James A. Michener Fellowship\, and residencies through Fundación Valparaíso\, the Virginia Center for the Creative Art s\, the Alfred and Trafford Klots International Program for Artists\, and the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts. \n                  \nVisit the News Section for detailed information. \nSTAY INFORMED LAST-MODIFIED:20260820T183149Z LOCATION:31st Street Stage\, 31st Street & Barclay Street\, Baltimore\, MD \, 21218\, United States URL:https://www.citylitproject.org/event/funny-ladies-stars-of-comic-ficti on-talk-shop/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=baltimor e-md X-SOURCE-NAME:CityLit Project X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.citylitproject.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Mischief & Deception Magic Show with Comedy Magician Spencer Horsm an DTSTART:20260919T190000Z DTEND:20260919T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T120413Z UID:event-6914-1789844400@harborbeat.com CATEGORIES:comedy DESCRIPTION:Includes 2 FREE drinks (top shelf\, beer\, wine) to Maryland's longest running & highest rated magic experience at Illusions: Bar & Thea ter. LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T120413Z LOCATION:Illusions Bar & Theater\, 1025 South Charles Street\, Baltimore\, MD 21230 URL:https://harborbeat.com/event/mischief-deception-magic-show-with-comedy -magician-spencer-horsman-30/6914?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&u tm_campaign=baltimore-md X-SOURCE-NAME:HarborBeat — Upcoming Baltimore Events X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.harborbeat.com/events/workshops END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Laff Hour: Improv Comedy at the Highwire Center! DTSTART:20260919T220000Z DTEND:20260919T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T120413Z UID:event-2003-1789855200@harborbeat.com CATEGORIES:comedy DESCRIPTION:No AI\, no script\, no second takes. Highwire Improv presents real performers building the entire show live\, from your suggestions. LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T120413Z LOCATION:Highwire Improv\, 400 S. Conkling Street\, Baltimore\, MD 21224 URL:https://harborbeat.com/event/tasty-comedy-improv-comedy-at-the-highwir e-center/2003?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=baltimor e-md X-SOURCE-NAME:HarborBeat — Upcoming Baltimore Events X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.harborbeat.com/events/workshops END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Kim's Convenience DTSTART:20260919T230000Z DTEND:20260920T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260916T000416Z UID:10000340-1789844400-1789853400@bromoartsdistrict.org CATEGORIES:comedy,theater DESCRIPTION:Internationally acclaimed comedy \nStep inside Kim’s Conveni ence\, the heart of the neighborhood in Ins Choi’s award-winning comedy that inspired the Netflix series! Set in the bustling aisles of a local co nvenience store\, proud Korean immigrant Mr. Kim (Appa) faces a crossroads as he struggles to protect the business he built and the legacy he hopes to leave his children. Filled with sharp wit and heartfelt humor\, Kim’s Convenience celebrates family\, self-determination\, and the enduring bon ds between generations. LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T000416Z LOCATION:Everyman Theatre\, 315 W Fayette St\, Baltimore\, MD\, 21201\, Un ited States URL:https://bromoartsdistrict.org/event/kims-convenience/2026-09-19/?utm_s ource=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=baltimore-md X-SOURCE-NAME:bromo X-SOURCE-URL:https://bromoartsdistrict.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Comedy Invasion: Improv Comedy at the Highwire Center! DTSTART:20260919T230000Z DTEND:20260920T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T180359Z UID:event-4103-1789858800@harborbeat.com CATEGORIES:comedy DESCRIPTION:No AI\, no script\, no second takes. Highwire Improv presents real performers building the entire show live\, from your suggestions. LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T180359Z LOCATION:Highwire Improv\, 400 S. Conkling Street\, Baltimore\, MD 21224 URL:https://harborbeat.com/event/comedy-invasion-improv-comedy-at-the-high wire-center-3/4103?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=bal timore-md X-SOURCE-NAME:HarborBeat — Upcoming Baltimore Events X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.harborbeat.com/events/workshops END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:'Serious': New York Improv Comedy at The Highwire Center DTSTART:20260920T000000Z DTEND:20260920T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T180359Z UID:event-3771-1789862400@harborbeat.com CATEGORIES:comedy DESCRIPTION:No AI\, no script\, no second takes. Highwire Improv presents real performers building the entire show live\, from your suggestions. LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T180359Z LOCATION:Highwire Improv\, 400 S. Conkling Street\, Baltimore\, MD 21224 URL:https://harborbeat.com/event/comedy-invasion-improv-comedy-at-the-high wire-center-2/3771?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=bal timore-md X-SOURCE-NAME:HarborBeat — Upcoming Baltimore Events X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.harborbeat.com/events/workshops END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR