Ghorar dim!
A Bangladeshi Standup Comedy Show!
Ghorar Dim (ঘোড়ার ডিম) & Other Nicknames, a hilarious stand-up comedy show featuring some of the funniest Bangladeshi-American stand-up comedians; yes! there is more than one! The lineup includes amazing comedians, see below!
Door opens at 6:30 and show starts at 7:00 PM sharp. Seating is limited, so get your tickets now!
There will also be an after party at Alfie’s Kitchen & Craft Beer Bar which is about a 2 minutes walk from Broadway Comedy Club. Join us to mingle, talk about art, culture, comedy and all things Bangladeshi in New York City!
You can find more detail about the comedians below. Follow them on Instagram,Twitter, Facebook and let’s come together to support Bangladeshi-American artists.
Complete Lineup:
Nafisa Islam: Host and Co-Producer of the show, Nafisa is the Co-Founder of Children of 1971, pharmacist, personal trainer and energy healer. She believes in number of modalities for healing including laughter and storytelling, key components of stand-up comedy.
Zubi Ahmed: Bengali-American Muslim writer, comedian, and filmmaker. Zubi is one of the hosts of Kutti Gang, a live comedy show featuring South Asian performers. She is the writer and director of Polterheist, a comedy web-series about a guy and a gay ghost which has been featured in the South Asian Film Festival of America and NY Lift-Off Film Fest. You can also catch her talking to other brown talents and community organizers on her baby talk show, Late Afternoon with Zubaira, available to watch on Youtube. You can find more detail about her here.
Shafi Hossain: comedian and writer. Shafi is originally from Bangladesh and moved to the United States to study Chemical Engineering. He currently produces a podcast called “AMERICANIZED” – a podcast that explores American influences abroad (his friends love it and you will too). He has also been featured on comedy networks such as “ALL THINGS COMEDY” and “THE LAUGH BUTTON.” Shafi also produces two outdoor shows that he would love you to check out: @penthousecomedyshow & @campoutcomedy.
Shompa Kabir: Bengali-American comedian, actor and food blogger, media creator from Brooklyn New York. Shompa on Buzzfeed, NBC New York, and has played the lead role in He Comes From A Good Family . She runs a food blog called WereEating.com featuring recipes and restaurants from people of color and the LGBTQ+ community. You can find more about her on Instagram: @shompsz.
Ali Mehedi: New York based Standup Comedian, Writer and Actor. Ali was featured in the FunnYmmigrants Comedy Festival. He was one of the semi-finalists in the StandUp NBC nationwide search for comedian in NYC and won the 2019 Boston Satellite for the World Series of Comedy. Ali is also one of the producers of ঘোড়ার ডিম (Ghorar Dim) & Other Nicknames comedy show, along with The Young and the Awkward at the Comedy Bar, The Week-End Show open-mic and “Joke Workshop with Ali Mehedi”. Ali will be doing is first one-man show called “Made in Bangladesh” at Broadway Comedy Club, New York City on November 3rd, 2021. You can find more detail here.
HEADLINER:
Usama Siddiquee (formerly known by his stage name “Usama Bin Laughin”) is a Bengali-American stand-up comedian and actor based in New York. Usama most recently was featured on the 2020 season of America’s Got Talent. He traveled to Montreal as one of the New Faces at Just For Laughs in 2018. Shortly after he was passed at the world famous Comedy Cellar in New York. He made his standup television debut on BET’s 50 Central. He has been featured on Showtime’s Desus and Mero, MTV’s News, and Bravo’s Cash Cab. He was a finalist for the 2017 NY’s Funniest Competition at Caroline’s; a finalist in the 2017 NBC Standup Competition; 1st place winner of the 2016 Laughing Devil Cup Comedy Festival in New York; the 1st place winner of the 2015 Yonkers Comedy Festival as well as the 1st place winner of the 2015 Make Me Laugh Albany Comedy Festival. Usama has also featured on videos for NBC, Buzzfeed, Refinery29, The Scene, Mic.com, FusionTV, and Huffington Post. And, He is an amazing beatboxer! You can find more detail about Usama’s up-coming shows here.
