Book People: A Comedy Game Show with No Required Reading
Presented by: ArtsQuest
Married stand up comics Ian Webster and Roya Hamadani have a lot of books. So many books that they wonder if they will read them all before they die. (They won’t). They created this comedy game show to share their most bizarre and unreadable finds. Local funny people will play silly book-inspired games on topics such as cat telepathy, the crotch-kicking fun of a Krav Maga, terrible edible gelatins, and so much more!
Creators and Hosts:
Ian Webster & Roya Hamadani are married stand up comics. (What’s it like to be married to another stand up? It’s awesome!) Ian has opened for Brian Posehn, and both have performed at Musikfest. Roya also writes and produces sketch comedy with the group Sketchlehem. Together they serve their wonderful kitty cat Ruby and sweet doggy dog Sunni Bunny.
Judge: Josh Berk
Josh Berk is the Executive Director of the Bethlehem Area Public Library as well as an award-winning author of books for kids and teens. His novels include The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin, Strike Three You’re Dead, and the Camp Murderface series, co-written with author Saundra Mitchell.
Contestants
Christy Devlin
Actor, comedian and improviser, Christy Devlin, is really quite funny. She’s a member of the improv team, Staycation, as well as the improv duo, Shatwood, and the character duo, The Mister Sisters. Christy also performs in a ton of comedy shows at SteelStacks, such as ValleyWeird Squares, The Nightly News at 8:05 and A Night Inside The Mister Sisters, premiering this December 2021. When she’s not performing, Christy tries to be an adult. She is the mother of two dazzling, young children, Oliver and Harper, and teaches Drama at a private elementary school.
J.J. Ellis
J.J. Ellis is a writer who has been a part of comedic entities “Lexington Compost” “Booger Sugar” and numerous other iterations of some of Sketchlehem’s most twisted comic minds. For years, he also found himself on stages all over the Tri-State area, including various locations of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York and numerous Del Close Marathons as a part of the improv troupe 4 AM In Thailand. He is the guiding force behind The Lesser of Two Equals, which lives on Youtube, Twitter and Facebook with hundreds of videos and thousands of comedic observations (so far!).
Terrence Haynes
Terrence Haynes joined the Lehigh Valley Comedy scene in the summer of 2018. While working at the University of New England, he was a regular cast member on the campus sketch comedy show, Friday Night Live. Terrence is currently a member of the improv team Model Citizen, and can be found performing in variety of comedy shows in the Lehigh Valley.
*Student & senior discounts apply at the box office only.
