Past Shows
Comedy / Film Festivals:

Boston Comedy Festival, 2005-2006

Cambridge Fringe Fest, 2003

ColorStruck: Boston's Annual Women of Color in Comedy, 2003-2006

Iranian Film Festival, 2008

Movies That Matter Festival, 2009

Muslim Film Festival, 2008-2009

Muslim Voices: Arts & Ideas, 2009

Northampton Women's Comedy Festival, 2003

Persian Arts Festival, 2006

SILVERDOCS Film Festival, 2007

Comedy Clubs:

Buzz, Boston, MA

Cafe du Nord, San Francisco, CA

Cantab Lounge, Cambridge, MA

Caroline's, New York, NY

Club Deluxe, San Francisco, CA

Clubhouse, San Francisco, CA

Cobb's Comedy Club, San Francisco, CA

Comedy Connection, Boston, MA

Comedy Station, San Francisco, CA

Comedy Store, Hollywood, CA

Comedy Store, La Jolla, CA

Comedy Studio, Cambridge, MA

Comedy Underground, Seattle, WA

Comedy Vault, Boston, MA

Improv, Hollywood, CA

Improv, San Jose, CA

Johnny D's, Somerville, MA

Laugh Factory, Hollywood, CA

Lizard Lounge, Cambridge, MA

Middle East, Cambridge, MA

Nick's Comedy Stop, Boston, MA

Pepper Belly's Comedy Club, Fairfield, CA

Punchline, Sacramento, CA

Punchline, San Francisco, CA

Purple Onion, San Francisco, CA

Regattabar, Cambridge, MA

Rooster T. Feathers Comedy Club, Sunnyvale, CA

Stand-Up New York, New York, NY

Steve Sweeney's Comedy Cafe, Boston, MA

Union Blues, Worcester, MA

Theaters:

Art Theatre, Long Beach, CA

Bagdad Theater, Portland, OR

Black Repertory Theater, Providence, RI

Brown Grand Theatre, Concordia, KS

Central Stage, Richmond, CA

Crest Theatre, Sacramento, CA

Geery Theater, Sacramento, CA

Herbst Theatre, San Francisco, CA

Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA

Jimmy Tingle's Off-Broadway Theater, Somerville, MA

Julia Morgan Performing Arts Center, Berkeley, CA

Le Petit Trianon Theatre, San Jose, CA

Los Angeles Theater Center, Los Angeles, CA

Morgan Hill Community Playhouse, Morgan Hill, CA

Pioneer Arts Center, Easthampton, MA

Portland Center for the Performing Arts, Newmark Theatre, Portland, OR

Riverside Theater Works, Hyde Park, MA

Roxbury Center for the Arts, Roxbury, MA

Rozsa Center for the Arts, Houghton, MI

Throckmorton Theatre, Mill Valley, CA

Warehouse Theater, Washington, DC

Westside Eclectic Theater, Santa Monica, CA

Museums and Libraries:

Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, San Jose, CA

John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA

Mountain View Public Library, Mountain View, CA

San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA

Colleges and Universities:

Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN

Boston University: Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs, Boston, MA

Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

Brown University, Providence, RI

California State University, Sacramento, CA

Clark University, Worcester, MA

Cloud County Community College, Concordia, KS

Colby College, Waterville, ME

Colorado College: Religion and Public Life Symposium, Colorado Springs, CO

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Drury University: Spirituality & Justice Series, Springfield, MO

Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA

Hampshire College: Women and Social Justice Conference, Amherst, MA

Harvard Law School: Islamic Legal Studies Program, Cambridge, MA

Harvard University: Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Cambridge, MA

Harvard University: Islam in the West Program, Cambridge, MA

Harvard University: John F. Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, MA

