Comedy From Scratch at The Idea Kitchen in Larchmont – “Best of Westchester: Best Stand-Up Show” BYOB – September 28

Comedy From Scratch is where you go in Westchester County to hear top comics from TV and NYC’s major clubs performing long sets on an intimate stage. Past performers include comedians from HBO, Netflix, Colbert, SNL, the Daily Show, Letterman, the Tonight Show, Comedy Central, and more. Every month, Ben Asher presents comedy that reaches into your brain with the force of a fist through the nose—named “Best Comedy Show in Westchester” by Westchester Magazine.

Every month, you can hear some of the most talented comics perform long sets that other shows don’t give them the time to perform. Comedy From Scratch is your chance to watch comedians flex their muscles and hit their stride on stage at The Idea Kitchen.

Locally-grown comedian Ben Asher presents a tasting of what the area’s best stand-up comics are cooking up at ‘Comedy From Scratch’ at the Idea Kitchen every 4th Saturday of the month.

Tickets available at https://ComedyFromScratch.eventbrite.com

The show starts at 8:00 PM, and seating begins at 7:00 PM (bring your food and drink/wine with you, sit down at our tables to eat before the show, and pick out your seats!!).

Admission is $25 in advance and $30 if purchased the day of the show. (Unlike Comedy Clubs, There is NO 2-drink Minimum at this show)(and there is Free Parking.) BYOB and your own food/snacks/pizza (Half-Time and Sal’s Pizza in Mamaroneck or Nicky’s Pizza in Larchmont is recommended!)

Updates to line-ups may be posted the week of the show here, or you can follow @the_ben_asher on Instagram

The September 28th line-up features:
Sonya Vai (TBS; Edinburgh Fringe Festival) – https://www.sonyavai.com/

Sonya Va is an International standup comedian. This summer, she had her debut run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and shows in London at the Top Secret Comedy Club. Last year, she toured throughout London, Paris, and Barcelona in over 50 shows. She also won a year-long comedy mentorship for women of color from Sofia Chang’s Unlock Her Potential and has been featured in the New York Times. Her very first television pilot was accepted into the 2nd round of the Austin Film Festival. Sonya performs regularly in NYC at New York Comedy Club, Greenwich Village Comedy Club, The Stand, Gotham, Broadway Comedy Club, and other comedy venues.

Sam Rubinoff(NY Comedy Festival ‘Comic to Watch’) – https://www.samrubinoffcomedy.com/

Sam Rubinoff is a stand-up comedian and writer who performs nightly around New York City. He’s also performed at the New York Comedy Festival, Red Clay Comedy Festival, and the Hoboken Comedy Festival.

Sam is constantly writing, producing, directing, and acting in sketches, spec ads, and shorts. Currently, Sam is working on “Mourning News,” a behind-the-scenes sitcom about a struggling late-night style show. Previously, Sam created and starred in the web series “Dog Days,” a six-episode comedy about the misadventures of a dog walker in New York City. Sam was also a writer for AOL’s “Truth About Today,” a this-day-in-history web series that put a humorous spin on actual events (there’s one for each day of the year).

Produced/Hosted by Ben Asher (New York Comedy Festival; StandUp NBC; Iceland Comedy Festival headliner; Caroline’s; Catch A Rising Star; DoublePlusGood Comedy) – http://www.benasher.net

Ben Asher, a writer and comedian from New York, is known for his “brave,” confrontational material and his “brilliant joke writer” skills among fellow comedians. He performs regularly at comedy venues and colleges throughout the metropolitan area, East Coast, and Europe. Audiences are always quick to share their appreciation of Ben’s style of sardonic irreverence and absurd, satiric wit in which he doesn’t just dissect language and taboos – he explodes them. “What Ben Asher says makes me laugh, even though I feel like I shouldn’t.”

In 2022, Ben recorded a half-hour special, “An Intimate Evening of Provocative and Deranged Humor,” at The Nest Rock Club in Brooklyn, NY. In 2024, Ben recently opened for Greg Fitzsimmons. Also, in 2022, Ben’s show Arthur Avenue Comedy was featured in the NY Comedy Festival as one of only two comedy shows in the Bronx. In 2014, Ben traveled to Iceland to headline the Iceland Comedy Festival. He was also the finalist in the 2014 Funniest Jewish Comedian Competition. In 2013, Ben was at the New York Comedy Festival. Ben has been a guest on Sherrod Small’s ‘Races Wars’ podcast.

Ben currently produces and hosts the weekly Arthur Avenue Comedy show in NYC’s Bronx borough, the monthly Comedy From Scratch at The Idea Kitchen, which was named “Best Comedy Show” by Westchester Magazine, and Slide-In at Slate-Nightclub in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood, and has produced and hosts a monthly comedy show in Park Slope, Brooklyn and New York’s East Village, DoublePlusGood Comedy, (formerly Nasal Vice! Stand-Up,) where, since 2013, rising comics perform long, 20+ minutes sets, every month. He also co-produces/hosts The Homebrewed Mic, giving New Yorkers a sample of homebrewed beers and comedy.