Make Sure You You Have Fun Presents:
Make Sure You Laugh

Come out for a night filled with laughter as your favorite local comedians take to the stage for Make Sure You Have Fun™ Presents: Make Sure You Laugh!

Join us on Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019 for our seventh show in this new series with comedians Gab Bonesso, Issa Dywer,
Jaye Cooper and Shaun Mccarthy. It is all hosted by Arvin Clay!

All of our show's proceeds benefit
Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Pennsylvania

Doors @ 8/Show @ 8:30pm || $10 Advance Tickets/$12 Day Of Show || 21+

Gab Bonesso @gabbonesso

Gab Bonesso is an award-winning standup comedian, columnist, actress and children’s performer. She has won the title “Best Comedian in Pittsburgh” three times. Twice voted by the readers of Pittsburgh City Paper and once voted by the readers of Pgh Magazine. Gab is credited for pioneering the Alternative Comedy scene in Pgh and in 2012 she was awarded a Grant by the Pgh Foundation and was given an Experimental Artist Residency at Carnegie Mellon University where she developed new work. Gab wrote a weekly column for AOL from 2010-2012 called “Rocking the Suburbs”. During 2011-2013 Gab performed corporate comedy and hosted corporate training videos for American Eagle Outfitters. Gab also toured the United States and Canada hosting a documentary series for the company. In 2011 Gab teamed up with Pittsburgh-based musician Josh Verbanets (lead singer of Meeting of Important People) and co-created The Josh and Gab Show which is an anti-bullying rock and roll comedy stage program for children. The Josh and Gab Show has been featured in schools, music festivals, churches, libraries and conferences all over the North Eastern region of the United States and they headlined a music festival in Monterey, Mexico. In 2015 Gab delivered a TedX Talk at the Byham Theater in Pgh on the subject of The Role of Adults in the Anti-Bully Movement. In 2017 Gab was the first comedian signed to Misra Records. Her first comedy album: Everyone’s Dead was a cathartic release after the back-to-back losses of her mother and brother the year earlier. Gab has written and appeared on radio as an On Air Producer for CBS (2007-2008). She was even nominated for an AIR Award for “Best New Talent”. As a comedian Gab has featured or opened for headliners such as Richard Lewis, Brain Posehn, Tommy Chong, Jen Kirkman, John Hodgman, Kurt Branholer, Dustin Diamond, Adam Sank and Lizz Winstead. As an actress Gab has appeared in spots on Television/Internet for Sony Jobs, The Ruscitto Foundation and WQED Anti-Bullying PSA’s, City Paper Local Motion Fashion Show, American Eagle Outfitters and The Scare House - Burgatory - Lemieux Foundation “ScareHouse Shake” Promotion. Gab can currently be seen in Movie Theaters around Pgh in an Anti-Bullying PSA shown directly before the movie trailers. Lizz Winstead (co-creator of the Daily Show) has referred to Gab Bonesso as a “superstar” and Richard Lewis said that Gab Bonesso is “the real deal and f***ing hilarious”.

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Ossia Dwyer @ossiadwyer

A relative newcomer to comedy, Ossia Dwyer and her self-deprecating sense of humor can be seen performing consistently in Pittsburgh. She has opened for Aparna Nancherla, Shane Torres, and participated in the Burning Bridges Festival, Pittsburgh Comedy Festival, and Let's Fest.


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Jaye Cooper @cooptroopcomedy

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Shaun McCarthy @durtygurlcomedy

Shaun McCarhty is a Pittsburgh native and has been studying acting and performing in stage productions for over 20 years.

Some of her favorite credits include One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Nurse Ratchet and two productions of Raisin In the Sun (Ruth and Beneatha)

Shaun also dabbles in other forms of creative writing; from short stories, to essays, to poetry. In 2018 she was featured as an emerging writer at Carlow University's Red Dog Series where she was invited to share some of her works.
Shaun fell hopelessly in love with the art of performing standup comedy exactly one year ago after taking an Intro to Stand Up class at Arcade Comedy Theatre, and has been doing it ever since.

She would would like to thank Tracey and Samantha for taking this rookie under their gorgeous brown wings. And as always a special thanks to her late parents. Linda SuAnn McCarthy for giving her her dramatics and over the top ways, and James Frank Richardson Jr. Ffor passing along his superior wit and sarcasm.
For all that and more, I love you always, and every performance is for you...