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URL:https://cc.fppl.org/events/stoop-sessions-babs-comedy-club/
SUMMARY:Stoop Sessions: BABS Comedy Club
DESCRIPTION:\nForest Park Arts Alliance connects local musicians with resid
 ents to host a 1-hour concert.\n\nStoopSessions are open to the public and
  free of charge. Join your neighbors\, pull up your chair or a blanket and
  enjoy local entertainment in the summer breeze.\n\nEmily Ramirez- Vocalis
 t\, Improvisor: A former professional ballerina\, Broadway touring perform
 er\, and current director\, producer\, and teacher\, Emily Ramirez is the 
 founding owner/operator of BABS Comedy Club. She and her husband purchased
  7316 Madison St. in 2023 and have since been using their 20+ years of hom
 e restoration experience to complete the buildout of what is gradually bec
 oming a beautiful space dedicated to teaching and producing stellar local 
 comedy and supporting up-and-coming comedians on their path to stardom. Wh
 en she's not doing all that\, she's usually just sitting silently in her p
 ajamas thinking about the next time she'll go to Brown Cow for Ice Cream.\
 n\nDave Asher- Music Director\, Keys: Dave Asher is a veteran pianist of t
 he Chicago improv scene. He grew up in Champaign-Urbana and moved up to Ch
 icago to get his degree in Theater at Northwestern University. His time at
  the Second City led him to performing with Boom Chicago in Amsterdam\, wh
 ere he began to experiment with music and returned to America to combine i
 t with improv. He served as music director for the iO Improv Olympic theat
 er in Chicago and is now blessed to be the Music Director for the remarkab
 le BABS community. (For more\, visit http://daveasher.com)\n\nPreston O'f
 fill- Vocalist\, Improvisor: Preston O’ffill is thrilled to be part of t
 he MICC Stoop Session! Favorite stage credits include Frank Abagnale Jr. i
 n Catch Me If You Can and Tom Sawyer in both The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 
 and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (he’s clearly got a type). Presto
 n is also an active improviser and has performed with BABS\, Baby Wants Ca
 ndy at Second City\, and Here 4 A Bit. When he’s not performing\, Presto
 n enjoys teaching improv to young performers and hopes to pass along the s
 ame confidence\, creativity\, and joy the art form has given him.\n\nMatt 
 Sigur\, Percussion: Matthew Sigur is a Louisiana-born journalist\, musicia
 n and comedian. Upon moving to Chicago some eight years ago\, Sigur studie
 d improv and sketch comedy at The Second City while freelancing for outlet
 s such as The Ringer\, WBRZ\, Entertainment Weekly\, and Chicago Reader. A
 fter moving to Forest Park in 2025\, Sigur started jamming\, performing an
 d being a straight-up goof with his friends at Babs Comedy Club (the great
 est comedy club on planet earth). When he’s not hamming it up with the B
 abes\, he’s playing drums or hanging with his beautiful wife\, Jessica\,
  and cat\, Ditalini.\n\n*StoopSessions are sponsored by Mark Hanson\, Stat
 e Farm Agent.\n
CATEGORIES:Forest Park Arts Alliance
LOCATION:Babs Comedy Club\, 7316 Madison St\, Forest Park\, IL\, 60130\, Un
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