Parents Night Out - A Special Night of Comedy

Sunday, November 24 | 7:30 PM 

Tickets: $10 Advanced, $15 At Door  

Four comics take a night off from their kids—then spend the evening telling jokes about parenting, relationships, getting older, and a bunch of other random topics.

Jon Hancuff Stephanie Lochbihler Shanda Sung Mark Bookwalter

Jon Hancuff started doing comedy in 1992 and in 1993 he won the Indiana University Campus Comedy Competition. In 1996, he moved to Seattle for a girl, gave up comedy, got dumped, and moved back to Indi- ana. It was 13 years before he went back on stage. During that time, the life experience he gained (marriage, parenthood, career, divorce, second marriage, lots of dining out) would serve as the catalyst for his second attempt at achieving standup comedy mediocrity. He won the 2011 Bob and Tom Comedy All Star Contest and the 2013 Bloomington Comedy Contest. He has released two EPs—“Live at the Comedy Attic” (Flan- nelgraph Records) and “I Made a Wish” (Let’s Pretend Records) and in 2019, he released “Hack” a full-length album (Busy Little Beaver Recordings). In addition, Jon’s between-marriage dating experiences (and the notes he kept about those experiences) were part of the inspiration for the independent film “All the Others Were Practice.” Some of the people he has opened for include: Nate Bargatze, Todd Barry, W. Kamau Bell, Doug Benson, Guy Branum, Chad Daniels, Judah Friedlander, Gary Gulman, Pete Holmes, Al Jackson, Jackie Kashian, Kyle Kinane, Andy Kindler, Marc Maron, Eddie Pepitone, Emo Philips, Henry Phillips, Sara Schaefer, Rory Scovel, Beth Stelling, and the Sklar Brothers.

While she may not win any Mother of the Year awards (ever), Stephanie Lochbihler has won over audiences with her edgy one-liners about motherhood, her love for booze, and her hatred for Pomeranian dogs. Based out of Bloomington, Indiana, she has opened for a variety of acts, such as Anthony Jeselnik, Margaret Cho, Maria Bamford, and Marc Maron. She has been featured in national commercials (Compound W, Southern Comfort), the TV show “Laughs”, and weird pole dancing videos on YouTube.

When Shanda Sung is not cleaning up after her kids or making more of them, she is performing comedy for audiences all over the Midwest. Shanda’s point blank take on pregnancy, parenting, marriage, and wom- anhood will make you laugh whether you have birthed a dozen kids or have never so much as changed a diaper. Shanda has appeared at the Let’s Fest in Fort Wayne, Indiana; the Finger Lakes Comedy Festival in Ithaca, New York; as well as all manner of bar, restaurant, and comedy club around the Midwest. She can be found regularly at Bloomington’s Comedy Attic.

Mark Bookwalter is a comedian based in Bloomington, Indiana. As an overweight nerdy kid he learned early to use humor to combat bullies and low self-esteem. Now he spends most of his time trying to con- vince his family and friends that he is a comedian by reiterating that he is a regular at the Comedy Attic; has performed at many comedy festivals including Limestone, Charm City, Super Dope, and Let’s Fest; was a semifinalist in both the Cincinnati and Bloomington funniest person competitions; and by reminding them that he has performed with such acts as Nick Thune, The Sklar Brothers, Andy Kindler, Jackie Kashian, Kurt Braunohler, Laura Kightlinger, and more.