About this Event
Dreading going home for the holidays? Skip the family drama and pull up a chair at Dinner for One’s Friendsgiving!
Dinner for One invites all their favorite comedy friends to the table for a feast of sketch, stand-up and absolutely no generational trauma.
ON THE MENU: slow-roasted Caitlin Cook, pan-seared Blake Wexler, and sous-vide Gianmarco Soresi, with special sketch comedy courses including char-broiled Unisex and a side of uncooked Super Crazy Fun Time (best served raw).
Come hungry for laughs, leave stuffed with joy. No political chats with Uncle Chad, no sloppy kisses from Auntie Brenda and absolutely no one asking when you’re not going to be single anymore.
This Friendsgiving, let Dinner for One do the roasting and toasting. Serving up some of the funniest, most inventive sketch comedy in New York City this holiday season.
Who's Coming to Dinner?
DINNER FOR ONE is a sketch comedy juggernaut known for their physical bits, millennial cynicism and dark humor. Hailed as one of NYC’s “funniest, most inventive sketch troupes,” they’ve been featured on Funny or Die, MTV, Broadway, Peacock, Netflix, Comedy Central and commercials you skip on YouTube. They’ve headlined sketch festivals across the country with sold out runs at NYC comedy basements like UCB, the PIT and Second City. Now, they’re ready to bring all their bits to Brooklyn. (https://www.dfor1.com)
GIANMARCO SORESI is a New York-based stand-up comedian, actor, and creator known for his sharp societal observation and spry, energetic stage presence. Gianmarco effortlessly commands a room with his animated style, blending upbeat candor with dark comedic beats, which has garnered him critical acclaim from The New York Times, NPR, Esquire, The Atlantic, Buzzfeed, ABC News, Billboard, and many more. He’s performed stand-up on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Late Show with James Corden, Comedy Central, Don’t Tell, and was selected as a JFL New Face in 2022. He has amassed a dedicated following of millions across social media accounts and is the host of the popular podcast “The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi". Gianmarco released his first hour-long special, THIEF OF JOY, which reached over 1 million views in the first week and counting.
CAITLIN COOK is a LA-born, NYC-based, Oxford-educated, hyphen-addicted comedian, musician, writer, director, and producer. She has taken the stage all across the world at top-tier theaters, comedy clubs, festivals, strangers’ living rooms, and even a houseboat once. Her hit one-woman bathroom graffiti musical The Writing on the Stall sold out its off-Broadway debut, and its accompanying studio album has hit over 25M streams across all platforms. She is one-half of the musical comedy duo 2/3rds of a Threesome. (https://www.thecaitlincook.com/)
BLAKE WEXLER is a NY-based comedian who started doing stand-up at the age of 15 as a high school student in Philadelphia. In addition to writing for and appearing on NETFLIX, Comedy Central & ABC, Blake can be regularly heard on the Behind the Bastards and Daily Zeitgeist podcasts. He is also the host of the game show LIES! For the Philadelphia Eagles. All four of Blake’s critically acclaimed stand-up comedy records debuted at #1 on the iTunes & Amazon comedy charts, and his album 12 Years of Voicemails from Todd Glass to Blake Wexler charted on Billboard.
Blake’s debut hour stand-up special Daddy Long Legs was released in September 2023 with 800 Pound Gorilla Media, and critics have said it makes a “grand impression” with “an agile balance of silly and sincere”, calling Blake “an incredible storyteller who can make scenes come to life for an audience."
UNISEX is a sketch trio composed of Jason Messina, Tabitha Vidaurri, and Zach Garner. Unisex blends absurdist characters with a gritty aesthetic inspired by sun-faded 80s salon ads and haunted bathrooms.
SUPER CRAZY FUN TIME is an award winning NYC comedy duo and production company creating live shows, films, and digital sketches. Their Off-Broadway hit, The Super Crazy Funtime Show, was a Time Out NY and AMNY Critics’ Pick and earned six BroadwayWorld Award nominations.
Artie Brennan is an actor, writer, and director whose acting credits include House of Cards, The Affair, & Comedy Central
His work behind the camera includes The Chat, which won him a New York Emmy® Award (ArtieBrennan.com)
Anthony Giordano is an actor, writer, and comedian featured on Netflix, Hulu, Comedy Central, and Funny Or Die. His award-winning web series, The Anthony Show, streams on YouTube. (AnthonyGiordanoLand.com)
Event venue & nearby stays
littlefield, 635 Sackett Street, Brooklyn, United States