Kickstand Comedy Presents The Big One
with guest Kari Ferrell!

Are you prepared for The Big One?!

The Big One is a fully improvised show featuring a special guest monologist telling true stories from their own lives, and the performers use them as inspiration to make up scenes on the spot.

Every month features a special guest storyteller who is shaking things up in Portland alongside our rotating cast of Portland's top improvisers, The Kickstand CVLT!

This month we're excited to welcome guest monologist Kari Ferrell!

Kari Ferrell is a producer, writer, speaker, activist, and creator. Her work is centered around incarceration and the justice system, mental health, human rights, and other issues she feels passionately about.

Kari's new memoir, You'll Never Believe Me, received a rave review from the New York Times, a starred review from Publishers Weekly, and was named a Goodreads Readers’ Most Anticipated Book of 2025. She is developing a scripted television program with  Warner Brothers Discovery and Mindy Kaling’s Kaling International, and has an upcoming original podcast. Kari’s production company, Without Wax, is dedicated to uplifting and telling other WOC’s stories, across a variety of mediums.

"A captivating, sharp and very funny memoir."

- NY Times Book Review

When she’s not working doing the above she enjoys spending time with her partner and rescue pup, crossword puzzles, eating x1000, boxing (to counteract the eating), getting stoned and writing about herself in the third person.

Your cast this month:  Dana Murphy, Dylan Reiff, Eric Simons, Michael Zimmer, Naomi Dixon, Paris Hyun, Randy Smith, and Thea Crowley

Produced by Michael Zimmer

WHEN: Saturday February 22nd // Doors at 8pm // Show at 8:30pm
WHERE: Kickstand Comedy, 1006 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR 97214
TICKETS: $15 Pre-Sale // $18 at Door // $10 Sliding Scale (Online Only, Limited*)

*Kickstand Comedy strives to eliminate barriers from comedy - 10% of seats at every Kickstand show are offered at sliding scale prices (available online only)