John Carroll University, University Heights, OH

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS

Kennesaw State College, Kennesaw, GA

Mansfield University, Mansfield, PA

Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI

Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY

New York University School of Law: Immigrant Rights Conference, New York, NY

Northeastern University, Boston, MA

Pomona College, Claremont, CA

Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT

Rhode Island College: Promising Practices Conference, Providence, RI

Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO

San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ

St. Norbert College, De Pere, WI

Stanford University, Stanford, CA

State University of New York, Oswego, NY

Tacoma Community College, Tacoma, WA

Trinity University: Ford Foundation Difficult Dialogues Program, San Antonio, TX

University of California, Berkeley, CA

University of California, Davis, CA

University of Connecticut, Stamford, CT

University of Delaware, Newark, DE

University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA

University of Northern Colorado, Fort Collins, CO

University of Texas, Arlington, TX

Valparaiso University: Peace and Social Justice Symposium, Valparaiso, IN

Washington State's Annual Students of Color Conference, Yakima, WA

Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA

Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT

Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

Yale University, New Haven, CT

Corporations, Non-Profit Organizations, and Benefit Shows:

Advent School

African-American Festival Fundraiser

American Lung Association

Boston Social Forum

Boston Women's Fund

Breakthrough

Buddhist Peace Fellowship

"Comedy for Peace"

"Comics for the Quake: A benefit show for Iranian earthquake survivors"
(producer and emcee)

Dress For Success

FDIC

First Night Boston 2005

Friends Forever

Greater Boston Federal Executive Board

Head Start Adult ESOL Program

Hurricane Katrina Benefit Show

Iranian-American Medical Association of Boston

Iranian Association of Boston

Iranian Muslim Association of Eastern United States

Islamic Center of Boston

Jimmy Fund

Muslim Women's League

One Family, Inc.

Pinay Aspirations

Rotary Club of Ipswich, MA

San Francisco Public Library

"Santa Claus in Baghdad" Fundraiser

Sierra Montessori Academy

Sojourner House

Soroptimist International

St. Mark's Area Main Street

Toys for Tots

Tsunami Relief Benefit Show

Wayland-Weston Interfaith Action Group

Willis Community Center

Coffeehouses, Bars, and Restaurants:

All Asia Cafe, Cambridge, MA

AS220, Providence, RI

Blue Macaw, San Francisco, CA

Book Passage, San Francisco, CA

Brainwash Cafe, San Francisco, CA

Cafe Royale, San Francisco, CA

Caspian, Irvine, CA

Castagnola's Restaurant, San Francisco, CA

Dolores Park Cafe, San Francisco, CA

Edinburgh Castle Pub, San Francisco, CA

El Rio, San Francisco, CA

Emerald Isle, Dorchester, MA

Evos Arts, Lowell, MA

G3, San Francisco, CA

Gideon's, North Adams, MA

Harbin Hot Springs, Middletown, CA

Legends, Waltham, MA

Lighthouse Cafe, Guilford, CT

Make-Out Room, San Francisco, CA

Marsh's Mock Cafe, San Francisco, CA

Mary's Futons, San Rafael, CA

Out of the Blue Art Gallery, Cambridge, MA

Reel Bar, Allston, MA

The Ridge, Auburn, CA

Sky Bar, Somerville, MA

Summer Shack, Cambridge, MA

Toast Lounge, Somerville, MA

Tours / Theme Shows:

4th Annual George Bush Going Away Party: An Evening of Political Comedy

5 Funny Females

Barbary Coast Comedy

Comics Without Borders

East Meets West: Melting Pot Stand-up from the Middle to the Far East

International Laugh-In

Jimmy Tingle and Friends

Jimmy Tingle's Un-Conventional Comedy Convention: A celebration of political humor,
Democratic National Convention Week

Laughs for Literacy

Lie Down Comedy

Regattabar Summer Comedy Series

Rooftop Comedy

The Tribe's Variety Showdown

Wharf Room Comedy

Women Who Kick Comedy Butt

You Said Whaaat? Comedy From America's Many Faces

Yuletide Yuckfest

Literary Events:

A Celebration of Persian Culture

Dire Literary Series

HUCTW Writes

Inside Story Time

Left Coast Writers

Writers with Drinks
Tissa (bottom left) with the
comedians of Colorstruck:
Boston's Women of Color in Comedy.