September 2025

Cuties!

I have a BUNCH of shows in September - so buckle up.

You know how much I love competitive improv and believe all art would be better if there was more competition? Just kidding, I don’t think that, but that said, The Bisque is indeed in an improv competition at Second City NYC!

This Tuesday Sept 9th at 7pm, we’ll be competing in The Bentwood Open - if we win, we move on to the semifinals! If you are in NYC, come to Brooklyn and get a ticket will ya? Use the code BENTWOODOPEN5 at checkout for $5 off - audience votes do count in part to get us to the next round. Oh yeah and there’s money if we win the whole thing, which we would donate to The Brigid Alliance!

Speaking of the Brigid Alliance (a perfect transition), we have our quarterly fundraising show at Caveat on Wednesday September 17th at 7pm - tickets go to The Brigid Alliance, an abortion access network. We’ve got great guests and early bird tickets are available through the 10th. As always, you can watch a high quality VOD if you can’t catch the show live or live elsewhere. You can watch a whole week later, so really, no excuses :) Tickets here, be a doll and buy themmmmmm.

Ok and I also have free shows the first two weeks of the month at Young Ethel’s at 7pm with The Bar-Prov Experiment. So you missed this week’s but you can come on the 11th this month!

Always feels dumb to promote shows during unprecedented times but I’ve been doing it for years and CANNOT STOP. That’s what you signed up for right?

Anyway, love you - here’s a picture of Bonnie on the beach in Nova Scotia last month. How lucky am I?

Besos <3

Deirdre ManningComment
August 2025

Hey team,

HUGE NEWS - I have shows which is fun but more importantly - we adopted a dog.

Her name is Bonnie and we adopted her from Muddy Paws Rescue, a great organization I’ve volunteered with for years. Bonnie is 3 years old and a perfect angel who loves snuggling and playing and snuggling. Puppy tax below:

Ok, I’m an obsessive dog mom. She’s all over my insta, if you want to see more. I’m in Bar-Prov at Young Ethels at 7pm on Thursday August 14th and then on August 21 at The Good Time at BCC at 7pm.

See ya next month - hugs from me and Steven and Bonnie!

Deirdre ManningComment
July 2025

Hey squad,

I’ve got a show tonight! At 7:30 at Young Ethel’s in Brooklyn - it’s free if you are in town, just buy a drink (alcoholic or non) and tip your bartender, obvi. It’s part of Bar-Prov, so there’s improv all night from some super cool teams, and we are around the first 2 Thursdays of the month.

Also, I’ve got a show with the Bisque next Thursday 7/17 at 7pm at BCC as a guest of The Good Time. We love them! Come out to that too :)

And finally, No Worries If Not did a sketch that came out right for the Tony’s last month - I have a small role, filmed it and edited it. Written by my buddy, Michelle O’Brien, it’s a compliment when I say it’s pretty dumb. Enjoy and see you next month :)

Deirdre ManningComment
June 2025

Hey team,

I’ve got a show next week. Weird time to be plugging comedy shows but this is The Bisque’s fundraising variety show for The Brigid Alliance, and that’s always good to plug. Tickets are here and if you buy before June 11 at 7pm - you can get the early bird price. We also live stream (Caveat has a really nice live stream set up!) that you can watch a whole week later and those tickets are cheap.

ALSO the tickets go to support access to women’s health.

AND the line up is insane - Negin Farsad (NPR’s Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me, HBO and more), and my dear friend Kate Owens (Hulu, Broadway, Just For Laughs) will be guest comics. We’ll also have a killer all lady improv team, Three Pole Bunch and of course, lots of good improv provided by yours truly (and the rest of my lovely team, The Bisque). Wednesday, June 18th, 7pm - Caveat in the Lower East Side or on the World Wide Web ♥️

Also, a timely sketch that came out many months too late, but I wrote/act a Severance parody sketch below. Less funny if you don’t watch Apple TV’s hit show, but I’d like to think still funny. Beautifully shot by my colleague Matt Cerisano and acted by my co-star Howard Hendrix Powell - this is one of the No Worries If Not gals most recent sketches!

Ok, please come/buy digital tickets to see the Bisque (remember you don’t have to watch live and the money goes to abortion access!)

Byeeeeeeee

Deirdre ManningComment