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this week
Thursday
21
May · 2026
Thursdays · 9pm · No cover
The Basement at Marlow's
Open.Mic
hosted by
D. Marquez
special guests
Yelina Park · Rocco Ng

LAUGHOR LEAVE.

Sign-up at 8. Lights down at 9. Six minutes a comic. New jokes, working comics, the occasional drop-in headliner. Be there or be the topic of someone's bit.

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§ 01 · This Thursday

May 21 · The Crowded Room.

Twelve comics, one room, six minutes each. Host D. Marquez opens. Sign-up sheet goes out at 8pm sharp and yes, there is a wait-list. Get there at 8:45 if you want a seat.

9 pm
lights down
12
comics
6 min
each set
$0
cover
§ 02 · Coming up

Five Thursdays.

  1. May 21
    The Crowded Room
    host · D. Marquez
    this week
    Wait-list only
  2. May 28
    Open Mic + Q&A
    host · Sam Bilal
    + Q&A
    Seats open
  3. Jun 04
    New Material Night
    host · Yelina Park
    new jokes only
    Seats open
  4. Jun 11
    Battle of the Hosts
    host · Rotating
    special
    Limited
  5. Jun 18
    Open Mic
    host · D. Marquez
    Seats open
§ 03 · The lineup

The regulars
you'll see.

Yelina Park
Yelina Park
5 yrs

Storyteller. Long set-ups, longer punchlines.

Rocco Ng
Rocco Ng
3 yrs

Crowd work. Prepare to be roasted.

D. Marquez
D. Marquez
12 yrs

Resident host. Has heard your joke before.

Sam Bilal
Sam Bilal
2 yrs

Deadpan. Will pause until you laugh.

Otis Renn
Otis Renn
8 yrs

Music & comedy. Brings a guitar half the time.

Florencia G.
Florencia G.
4 yrs

Confessional. About to overshare on purpose.

§ 04 · Get on stage

Got
jokes?

Open mic is open. New comics get the same six minutes as anyone else. We're not gentle but we're fair, and there's a decent crowd in the room by 9:15.

01

Show up by 8

Sign-up sheet lives on the bar. First-come, first-served. We pull 12 names total.

02

Bring 6 minutes

Six minutes, not seven. The light at the back of the room goes red at 5:30.

03

Hit your spot

We call you up in order. No re-do's. No phones on stage. Good luck.

§ 05 · The room

Eighty seats.
One spotlight.

The basement at Marlow's on 4th Street. Eighty chairs, a two-drink minimum at the bar, and a no-phones rule that we actually enforce. The exposed brick is real; the comedy might be.

Cap.
80 seats
Door
8:30 pm
Mins.
2-drink
Phones
No, really
STAGEAISLEBAR · 2-DRINK MIN.
§ 06 · RSVP

We'll save you
a seat.

RSVP is free but the room fills. Drop your email and we'll hold you a seat up to 9:05 — after that, it's standing-room.

21+ · 2-drink minimum · no phones at the table