Wild Card Comedy
About This Event
Wild Card Comedy at Alphaville features Daniel Van Kirk and Jarrett Campbell in a mixed lineup. Van Kirk is a Los Angeles-based comedian, actor, writer and podcast host; Campbell is a Canadian stand-up whose 2019 album Straight White Fail earned a Juno nomination and who performs regularly in New York rooms, favoring direct, premise-forward writing.
About Wild Card Comedy
Wild Card Comedy lands at Alphaville with a rotating lineup built around stand-up and loose, room-responsive bits. The current bill includes Jarrett Campbell and Daniel Van Kirk, both known for working close to the grain of the audience rather than above it. In New York’s long tradition of small-room comedy, nights like this keep the form local and provisional, shaped by whoever shows up. Its value is in process: jokes tested in public, then either kept or discarded.
About the Artists
Jarrett Campbell
Jarrett Campbell is a Canadian stand-up comedian whose 2019 album *Straight White Fail* drew national attention with a Juno nomination the following year. In New York City, he appears on bills at New York Comedy Club’s Upper West Side and East Village rooms, as well as Alphaville, moving between club lineups and mixed showcases.
Daniel Van Kirk
Daniel Van Kirk is a comedian, actor, writer, and podcast host based in Los Angeles. Get tickets to see him live & tell him what city to visit next!