3rd Annual Disabled List Comedy Festival, Saturday, January 25th
Join us for The Disabled List's third annual disability-focused comedy festival in Seattle, WA. Following the successful, sold-out run of the inaugural festival in 2023, and equally successful 2024 festival, The Third Annual Disabled List Comedy Festival will continue spotlighting new local and out-of-town comedians, including two headliners, Gibran Saleem (Host of @WhyDidISayThatPodcast, NBC Stand Up, MTV's Beyond The Wall) and Hayden Kristal (Stand Up NBC, America's Got Talent finalist). In addition to our comedy showcases, we are excited to announce comedian John F. O'Donnell will be performing his one-man show, I'M ON LITHIUM on Saturday night.
Festival Schedule:
Friday, January 24th, 7:00 pm (NWFF)
FEATURING Hayden Kristal & Gibran Saleem
Ticket link: https://bit.ly/disabledlistfestival_1
Saturday, January 25th, 6:30 pm (TOJ)
FEATURING Hayden Kristal & Gibran Saleem
*ASL interpreting
Ticket link: https://bit.ly/disabledlistfestival_2
Saturday, January 25th, 8:30 pm (TOJ)
FEATURING John F. O'Donnell
Ticket link: https://bit.ly/disabledlistfestival_3
Sunday, January 26th, 12:00 pm (TOJ)
Variety show brunch!
*ASL interpreting
Ticket link: https://bit.ly/disabledlistfestival_4
This festival is produced and hosted by local comedians Dan Hurwitz and Kayla Brown, and takes place January 24th-26th, with one show at the NW Film Forum and three at Theatre off Jackson. The Disabled List is a collective of disabled comedians that has been performing in and around Seattle since 2018. As a show meant to highlight comedians in the disabled community, the show will have several accessibility features. In addition to being held at wheelchair-accessible venues, there will be live ASL interpreters for the 1/25 (early show) and the 1/26 variety show and simultaneous captioning (for all shows).
Headliners and special guests:
Hayden Kristal is a Colorado-based Deaf queer activist and stand-up comedian. Their quick wit and cheerful self-deprecation has earned them a semifinalist spot on America’s Got Talent, roles on Netflix & Adult Swim’s Tuca and Bertie, and over a million followers on social media.
Gibran Saleem was born in North Carolina and raised in Virginia in a Pakistani household. He started comedy while attending graduate school at New York University for Psychology. While attending school he was individually handpicked as an MVP nominee on the national TBS Rooftop Comedy College Competition and was a two-time recipient of the UCB diversity scholarship. Gibran is the only comedian to ever be selected as a finalist for both the Stand-Up NBC and NBC’s Late Night program; where he was one of six individuals hand-selected from over 1,000 submissions. Gibran has been featured on MTV, TV Land, Popcorn Flix, PBS, CUNY TV, VOA, Elite Daily, and Cosmopolitan and performed his stand-up television debut on Gotham Comedy Live for AXS TV. He was the focus of an international documentary on NHK TV called Asian Dreamers: Brown is Funny and has been featured in festivals nationally across the states as well as winning 1st place in the Hoboken comedy festival. Gibran is a staple among college campuses and travels throughout the year. He can be seen on Pamela Adlon’s Better Things on FX.
John O'Donnell will take the stage with his stand-up special, "I'M ON LITHIUM," part of the Disabled List's 2025 Comedy Festival. John F. O'Donnell (Comedy Central, NY Times, NAMI-NYC) is an accomplished, national headlining comedian with over 20 years of experience. He's also struggled with bipolar 1 disorder for just as long.
Accessibility:
Northwest Film Forum - Wheelchair accessible (and gender neutral) restroom, masks encouraged at the NWFF for those able to, ASL interpretation, auto captions displayed behind performers
Theatre off Jackson - ADA restroom, slight incline to the entry, ASL interpretation on select performances (Early show on Saturday and Sunday brunch), auto captions displayed behind performers
For more information, please contact us at
[email protected]
linktr.ee/disabledlist
Event Links
Tickets: https://go.evvnt.com/2840978-0
