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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, PLEASE

EMMY^®-WINNING COMEDIAN
JERROD CARMICHAEL
AND
EMMY^®-NOMINATED COMEDIAN AND WRITER
SAM JAY
TO JOIN THE LINEUP OF LCT3 x SEAVIEW’S
“THE COMEDY SERIES”
AT LINCOLN CENTER THEATER’S
CLAIRE TOW THEATER
THIS FALL

New York, NY (September 29, 2025) – Lincoln Center Theater and Seaview announced today that Emmy^®-winning comedian Jerrod Carmichael and Emmy-nominated stand-up comic and writer Sam Jay will join the lineup for The Comedy Series at LCT’s Claire Tow Theater this fall.

Jerrod Carmichael Live on Stage at Lincoln Center Theater will play The Claire Tow Theater beginning Wednesday, November 12 through Sunday, November 16, with Sam Jay: “We The People” playing from Wednesday, December 3 through Sunday, December 14. As previously announced, Vir Das will play from Wednesday, October 29 through Sunday, November 9. The artist playing from November 19 through November 23 will be announced shortly.

As previously announced, Emmy^®-winning comedian, actor, and one of the most global voices in stand-up comedy, Vir Das, will perform his comedy show Vir Das: “Hey Stranger,” directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel as part of The Comedy Series. LCT3 x Seaview’s The Comedy Series will serve as a creative vehicle for the comedians to develop new material and theatrical pieces.

Pre-sale for Jerrod Carmichael Live on Stage at Lincoln Center Theater and Sam Jay: “We The People” will begin on Tuesday, September 30, with general on-sale on Friday, October 3. For tickets and more information, please visit www.lct.org.

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Step into an evening where stand-up meets storytelling. A line-up of today’s most dynamic comedic voices will take the stage in a new collaboration between LCT3 and Seaview—not just to make you laugh, but to draw you into something deeper. This is comedy in motion: personal, and alive with discovery. Each night is a chance for these artists to test boundaries, shape new material, and explore the space between humor and truth. No two performances will be the same—because the creative process isn’t a straight line, and neither is this show. It’s comedy that’s evolving before your eyes. Join us for a bold new series where stand-up grows up—and out.

Support for LCT3 is provided by the Howard Gilman Foundation, the Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund, and members of the LCT3 Council. Endowment support for LCT3 is provided by Daryl Roth, James-Keith Brown and Eric Diefenbach, and The Judith Champion Playwrights’ Vision Fund and Mel Litoff. LCT season support is generously provided by Daryl Roth, Denise Littlefield Sobel, and American Airlines.

BIOGRAPHIES

Jerrod Carmichael is an Emmy-winning comedian from Winston-Salem, NC. His most recent special “Don’t Be Gay” can be streamed on HBO Max. Previous specials include “Rothaniel,” and he currently stars in HBO’s “Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show.”

