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Seattle International Comedy New Year's Eve Show: Best of!

  • Whidbey Island Center for the Arts PO Box 52 | 565 Camano Avenue Langley, WA 98260 (map)

The best of the best stand up comics from the annual comedy competition come back for a night of laughter and hilarity as they finish the year with a punchline! In what has become a regular event on NYE at WICA, this stand up comedy show is sure to leave you walking away with a smile on your face.

headliner: Sam Miller

Sam Miller is a comedian from Olympia Washington. He is 6 foot 6, 360 pounds, has 2 kids, (one of them is on purpose) he's been married for 11 years, and has been clean and sober for 14 years.

Sunday, December 31 | 7:30 PM

Tickets available:
WICA Star: $45
Standard: $30
by request to box office: $20

Sam likes to make jokes about what it's like to be a sober parent. He also likes to make jokes about what jails like in Yakima. His first album and special, Round Trip, was recently recorded and filmed under the tutelage of Grammy-winning producer Dan Schlissel, whose indie label, Stand Up! Records, Sam had recently signed a three-album deal with. Sam has headlined The Laugh Factory in Chicago, Nate Jackson’s Super Funny Comedy Club in Tacoma, and hundreds of other clubs, casinos, and bars.

Sam recently headlined at The Laugh Factory in Chicago, and was the runner-up in the 2021 Seattle International Comedy Competition. He also won the Comedy on Trial Competition in 2017. He's also performed with the Addicts Comedy Tour and at NA and AA conventions all over the northwest. For 3 consecutive years he won awards in "The Best of Olympia" issue of the Weekly Volcano.


2016 Best Local Hero
2017 Best Local Celebrity
2018 Best Comic Relief

Hosted by Meaghan Elwood!

A Seattle native, mom and newlywed, Meaghan Elwood loves nothing more than to make people laugh with her witty observations about old kids, aging and married life. Now in her 10 th year of performing, she has been featured on the ‘Ladies of Laughter’ National Tour, the Mutiny Radio Comedy festival, The World Series of Comedy and the Seattle International Comedy competition. When not on a stage making people laugh, she enjoys traveling the world with her husband and spending time with their four children.

Special Guest:
Tyrone Hawkins

Entertainer Tyrone Hawkins is a seasoned veteran of stand up comedy and a graduate of the world famous School for the Creative and Performing Arts in Cincinnati, Oh. Top 5 finalist at the San Francisco International comedy competition, as well as the Seattle International, and Aspen Comedy Festivals.

He has performed on stages all over the world and appeared in 2 award winning "Doritos Super Bowl" commercials.

Hollywood & Los Angeles are loving the way Tyrone Hawkins can move the crowd. It's non stop laughter every single time he grabs a microphone. He tricks you into laughing at his serious demeanor. You won't be disappointed with jokes from this 5 star comedy General!

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