"With comedy, this is how we open hearts. Then, we talk."
Stop me if you’ve heard this one: Jewish, Christian and Muslim comedians walk into a club…
OK, this isn’t the setup for a joke. Rather, it’s the premise of Comedy for Peace, a touring ensemble of standup comics from different religious backgrounds that perform on the same bill to bring people together.
The Arts at the J program, presented by the Rosen Jewish Community Center in southwest Orlando, will host a Comedy for Peace show April 23 in the Pargh Event Center.
Among the four comics will be Dotan Malach — who uses the stage name Erik Angel when performing his comedy. But he’s totally serious when he talks about starting Comedy for Peace.
“It’s just to show how easy it is to have fun together,” he says. “It’s a very optimistic thing that’s fighting all the hate.”
The group was founded seven years ago and to date has played 250 shows in 100 cities.
Read more at the Orlando Sentinel