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Safe Words celebrates one year this January with our anniversary show: SAFE WORDS QUEER COMEDY ALL STARS. This celebration honors a year of laughter, community, and queer voices in the Bay Area. Under Team Wonder Dave, Safe Words has become a cherished gathering place for inclusivity and artistic expression. Join us at the San Francisco Eagle on January 24th, 2024, for a night of unforgettable comedy featuring a lineup that captures the heart and humor of our diverse community. Experience the warmth and laughter that define Safe Words. Secure your spot for this special evening
Safe Words Comedy Showcase, brought to you by Team Wonder Dave, has been creating safe spaces for queer audiences and accelerating the careers of queer comedians. This monthly queer comedy event at the SF Eagle Bar in San Francisco's Leather Cultural District is where hilarity and inclusivity converge. With diverse lineups, featuring established queer comedians and rising talents, it's the perfect stage for unique perspectives and clever punchlines. Covered by the Bay Area Reporter and featured on the podcast "Stereotypes," Safe Words is the ultimate destination for an unforgettable night of laughs and good vibes.
PAY WHAT YOU CAN:
Suggested Ticket Price $15-$25
The cost of your ticket goes to producing the show, paying our comedians, and fulfilling our mission to create safe spaces for queer audiences, and accelerating the careers of queer comedians.
So, mark your calendars for January 24th, and join us for a sensational night of comedy and queer humor! This is one comedy event you won't want to miss! Follow us on social media for updates and behind-the-scenes fun!
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Molina Molina
she/they | @molinasquared | queer
Molina Molina is a queer Latina comedian based in Seattle and performs all across the US.
Her comedy can be described as laid back and delightfully egotistical, and her appearance can be described as strikingly beautiful.
Molina's unearned sense of confidence and perspective on the world creates a unique performance that will make you almost as obsessed with her as she is with herself. -
![a poster, featuring Chelsea Bearce, advertising the safe words queer comedy all stars show. Chelsea is tousling her own curls, while mugging to the camera as if she's asking 'is this how I should pose?' She wears a denim jacket over a slate grey top.]()
Chelsea Bearce
she/her | @chocnilla | bisexual
Chelsea is an award winning comic, actor and karaoke singer. (Yes, really.) She’s the mom of a dope kid, a custom cake maker, and a top finalist in 45th San Francisco International Comedy Competition.Returning for the second time to the safe words stage, you’ve seen her on ABC and Hulu, and you’re about to see her on stage at Queer Comedy All Stars, Safe Words Anniversary Show!
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![a poster featuring Joe John Sanchez III, advertising the safe words queer comedy all stars showcase. Joe john poses, resting their chin on the back of their hand, smirking cutely. They wear black overalls with a loud 90's shapes & colors pattern.]()
Joe John Sanchez III
they/them | @jjs_iii | pansexual, queer, nonbinary
Joe John Sanchez III is a Portland-based artist and stand-up comedian whose style can best be described as manic, neurotic, and unfortunately adorable.
They have appeared on Don’t Tell Comedy, the LGBTLOL Queer Comedy Fest, and a weekend residency at East Austin Comedy Club.
They host and produce two all-inclusive, queer-run variety shows in the Portland/Vancouver Area - Fluid Comedy & Defiant Joy!
Previously, they have shared the stage with Kyle Kinane, Graham Kay, and other straight white men who probably don’t remember them.
Despite all of this, their mother is most proud about the time they were an extra on Gossip Girl in 2008.
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![a poster featuring diana hong, advertising the safe words queer comedy all stars showcase. Bespecaled, Diana is wearing her straight black hair down, just kissing the shoulders of her hoodie, which is a pastel blue-gree, with black and white stripes.]()
Diana Hong
she/her | @dhongcomedy | queer, gay
Diana is a regular at Cobb's Comedy Club, San Francisco Punch Line, and was named a Comic of the Week by The Jackie & Laurie Show. Her comedy has been featured at Limestone Comedy Festival, SF Sketchfest, on Fuse TV’s “We Need to Talk About America” and won a Best of Fest at the 2022 Big Pine Comedy Festival.
She shares personal anecdotes of navigating identity and life, digging into serious topics in a way that will make you laugh, relate, and want to give her a hug. Her humor is like the ocean: deep, dark, and salty.n goes here -
![A poster, advertising Safe Words Queer Comedy All Stars, featuring Geneva Rust Orta, a white woman with glasses in a friendly sneer, foreshadowing impending laughter. Bespecaled, her curly brown hair drapes just beyond her shoulders.]()
Geneva Rust Orta
she/her | @beefcurtainscomedyy | pansexual
Geneva is a comic and writer originally from Oakland, CA. She was named Second Funniest Jew at the 2015 Jewish Comedian of the Year Festival in London, UK. She took a half-hour comedy show to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2016 and 2017 and performed another half-hour, Gayby Girl, off-Broadway at the SoHo Playhouse in 2022 and 2023.Currently based in Brooklyn, she is a regular at the SoHo Playhouse Huron Comedy Club and was titled “Resident Sex Symbol” at Cuckoo’s Open Mic. Originally from the Bay, she's performed in the Oakland Comedy Festival, Santa Cruz Comedy Festival, and SF Sketchfest.
FAQs
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It means you can set your own price, and we won't turn anyone away for lack of funds. While we segguest a price of $15 - $25 we've had people pay anything from $1 to $100 (looking forward to breaking that record!) Proceeds are used exclusively to pay comics and promote the show.
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Like we said, what is important to us is to have you come and laugh with us. If you do not feel like you can afford a ticket right now and would like to secure one for $0, use coupon code “NOTAFLOF” - and if you find you have some extra cash on hand day of, you can tip the comedians on venmo or in the tip bucket. <3
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Yes! If you show up without an eventbrite ticket we can accept payment in cash or via venmo, and there is an ATM at the door. That said, getting tickets in advance REALLY helpful and appreciated. Ultimately, we want you to do whatever allows you to show up, bring friends, and laugh with us! :-)
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Our goal is to make a space for queer comedy by queer comedians, but every so often we'll book one of a variety of Token Straight Women ™️️ - turns out, being a woman in comedy is similar to being queer in comedy.
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COVID continues to be a pain in everyone's ass - especially those in our community who remain vulnerable to the diseise. Masks and vaccinations with current boosters are heavilly encouraged. Masks will be provided at the door if you do not have some already
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While the weather is cold, the show takes place on the SF Eagle indoor stage - but a live color video and audio feed is broadcast across the bar and onto the large outdoor patio. In future months when warmer wather can be counted on, we intend to move the show outside.
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