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The Disabled List Comedy Festival

January 24 @ 7:00 pm – January 26 @ 10:00 pm

The Disabled List announces their third annual disability-focused comedy festival in the Pacific Northwest. Following the successful, sold-out run of the inaugural festival in 2023, and equally successful 2024 festival, The Third Annual Disabled List Comedy Festival will continue spotlighting new local and out-of-town comedians, including two headliners, Gibran Saleem (Host of @WhyDidISayThatPodcast, NBC Stand Up, MTV’s Beyond The Wall) and Hayden Kristal (Stand Up NBC, America’s Got Talent finalist). In addition to our comedy showcases, we are excited to announce comedian John F. O’Donnell will be performing his one-man show, I’M ON LITHIUM on Saturday night.

This festival is produced and hosted by local comedians Dan Hurwitz and Kayla Brown, and takes place January 24th-26th, with one show at the NW Film Forum and three at Theatre off Jackson. 

The Disabled List is a collective of disabled comedians that has been performing in and around Seattle since 2018. In 2021, we produced a short film, This is Spinal Injury, that debuted at Northwest Film Forum’s Local Sightings Film Festival and was screened at several other film festivals throughout the state. 

Festival Schedule:

Friday, January 24th, 7:00 pm (NWFF)
FEATURING Hayden Kristal & Gibran Saleem
*ASL interpreting
Ticket link: https://bit.ly/disabledlistfestival_1

Saturday, January 25th, 6:30 pm (TOJ)
FEATURING Hayden Kristal & Gibran Saleem
*ASL interpreting
Ticket link: https://bit.ly/disabledlistfestival_2

Saturday, January 25th, 8:30 pm (TOJ)
FEATURING John F. O’Donnell
Ticket link: https://bit.ly/disabledlistfestival_3

Sunday, January 26th, 12:00 pm (TOJ)
Variety show brunch!
*ASL interpreting
Ticket link: https://bit.ly/disabledlistfestival_4

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