Emmy Award-Winning Comedian Dwayne Kennedy Brings Laughs NOV 2.

Twenty-Nineteen has become the year of stand-up comedy at the Buffalo Grove Community Arts Center, once the Buffalo Grove Park District’s Big Deal Productions teamed up with Funnier By The Lake Comedy and BestCorporateComedy.com to produce the ongoing series of live, stand-up comedy showcases called BiG LAUGHS.

The goal of BiG LAUGHS is to bring Chicago caliber lineups and headliners to the north suburbs, so comedy fans can experience the same show they’d find in the city, without the hassle and expense of traveling, parking, and returning to the suburbs. Judging by the reception of the first two shows, the idea is a hit with the community.

January kicked off with the Laughs for Mike fundraiser and comedy showcase, which attracted a nearly full house of audience for a hysterical lineup of professional Chicago comedians. A second show in June headlined Chicago’s own Mike Toomey, a staple on WGN News and club stages throughout the Chicago area.

To wrap up the first year of comedy showcases, on Saturday, November 2, the Community Arts Center welcomes to its newly renovated stage, veteran writer, actor, stand-up comedian and recent Emmy Award-Winner, Dwayne Kennedy.

Dwayne has performed on The Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel Live and Comedy Central Presents, as well as appearances on the sitcoms Seinfeld and Martin, to list just a few of his many credits.

He is also the winner of the 2002 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado and most recently, in 2019 he was awarded a Primetime Emmy for his work on CNN’s The United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell.

In a nutshell, Dwayne Kennedy is the real-deal and he is going to bring it all to the stage in Buffalo Grove this November!

Featuring for Kennedy is local favorite, Chicago comedian, Amy Sumpter. For the last 10 years, Amy has focused mainly on Stand-Up and storytelling. She is a regular performer with The Kates and has done numerous showcases all over Chicago as well as out of state. In 2015 she was part of the top 100 to make it on Last Comic Standing Season 9. You can find her on YouTube and RooftopComedy.com.

Tickets for the November 2 show are available now and can be purchased online for $20 or at the door for $22 the night of the show.

For more information, visit FunnierByTheLake.com or call the Buffalo Grove Park District at 847.850.2175.