Coming Soon At Laffs
March 20 & 21
John Novosad
- John Novosad, a.k.a. "Hippieman" is a stand-up comedian based out of the Comedy Works in Denver, Colorado. John has performed in clubs, theatres and weird little coffee houses across the country for almost three decades. Yes, there were some day jobs along the way.
John grew up in Boulder, Colorado - which is a damn good place to be from if you're Hippieman. He made his comedic debut sometime around 1980 at the Blue Note in Boulder. John has toured extensively over the years and continues to do so. He's also a featured performer at The Comedy Works, sharing the stage with some of the biggest national acts working today.
John made his network television debut on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, has written a screenplay -- Hippieman: The Movie and is currently working on a comedy pilot.
In the future John will continue to perform and develop Hippieman's Plan for America -- comedic solutions to our nation's problems. And be happy. HIPPIEMAN won the 2015 Laughlin Comedy Competition!!!! WooHoo!!
March 27 & 28
Alex Elkin
Portland comedian Alex Elkin started his stand up comedy career in 2016 after winning the prestigious 41stAnnual International San Francisco Comedy Competition. In July 2018 he was honored in being chosen to go to Kuwait, Baghdad, Iraq and Syria to entertain the troops. Elkin was a finalist in the Hollywood Laugh Factory’s International Donald Trump Impersonator Contest and is 2018’s champion of the Hard Rock Casino’s Annual Comedy Cage Match. When he’s not home with his wife of 16 years and his three children, you can find Alex Elkin headlining comedy clubs across the country and cruise ships all over the world. Alex has been seen on the Netflix series Trinkets, Inside Edition, CNN, VUDU, XBOX, Amazon Prime, E!’s The Simple Life Season 5, TNT’s LEVERAGE, NBC’s GRIMM as well as heard regularly on XM Sirius’ Raw Dog comedy channel. Alex Elkin comedy specials and albums are released through Uproar Records including his latest work Screaming at Shapes which debuted at #6 on iTunes and can be downloaded through any online music store.