Top 5 Comedy is an interactive comedy show co-produced & co-hosted by Amanda Alvich (The Gay One) & Shivani Dave (The Brown One) featuring the hottest comics from New York City and around the country with a brand new Top 5 theme each month! Audience participation is welcomed (but not mandatory). See you there!

For the Top 5 New York Comedy Festival Edition, the theme will be: “Top 5 Favorite Things About NYC”

Shivani Davé (Dah-vay spelled like Dave) is an NYC based Indian-American female stand up comic and writer who regularly performs around New York City and the country. She opens for well known comics like Dave Attell, Gary Gulman, and Rich Voss and performs all over the country at clubs like Laugh Factory, Hollywood Improv, Zanies, Helium etc. She’s been featured in national festivals like Boston Comedy Festival, Rogue Island Comedy Festival, North Carolina Comedy Festival etc. and is a 2024 Ladies of Laughter finalist. She started her comedy career writing sketch (at Magnet Theatre in NYC) and screenplays (features/TV pilots), which have been recognized in major festivals, such as the Atlanta Film Festival.

Amanda Alvich is a New York Emmy winning and two-time Daytime Emmy nominated Brooklyn-based LGBTQ+ comedian, comedy writer and filmmaker. Amanda has been featured on NBC, Amazon Prime, BuzzFeed, and Newsday. She’s performed at the New York Comedy Festival, was selected to perform at LGBTQ comedy showcase Laugh Proud, and is a 2x semi-finalist in the New York Queer Festival. Amanda’s comedic screenplay, “Tiffany’s Funeral,” was a second-rounder in the Austin Film Festival Screenwriting Competition, runner-up in the TriBeCa x Doordash Screenwriting competition, a semi-finalist in the Hollyshorts Screenwriting Competition and a quarter-finalist in the Filmatic Comedy Screenplay Awards.

Hosted by Amanda Alvich & Shivani Davé

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