Comedy Night Returns To Crawford Park Mansion Community Center

RYE BROOK, NY— Comedy returns to Rye Brook, when Adam Oliensis brings his LoHud Comedy tour to the newly reopened Crawford Park Mansion Community Center, for one night only, on Saturday, February 29, 2020. The laughs begin at 8:00 pm. Tickets for this show are $22 in advance and $26 at the door. This benefit show is presented by Friends of Crawford Park as part of their Music at the Mansion series and is sponsored by Julia B. Fee/Sotheby’s International Realty. All proceeds go toward maintaining the grounds and gardens at Crawford Park. Refreshments are available at the show, including beer and wine. Doors open at 7:00pm.

Featured performer Frank Vignola is known amongst his peers as a comic’s comic. His razor sharp take on the issues makes an impression on even the most jaded veterans who often linger in the back of the house just to see what he might say next. Besides television appearances on Comedy Central, NBC and the Discovery Channel Europe (London), Mr. Vignola has also appeared at “Just for Laughs” (the Montreal Comedy Festival) with Bill Maher and toured with Armed Forces Entertainment (the USO) performing for our troops in Afghanistan. His one man show, “God and Science,” was recently produced in a limited theatrical run.

Adam Oliensis will host the evening. His new album, “Aged Whine” has just been released and is playing on Sirius XM Radio 99, Raw Dog Comedy. He recently appeared on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah and has opened for such comedy legends and luminaries as Robert Klein, Colin Quinn, Gilbert Gottfried, and Larry Miller. He performs at comedy clubs all over New York City and the surrounding area, including regularly at Gotham Comedy Club and Levity Live, New York Comedy Club, Greenwich Village Comedy Club, as well as at colleges, corporate & private events, synagogues, theatres, and JCCs throughout New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania.

In his stand-up, Adam explores the lessons in humility he’s learning from his wife and especially from his children, along with the adjustments being forced on him by genuine adulthood. Having lived as a child in East Africa, studied martial arts in India, and languished spiritually in New Jersey, Adam is attuned to the absurdities that arise in the everyday, mining both the ironies and silliness that exist in the most humbling situations (with which he continues to gain vast experience, especially as a husband and a father).

Crawford Park Mansion Community Center recently reopened after an extensive renovation that began in 2018. It is a 36 acre preserve that also features a fully ADA –compliant sensory garden and playground, located in Rye Brook, NY. Originally the estate of the Crawford family, the grounds and mansion were donated to the Town of Rye in 1971.

For tickets and more information, visit www.musicatthemansion.org. You may also send an email to music@friendsofcrawfordpark.org.

Print quality photos of performers available at www.friendsofcrawfordpark.org/publicity/