Milwaukee Comedy Festival is proud to present the hilarious Kelly Ryan (Portlands Funniest, NIGHTCOOP) at the Official Kick Off event at Lakefront Brewery Sunday, October 1, 2023. Doors open at 5:30pm, show is at 6:30pm. Tickets are $20 and Lakefront Brewery will feature craft beer and their full menu! Line up is Brian Lirot (Chicago, IL), Dana Ehrmann (Milwaukee, WI), and headliner Kelly Ryan (Los Angeles, CA).

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Kelly Ryan started stand up at the age of 17 in NYC. While getting her B.S. in Communication Studies from Texas Christian University, she performed improv for four years and taught the art form for three. At TCU, she got to open for SNL’s Vanessa Bayer and Aidy Bryant, as well as NBC’s Retta and BJ Novak.

Since moving to LA in 2016, Kelly can now be seen performing on any given night. Her “home club” is the iconic Hollywood Improv and she is in development at The Comedy Store. During the pandemic, Kelly moved to Portland where she continued standup when possible. In August of 2021 she was named the winner of the Portland’s Funniest Person competition at Helium Comedy Club. This year, she can be seen headlining and featuring for acts like Anthony Jeselnik, Bert Kreischer, Whitney Cummings and more.

She co-hosts NIGHTCOOP, a podcast, with her twin sister, Ali.