Stand-up comic and Emmy-nominated writer Sam Jay is best known as the Host and Executive Producer of HBO’s weekly late-night series “Pause with Sam Jay.” She also co-created and co-starred on the Peacock series “Bust Down,” with Langston Kerman, Jak Knight, and Chris Redd. She is a two-time Emmy nominee and WGA award nominee for her writing on “Saturday Night Live.” Sam’s first HBO special, “Sam Jay: Salute Me Or Shoot Me,” is now available to stream. Sam’s solo show We The People, just wrapped a hugely successful run at Edinburgh Fringe Fest in which the show was nominated for Best Comedy Show, and won The Uprise Award, which recognizes shows that dare to provoke, disrupt and reframe discussions. Sam was a standout on the dais at Netflix’s “The Roast of Tom Brady.” In 2018, she wrote for The 70th Primetime Emmy Awards and the MTV Movie & TV Awards, and in 2020 she wrote for the BET Awards. Sam was recently featured both on and off camera as the “Voice of God” announcer at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards on NBC. In 2023, Sam recorded a set as part of Netflix’s “Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration,” along with Margaret Cho, Sandra Bernhard, Billy Eichner, and Eddie Izzard—now streaming on Netflix. Sam was named as one of Variety’s 10 Comics to Watch in 2018, and a Comedy Central Comic to Watch in 2015, and in 2017 was selected for Just For Laughs: New Faces Showcase. She has performed on Netflix’s “The Comedy Lineup,” ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!;” and released her “Comedy Central Presents” half hour to rave reviews. Sam has performed internationally at comedy clubs and festivals including the Vodafone Dublin Comedy Festival, Bumbershoot Festival, 208 Comedy Festival, New York Comedy Festival, Portland’s Bridgetown Festival, The Laugh Your Asheville Off Comedy Festival, Boston’s Women In Comedy Festival, among others. Sam’s 2020 special, Sam Jay: 3 in the Morning, is now available to stream on Netflix. Sam can currently be seen opposite Jonah Hill, Eddie Murphy, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus in the Kenya Barris-directed feature film, You People, now on Netflix. Sam’s other TV credits include her hosting role on “Ricking Morty,” the Rick and Morty post-show on Adult Swim. Additional TV credits include “The Eric Andre Show;” HBO Max’s “That Damn Michael Che;” MTV’s “SafeWord;” a recurring role on TV Land’s “Nobodies;” Starz’s “Take My Wife,” Comedy Central’s “White Flight,” “Crank Yankers,” “The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail,” and “Broad City;” and Viceland’s “Party Legends” and “Flophouse.” Sam is originally from Boston and currently splits her time between New York and Atlanta.

Vir Das is an Emmy-winning comedian, actor, and one of the most global voices in stand-up today. The New York Times raves, “No artist embodies the globalization of stand-up like Vir Das.” His recent Netflix comedy special, Fool Volume, which he also directed, has earned praise from Vulture as “a uniquely sumptuous experience.” His previous special, Landing, premiered to universal acclaim and won the 2023 International Emmy Award for Best Comedy, following his first nomination for Vir Das: For India in 2021. This fall, Vir makes his literary debut with his memoir, The Outsider—A story that follows his journey as a perpetual outsider, using humor to navigate heartbreak, failure, and the quest for belonging. As India’s biggest stand-up comedian and a Bollywood star, Vir continues to break barriers and sell out venues worldwide. He has performed over 180 shows across the globe, including a celebrated run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and headlines major stages from Carnegie Hall in New York to the Eventim Apollo in London. Beyond stand-up, Vir has created, produced, and starred in multiple acclaimed projects, including the ABC drama-comedy Whiskey Cavalier, the Netflix thriller Hasmukh, and Amazon’s travel series Jestination Unknown. He appeared in Judd Apatow’s Netflix feature The Bubble and is developing several new film and TV projects. When he’s not on screen or stage, Vir fronts India’s premier comedy-rock band, Alien Chutney.

Moritz von Stuelpnagel is a director and dramaturg based in New York City. His production of Hand to God on Broadway received five Tony nominations including Best Play and Best Director. Other Broadway productions include Theresa Rebeck’s I Need That starring Danny Devito, Bernhardt/Hamlet starring Janet McTeer, and Noel Coward’s Present Laughter starring Kevin Kline (recipient of three Tony nominations including Best Revival). In London’s West End, he directed Theresa Rebeck’s Mad House starring David Harbour and Bill Pullman, and Hand to God which received an Olivier nomination for Best New Comedy. Off-Broadway credits include Ava: The Secret Conversations (Pemberley), Gary Gulman: Grandiloquent (Mike & Carlee), Seared (MCC), The Thanksgiving Play (Playwrights Horizons), Teenage Dick (Ma-Yi/Public Theater), Important Hats of the Twentieth Century (MTC), Verité (LCT3), Bike America (Ma-Yi), Trevor (Lesser America), Love Song of the Albanian Sous Chef (Ensemble Studio Theatre), Mel & El (Ars Nova), Spacebar and My Base and Scurvy Heart (Studio 42). Regionally, he has worked at the Huntington, Geffen Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, Alliance, Denver Center, Chicago Shakespeare, South Coast Rep, Williamstown, Olney, Woolly Mammoth, Barrington Stage, Chautauqua, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, and more. He is the former artistic director of Studio 42, NYC’s producer of “unproducible” plays. Visit moritzvs.com for more info.

