Nov 10 2017
Demetri Martin: Let's Get Awkward Tour

Demetri Martin: Let's Get Awkward Tour

Presented by AEG at The Folly Theater

Demetri Martin is a standup comedian, writer, actor and director. He began doing standup comedy in New York City, where he worked as a staff writer at Late Night with Conan O’Brien. After working at Conan, Demetri became a regular performer on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. After developing his standup comedy into narrative one-man shows, Demetri won the Perrier Award at the International Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland for his show, If I. At the Melbourne International Comedy festival his show, Dr. Earnest Parrot Presents Demetri Martin won Australia’s Barry Award.

Demetri has released two stand up comedy albums and three hour-long standup comedy specials, including his latest for Netflix, Demetri Martin Live (at the time).Demetri created and starred in his own television series for Comedy Central called Important Things with Demetri Martin. He has also appeared in feature films and television shows including Ang Lee’s Taking Woodstock, Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion, Lake Bell’s In a World, Fox’s “New Girl” and Showtime’s “House of Lies”among others. Demetri’s first two books, This Is a Book and Point Your Face at This, were both New York Times Bestsellers. His fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, Esquire, and The New York Times Magazine. Demetri recently wrote and directed his first feature film, Dean, which won the Founder’s Prize at the Tribeca Film Festival for best narrative American feature film. CBS Films will release the film in June. In the fall, Demetri’s third book, If It’s Not Funny It’s Art,will be published by Hachette. It will feature his original drawings from Dean.

Demetri has brown hair and he is allergic to peanuts.

 

Tickets go on Pre-Sale June 15th at 10 AM and ends on 10 PM with Password: DEMETRI.

All tickets go on sale Friday, June 16th at 10 AM!

Admission Info

Tickets go on Pre-Sale June 15th at 10 AM and ends on 10 PM with Password: DEMETRI.

All tickets go on sale Friday, June 16th at 10 AM!

Phone: 816-474-4444

Dates & Times

2017/11/10 - 2017/11/10

Location Info

The Folly Theater

300 W. 12th St, Kansas City, MO 64105

Parking Info

There is a parking garage next to the theater that is not owned by the theater. Parking is generally $10 for Folly patrons, although on evenings with large, downtown Kansas City events, parking could be up to $15.