John is a nationally touring comedian, cartoonist, writer, actor, and host of Dystopia Tonight with John Poveromo on TwitchTV, ApplePodcasts, Spotify and YouTube. John’s detailed in The Asbury Park Press as “Not your run-of-the-mill-standard-issue-garden-variety stand-up” and  been featured in the NY Times, as a “Young comic to watch.” During the height of the pandemic, Poveromo curated the playfully-titled, uplifting and enlightening podcast, Dystopia Tonight, which proved to be his biggest success to date. The fast-growing property is aired live, and has been featured by outlets like CNN, The Daily Beast, and AV Club. To date, Dystopia Tonight has amassed almost 200 episodes with select marquee names that include Pulitzer Prize  winning cartoonist Steve Breen; film and TV icon Ed Asner; comedians Tommy Chong, Lewis Black and Marsha Warfield; iconic musicians Steve Van Zandt, Stewart Copeland, and Steve Cropper; Astronaut Chris Hadfield; Theoretical Physicist Lawrence Krauss; and Psychiatrist Dr. Edward Hallowell, among many others. 

https://johnpoveromo.net/

Featuring – JOANNE FILAN     

Growing up in New Jersey (but refusing to die there), Joanne Filan has made her way around the comedy club scene and around the comedy country. Performing at well-known places such as The Friars Club, Broadway Comedy Club, Caroline’s Greenwich Village Comedy Club and more, not to mention a fixture in the traveling show, “The Broads of Broadway”, she is well known in the comedy world.       

our Emcee is “Candlelight’s own” – MICHELLE MATTERA

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