ABOUT LINCOLN CENTER THEATER

LCT’s mission is to bring exceptional theater to life. Building on a legacy of artistic excellence, LCT strives to expand what is possible: to make the magic of theatre more palpable, empowering visionary artists and extending the invitation for the community to join in celebrating the power of live performance. To see that mission to fruition in a new era at the New York institution, commencing with the current 2025-2026 season, Lear deBessonet assumes the role of Kewsong Lee Artistic Director, alongside Managing Director Mike Schleifer, Executive Producer Barlett Sher, Producer Nicole Kastrinos, Executive Director of Development and Planning Naomi Grabel, and LCT3 Artistic Director and Producer Maria Manuela Goyanes.

Following the season launch with the free Silent Disco Listening Party of the Warriors concept album by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis held on July 30, 2025, deBessonet will open her inaugural season at the Vivian Beaumont Theater with a new production of her celebrated New York City Center Gala revival of Ragtime. The season will also include productions of Kyoto, Amahl and the Night Visitors, and The Whoopi Monologues at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater; The Comedy Series, Night Side Songs, A Woman Among Women and The Reading Series with LCT3 at the Claire Tow Theater; as well as expanded programming including collaborations with groundbreaking artists including Chef Kwame Onwuachi of Tatiana and two special benefits at the Vivian Beaumont Theater.

Founded in 1985 by Board Chair Hon. John V. Lindsay, Executive Producer Bernie Gersten and Director Gregory Mosher, and led for 33 years by André Bishop, LCT is one of the leading nonprofit theaters in the country, producing an annual season of plays and musicals that have been seen by millions around the globe. It is one of 11 autonomous constituents of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Each year, the three theaters that make up LCT welcome nearly 300,000 audience members to its home on the Lincoln Center campus.

Over the last 40 years, LCT and its outstanding productions have received many of the highest accolades, including 87 Tony Awards, 97 Drama Desk Awards, 79 Outer Critics Cricle Awards, 33 Obies, 11 NY Drama Critics Circle Awards, and one Pulitzer Prize, as well as two finalists.

ABOUT SEAVIEW

Seaview is a Tony, Olivier, and Peabody Award-winning theater and film company. This Fall: The Queen of Versailles starring Kristin Chenoweth, Prince Faggot, The Least Problematic Woman in The World starring Dylan Mulvaney, Gruesome Playground Injuries starring Nicholas Braun and Kara Young, All Out: Comedy About Ambition. Recent: Good Night, and Good Luck starring George Clooney, The Last Five Years starring Nick Jonas and Adrienne Warren, Angry Alan starring John Krasinski, My Master Builder starring Ewan McGregor and Elizabeth Debicki, Romeo + Juliet starring Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler, All In: Comedy About Love, Hold On To Me Darling starring Adam Driver, Once Upon a Mattress starring Sutton Foster, the Tony Award-winning Stereophonic, Sam Gold’s An Enemy of The People starring Jeremy Strong, Justin Peck and Jackie Sibblies Drury’s Illinoise, Lempicka directed by Rachel Chavkin, Danny and the Deep Blue Sea starring Aubrey Plaza and Christopher Abbott, Michael Arden’s Tony Award-winning revival of Parade, Alex Edelman’s Emmy Award-winning Just For Us, Lorraine Hansberry’s The Sign In Sidney Brustein’s Window, Stress Positions (NEON), and Reality (HBO). Past Credits: The Old Man & The Pool, POTUS, Slave Play, Sea Wall / A Life, and Sweeney Toddat the Barrow Street Theatre. @ThisIsSeaview @StudioSeaview

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