Brendan Scannell: The Abyss (The Vault)

🤿 〰️ 🤿 〰️ 🤿 〰️ $10-15 | BUY TICKETS Close Buy Tickets Close Fresh off Hollywood Fringe, see this solo comedy show before it heads to Edinburgh Fringe Festival! Part stand-up, part surreal deep dive in a sinking submersible, The Abyss is an hour-long descent to the depths of Brendan’s brain, where his mother is a life coach obsessed with death, his bipolar brother is communing spiritually with Gwyneth Paltrow, and his inner child is a total asshole. Directed by Emily Olcott and Produced by Cara Christian Brendan Scannell is an actor and comedian known for starring in the Netflix dark comedy series Bonding, for which he was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Series. He previously starred in Heathers, Paramount’s TV adaptation of the cult classic film. He also has appeared on After Midnight with Taylor Tomlinson, Apple TV’s Loot, the FX anthology The Premise, Diary of a Future President, and co-starred in the film Bromates on Hulu opposite Snoop Dogg. He was a New Face of Standup at Montreal’s JFL Comedy Festival and has headlined shows at NY Comedy Festival and Netflix is a Joke. His standup and sketch videos with Comedy Central have over 20M views on Youtube and won the 2021 Webby Award for Best Comedy Video. See more about the show at brendanscannell.com or follow him on instagram Emily Olcott (Director) is a performer, writer, and director based in NYC. Directing credits: The Story Pirates National Tour (JFL, Lincoln Center, Solid Sound Music Festival at MassMOCA); Chet Siegel’s My Dead Wedding (Ars Nova, UCB); Josh Nasser and Michelle Chan Bennett’s Bada Swing! (54 Below, Joe’s Pub); Kaytlin Bailey’s The Oldest Profession (currently touring); Michelle Cohn’s Hadid (upcoming: Edinburgh Fringe); Marty Miller’s BETH (Joe’s Pub, UCB). Emily is currently associate director to Ellie Heyman on Jesse Malin’s Silver Manhattan (Gramercy Theater, Bowery Electric). Select performing/comedy credits include Kafkaesque! (Theater 154, Off-Broadway premiere); Downtown at the KC Cabaret (The Kennedy Center, opening for Amber Ruffin); Dear Kiko (The Bell House); and several original solo shows performed all over NYC. BA Northwestern. Cara Christian is an independent producer based in Los Angeles. Her recent theatre credits include Hitch: The Musical… A Parody (written and directed by Chanse McCrary), Dad’s Leg (written and directed by Zach Shields, starring Rain Spencer), Big Bear (written and directed by Patrick McDonald), Love Kills (starring Kaley Cuoco and Tom Pelphrey), and A Steady Rain (starring Lewis Pullman and Shaun Sipos). She also produces Essays, a bi-monthly comedic essay reading series at The Hunt Vintage that has been featured in the Los Angeles Times. With a background in both television and theater, Cara is dedicated to bold storytelling and the transformative power of live art. *Doors open 15 minutes before showtime* Seating is general admission and begins 15 mins before showtime. Late seating is ...