Dhaya Lakshminarayanan

Once a Silicon Valley venture capitalist, two-time MIT graduate DHAYA LAKSHMINARAYANAN CHANGED CAREERS TO PURSUE A LIFE IN STAND-up comedy that has taken her all over the country. DHAYA IS THE 2016 WINNER OF THE LIZ CARPENTER POLITICAL HUMOR AWARD (previously awarded to Samantha Bee and Wanda Sykes) and was named "The Bay Area’s 11 Best Standup Comedians", and "Women to Watch" by media stations in San Francisco where she currently lives. Comedy Central Asia crowned DHAYA THE GRAND PRIZE WINNER OF “The Ultimate Comedy Challenge” filmed in Singapore. She's been a frequent storyteller on NPR’s Snap Judgment and hosts San Francisco’s monthly Moth StorySLAM. She hosted the premier year of the Emmy award-winning series High School Quiz Show on PBS’s WGBH.Price: $17 general admission Showtimes: Sunday 7:00