Comedy Night: Matt Kirshen, Omar Covarrubias & David Studebaker

Join us for our next comedy night in the gallery! This event will feature Matt Kirshen, Omar Covarrubias and David Studebaker (bios below) on a family-friendly Friday night bill that is bound to bring the laughs to start your weekend off right!

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Matt Kirshen

Matt Kirshen's precision wit has earned him an impressive reputation on the international comedy circuit.

Starting his standup comedy career in the UK, he moved to America as a finalist on NBC’s Last Comic Standing. He has also appeared on Comedy Central’s @Midnight, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Paul Provenza’s Green Room on Showtime, and The Nerdist, and is one of the regular guest co-hosts of StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Currently based in Los Angeles, he has been a writer for The Jim Jefferies Show on Comedy Central, for which he was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award, and Arrested Development on Netflix. Matt has also written for and appeared on How To Build… Everything on the Science channel and Comedy KnockOut on TruTV.

His debut CD, "I Guess We'll Never Know" was named in Laughspin Magazine's top 10 albums of the year and his hit appearance at Just For Laughs festival in Montreal resulted in no fewer than 4 of his gags appearing in the Montreal Gazette's round up of their best jokes of the fest.

He also hosts Probably Science, a weekly comedy and science podcast featuring a mix of comedians and scientists breaking down the week’s science news.

While it's his TV appearances that most comedy fans will recognize him from, they are often surprised at the breadth and scope of his material, described by one reviewer as "intelligent, but with the emphasis firmly on the funny.”

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Omar Covarrubias

For the past 20 years, comedy magician Omar Covarrubias has delighted Los Angeles audiences with Magic Shows. At 19, his fascination with the art of magic compelled him to perform on the 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica. As a street performer, the magician learned to engage people from all walks of life.

Over the years, Covarrubias appeared at comedy clubs, private parties, and performed in open-air forums such as the Las Vegas Strip. His transition from street performing to the L.A. comedy circuit was encouraged by Rudy Moreno, the “Godfather” of Latin comedy. Soon after Omar made his first appearances at the Ice House, Hollywood Laugh Factory & the House of Blues.

The magician calls forth constant audience participation by incorporating vaudevillian comedy & musical bits into his act. He often brings the crowd in on his jokes, only to surprise them moments later. His warmth & charisma puts spectators at ease & expectations are increasingly surpassed as the show unfolds.

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David Studebaker

David Studebaker, named “One of the 10 Best Comics to Watch” by SF Weekly, has delighted audiences for over a decade with his brand of fun, fresh, and uplifting comedy, blending music, personal stories, and pop culture into his highly interactive shows. His comedy can be heard in regular rotation on Sirius XM Radio, his new comedy special "The Oracle of Dry Bar" is available now on the Dry Bar Comedy streaming network, and he's been featured on Fox, ABC, the San Francisco Chronicle and a variety of radio shows and publications. Beyond Stand-up, David was the host of 'Pivot On The Street' for Pivot TV's National Network, has emceed multiple awards shows, including LCA's Celebrity Awards Gala at the Beverly Hilton, and he recently won "Best Director" at the Oregon Documentary Film Festival for his hit documentary series: David's Ark.

In October of 2020, he released Lone Star Lance, his laugh-out-loud debut mystery novel and in April of 2019, he took on the biggest project of his life: the birth of his first-born son, who has provided a wealth of material and poopy diapers. In 2022, baby boy #2 arrived, along with the Audiobook version of Lone Star Lance, narrated by David and available on Audible. 

Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, he now resides in Los Angeles with his wife, Tina, his two dogs, and Matthew and Teddy, the aforementioned poop-dispensers.