Queer Comedy Night: Yenta! Recorded Live

For one week only, gather your friends to celebrate queer Jewish joy and watch the video of this first-ever live recording of the “Yenta!” podcast, featuring Raye Schiller and Antonia Lassar as they make you laugh and cry and remember that you should call your mother. Slay. Oy Vey.

Open to purchase by donation through March 4th –– suggested donation is $15 and JCC Members receive 20% off with code “JCC20”

Contains adult language and sexual content. Recommended for ages 18+

Raye Schiller is a queer, formerly-Orthodox Jewish comedian and writer from New York, based in Los Angeles. Raye’s infectious energy has taken them to venues around the world, including Tel Aviv, London, and Rome, and they’ve performed at the Hollywood Improv, Stand Up NY, and recently headlined at the New York Comedy Festival. Raye’s standup clips have garnered millions of views on social media, and they host the popular comedy podcast “Yenta!”.  

Antonia Lassar (Just For Laughs, UCB, The Internet) is a queer Jewish comedian/actor/hot person based in LA. She’s best known for her viral tiktoks about Jewish life, and she recently received the prestigious Mandel Fellowship for her Jewish standup comedy. Antonia is currently touring a new Jewish stand up show, co-hosting the iconic Yenta podcast with Raye Schiller, and performing comedy around LA and at your mom’s synagogue. 

Presented by the Minnesota JCC/Twin Cities Jewish Humor Fest, in partnership with JPride and Keshet

Part of the Queer Jewish Arts Festival, celebrating multiple facets of our identities — including gender, race, religion and class — through the arts.