Comedian Jamie Lissow
Saturday, November 23, 2024
Doors 6:30 p.m. | Show 7:30 p.m.
Tickets start at $19 (incl. fees)
Upper Balcony $19
Balcony $24
Loge $34
Main Floor $44

This show is included in the 2024-2025 Comedy Series. Dinner service is not available at this show. Concessions and the bars will be open. All Ages. Bars for 21+. THANK YOU to our generous 2024-2025 Comedy Series Sponsors Mark & Sue Rufener!

Actor and comedian Jamie Lissow is currently a regular weekly guest on the #1 rated late night talk show, Gutfeld! on Fox. Jamie is best known for his starring role in two seasons of the Netflix Original Series “Real Rob”, alongside SNL alums Rob Schneider, Adam Sandler, Norm MacDonald and David Spade; a show Jamie co-wrote and co-produced. Jamie has appeared on The Tonight Show, The Late Late Show, Last Comic Standing, has his own half hour Comedy Central special and a Dry Bar Comedy Special with over 20 Million views. Jamie recently wrapped his first movie, Daddy Daughter Trip, where he appears alongside John Cleese, Rob Schneider, and Micheal Bublé - a movie he co-wrote and produced. Jamie is currently writing and will be starring in the feature film, The Animal 2, for Fox/Tubi and headlining stand-up comedy shows across the country.

Admiral Theatre Recommendation: If you like Saturday Night Live and the best standup comics like Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, David Spade, and Norm MacDonald, you’ll love Comedian and SNL Alum Kevin Nealon.

Comedian Kevin Nealon
NBC's Saturday Night Live Alum
Friday, January 17, 2025
Doors 6:30 p.m. | Show 7:30 p.m.
Tickets start at $34 (incl. fees)
Upper Balcony $34
Balcony $44
Loge $54
Main Floor $74

This show is included in 2024-2025 full season tickets, half season package A, and the Comedy Series. No dinner service at this show. Concessions and the bars will be open. All Ages. Bars for 21+.

Kevin Nealon is an Emmy and SAG-nominated actor and comedian who sets himself apart from other comedic performers with his unique sense of humor, dry wit and likable demeanor. Nealon is best known for his nine-year stint as a cast member of NBC’s Saturday Night Live, and received critical acclaim for his role in the hit Showtime series Weeds. Kevin currently produces and hosts his digital series Hiking with Kevin, and tours his stand-up globally. He will be releasing his latest book, I Exaggerate: My Brushes with Fame (Abrams), on October 25, 2022. Part art book, part memoir -- the book is full of original full-color caricatures Kevin has created along with funny, endearing personal essays about his famous friends.

Nealon’s extensive television credits include the CBS sitcom, Man With a Plan, in which he starred alongside Matt LeBlanc; Showtime’s Weeds, which ran for eight seasons and was honored at the 2006, 2007 and 2009 Golden Globes with nominations for “Best Television Series Comedy or Musical.” In 2007 and 2009, Weeds was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for “Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.” Additional television roles include two critically acclaimed stand-up specials for Showtime; and a number of appearances on Hot In Cleveland, Franklin & Bash, Monk, Curb Your Enthusiasm and Still Standing.

Nealon’s self-produced, edited, and hosted web series Hiking with Kevin is exclusively available on his YouTube channel of the same name. In the series, Kevin interviews his A-list celebrity friends on hikes throughout the country. Past guests include Michael Keaton, Jimmy Kimmel, Lin Manuel-Miranda, Cheryl Hines, Ray Romano, Al Franken, Hilary Swank, Kumail Nanjiani, Kate Beckinsale, Conan O’Brien, Adam Sandler, and more.

Nealon has found great comedic success in his extensive film career. In Anger Management, he played opposite Jack Nicholson and fellow SNL comedian, Adam Sandler. He and Sandler also teamed up in Eight Crazy Nights, The Wedding Singer, Happy Gilmore, Just Go With It, Blended, and You Don’t Mess with the Zohan, the latter of which grossed over $200 million worldwide. In Joe Dirt, Nealon joined another SNL alumnus David Spade. Additional film credits include Daddy Day Care with Eddie Murphy, Good Boy with Molly Shannon, Bucky Larsen: Born to be a Star with Nick Swardson, Roxanne with Steve Martin and the cult hit Grandma’s Boy, also with Nick Swardson and Jonah Hill.

As one of the longest running cast members on NBC’s Saturday Night Live (1986-1995), Nealon created some of the show’s most memorable characters, including ‘The Subliminal Man’ and ‘Hans and Franz.’ Nealon’s recurring role as an anchor on ‘Weekend Update’ helped make the sketch a show staple. In 1988, he earned an Emmy nomination as part of the SNL writing team.

In 2008, Nealon released his first book, Yes, You’re Pregnant, But What About Me? - a comical look at the male perspective of pregnancy.

Currently, Kevin resides in Los Angeles with his wife and son.

Thank you to all of our 2024-2025 season, series and show sponsors! Sponsorships available. For details, contact Development Director Nita Hartley at 360.932.3051 or nita@admiraltheatre.org

Season Sponsors:
GEICO Local Office - Kevin & Janice Krieger
Cascade PBS
Kitsap Bank
West Hills Auto Plex

Comedy Series Sponsors: Mark & Sue Rufener

Show Sponsors: (four sponsor spots available)

Admiral Theatre Recommendation: Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfeld, Jeff Foxworthy, and Bill Maher all credit Ritch Shydner with being among the best comedy writers and comics touring today. Check out the quotes at the bottom of this show description.

BUY TICKETS

Comedian Ritch Shydner
Nationally-touring headlining comedian
Saturday, March 1, 2025
Doors 6:30 p.m. | Show 7:30 p.m.
Main Floor Only $24 (incl. fees)
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This show is included in the 2024-2025 Comedy Series sponsored by Mark & Sue Rufener. No dinner service at this show. Concessions and the bars will be open. All Ages. Bars for 21+.

In the 1980’s, Ritch Shydner made numerous appearances on TV, including HBO and Showtime Specials, Late Night with David Letterman and The Tonight Show with both Johnny Carson and Jay Leno. He played Al Bundy’s co-worker on “Married with Children”, and made guest appearances on many other TV shows, such as “Designing Women” and “Roseanne.” Ritch was able to translate his modest success on TV into an obscure film career, appearing in Steve Martin’s, "Roxanne," and Eddie Murphy's, "Beverly Hills Cop II," before moving on to minor roles on smaller pictures. Ritch wrote for sitcoms such as "Roseanne", "The Jeff Foxworthy Show," and HBO’s “The Mind of the Married Man.” In 2006 Ritch was co-author of a book on stand-up, “I Killed”.

In 2010 Ritch produced and performed in an award winning documentary on the world of stand-up comedy, “I Am Comic”. In 2016 Ritch wrote a movie adaptation for HBO of Bill Maher's book on the 1979 New York City stand-up scene, "True Story". That same year, he released "Kicking Through the Ashes - My Life as a Stand-up in the 1980's Comedy Boom.”

“And remember, Shydner, don’t tell anyone you wrote those jokes for me.” - Jay Leno

“Ritch Shydner is a terrific comedy writer and definitely one of the good guys.” - Jerry Seinfeld

"Ritch helped me write two albums, both of which were nominated for Grammys. I've always thought that he was one of the best stand-ups ever." - Jeff Foxworthy

"Back in the day, in the dingy ratskellers in which we learned our craft, Ritch Shydner was always the comic the other comics came into the room to watch, because he was the funniest. That hasn’t changed, and I’m afraid neither have the ratskellers." - Bill Maher