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New York, NY - The Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) and Funny or Die are teaming up to present Give Food A Chance on Sunday, October 19th at New York City's Highline Ballroom.
This benefit comedy show celebrates the opening of Mercy Corps' Action Center to End World Hunger, a first-of-its-kind interactive public space that will equip, inspire and empower visitors to tackle the challenges of global hunger and poverty.
Horatio Sanz and Matt Walsh will host an evening of comedy with a cast of all-star comedians, many of them hailing from Saturday Night Live, and special guests. Included in the evening's lineup will be a number of videos starring Justin Long (Live Free or Die Hard), Elizabeth Banks (40 Year Old Virgin) and Lena Headey (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles) that were made exclusively for Mercy Corps by Emmy-nominated writer and director Adam McKay (Saturday Night Live, Anchorman, Talladega Nights, Step Brothers). McKay was an original member of UCB and is the co-founder of Funny or Die.
The performers are:
- Chevy Chase - National Lampoon, Saturday Night Live
- Seth Meyers - Saturday Night Live
- Horatio Sanz - Saturday Night Live, Step Brothers, Upright Citizens Brigade
- Jack McBrayer - 30 Rock, Forgetting Sarah Marshall
- Matt Walsh - Old School, The Daily Show, Upright Citizens Brigade founder
- Rachel Dratch - Saturday Night Live, 30 Rock
- Will Forte - Saturday Night Live, 30 Rock
- Christopher Meloni -Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Oz
- Jason Sudeikis - Saturday Night Live
- Todd Barry -Comedy Central, Late Night with Conan O'Brien
- Bobby Moynihan - Saturday Night Live
- John Mulaney - Saturday Night Live, Best Week Ever
- Nick Kroll - Best Week Ever, Cavemen
- Casey Wilson - Saturday Night Live
- Miriam Tolan -The Daily Show, UCB
- The Apple Sisters -Comedy Central, the Montreal Comedy Festival
- Triumph the Insult Comic Dog -Late Night with Conan O'Brien
- Boston-based indie rock band Hallelujah The Hills will also be playing at the event
Mercy Corps is excited to team up with comedy giants UCB and Funny or Die for Hunger Action Week. To commemorate the opening of the Action Center, Mercy Corps is presenting a week of events for New Yorkers and visitors of all ages and backgrounds to get informed and involved in tackling hunger and poverty. The goal for this event is to raise money and awareness for Mercy Corps and the Action Center to End World Hunger opening in lower Manhattan on October 16th. To learn more about the Action Center and Hunger Action Week visit www.actioncenter.org
Give Food A Chance starts at 6:30 p.m. with a cocktail reception, followed by general admission doors at 7:00 and show at 8:00. Tickets are $100 and $250 per person and can be purchased by phone at (212) 414-5994 or online at highlineballroom.com. Tables are also available for purchase for $1000-$5000.
About Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre
Since 1998 the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre has been providing their own critically acclaimed brand of no-holds barred comedy to New York audiences seven nights a week. In addition to the popular live venues in NYC and LA, the UCB Theatre also operates one of the largest comedy Training Centers in the world and a new video site UCBcomedy.com, which acts as a virtual third stage. UCB performers have gone on to appear on stage, TV and major motion picture productions including Saturday Night Live, Mad TV, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Colbert Report, 30 Rock, The Office, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Human Giant, and much more.
About Funny or Die
Funny or Die is an award-winning website that has become one of the top destinations for comedy on the web. Since its launch over a year ago, Funny or Die has had over 213 million video views, over 37 thousand videos uploaded, and averages 3.2 million unique visitors per month. While the award-winning debut video "The Landlord" continues to cement its place in internet history as one of the most-viewed videos of all time, Funny or Die has achieved success as the "place to be seen" for comedic celebrities, and the "place to go" for a daily comedy fix. Funny or Die's founders are Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and Chris Henchy. Judd Apatow is one of the site's principal partners.
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