Immigrant Jam
Lucie Pohl’s Immigrant Jam Comedy is New York's longest running immigrant comedy show, a NY Times Critics Pick, Time Out NY Critic's Pic...
Lucie Pohl’s Immigrant Jam Comedy is New York's longest running immigrant comedy show, a NY Times Critics Pick, Time Out NY Critic's Pic...
Saturday, July 26th, 2025 3:00PM
Shadowland Stages - 14 Market Street
Ellenville NY 12428
Ellenville NY 12428
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Lucie Pohl’s Immigrant Jam Comedy is New York's longest running immigrant comedy show, a NY Times Critics Pick, Time Out NY Critic's Pick, seen at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the New York Comedy Festival and more. Immigrant Jam features NYC’s funniest immigrant and 1st gen comics, who will make you laugh so hard you’ll wish you were born somewhere else. Guaranteed not to have stolen any of your jobs, Immigrant Jam celebrates the beauty of everything cross cultural, deliciously different and not from here. The latest and greatest in the grand tradition of standup comedy returns! We’re kicking off the festival with an audience favorite, The Borscht Belt Classic. This show delivers the unmistakable flavor of Catskills comedy, performed by comedians of all generations. Hosted by Lucie Pohl Featuring: Marcela OnyandoSalma HindyCansu KarabiyikVicky WangDuration: 1 hour & 15 minutesLucie Pohl is a Jewish-German-born-NYC-raised comedian, actor, voice actor and writer. She is the voice of Mercy on Blizzard's Overwatch/2, Rixxa Fluxflame in World of Warcraft, as well as voicing characters on Red Dead Redemption 2, Hearthstone and more. On screen she has appeared in Todd Field's TAR, Hulu's Welcome to Chippendales, Showtime's Homeland, BBC's Red Dwarf XI and Warner Bros.' Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Lucie has created 4 critically acclaimed solo comedies that have toured internationally at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, London's West End, Germany, Romania, as well as across the US and OFF Broadway in NYC. Her solo comedy Hi, Hitler was nominated for a NY Innovative Theater Award. Her monthly show Immigrant Jam is NYC's longest running immigrant comedy show, has been a critic's pick in the NY Times, Time Out NYC, was given 4 stars by The Scotsman and gave birth to a podcast by the same name. Marcela Onyango is a Luo stand-up comedian and writer based in Brooklyn. She was born in Kenya and raised in Texas. She currently hosts Feel the News, a short humorous news show on TikTok. She’s been featured in the Black Women in Comedy Festival and The Laughing Devil Cup Festival. Her humor writing has been published on Slackjaw.Salma Hindy is a first-generation Egyptian-Canadian Stand-Up Comedian based in Los Angeles (previously New York by way of Toronto). She has opened for Ken Jeong, Ramy Youssef, Beth Stelling, and was a regular opener for Chelsea Handler (on her Vaccinated & Horny and Little Big Bitch Tour). She voices the character of Ramy Youssef's mother on the brand new Amazon Prime show Number 1 Happy Family USA. Cansu Karabiyik is a Kurdish comic who grew up in Denmark and lived in the UK, recently making the move to NYC. She was a regular on the London circuit and performed in more than 15 cities across the UK. She is the founder of the non-profit Laugh 4 Change, an organization that produced more than 50 shows in 10 different cities across the UK to raise relief aid for refugees in Greece. Laugh 4 Change hosted by Cansu played the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2019. Cansu was the producer of the highly acclaimed comedy trio show FootDarks at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (2019) that was featured in The Guardian. Vickie Wang was born and raised in Taipei, Taiwan, and is a bilingual writer, interpreter, and stand-up comedian fluent in Mandarin Chinese, English, and American cultural references. She's lived in Asia, Scandinavia, and the good ol' American Midwest. As a writer and editor, she's worked for Gensler, LEGO, and Disney. Her work has been published in The New York Times, RADII, China Media Project, and The World of Chinese. She has performed in Taipei, Shanghai, New York City, and opened for renown international headliners like Atsuko Okatsuka, Jenny Yang, and Elena Gabrielle.
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- Refund requests must be submitted in writing to carly@borschtbeltfest.org no later than Wednesday, July 23 by 9:00 AM. Please allow 5-8 business days for processing. No refunds will be issued after July 23 at 9:00 AM.
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