Zainab Johnson
Part of Club Hancher
A regular at the comedy clubs of Los Angeles and New York City, a comic adds Club Hancher to her list.
Zainab Johnson’s comedy is based on her unique point-of-view, which was shaped as she was growing up in Harlem as one of 13 siblings in a black Muslim family. Johnson’s first special, Hijabs Off, premiered on Amazon Prime Video. She debuted on late night on NBC's Late Night with Seth Meyers and has had breakout appearances on HBO’s All Def Comedy, NBC’s Last Comic Standing, NPR’s Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! and was one of “Variety's Top 10 Comics to Watch for 2019.”
“Her performance is a throwback to standup’s Golden Age, free of the cynicism that homogenizes so many modern acts into identical smoothies of low-hanging fruit.” — The New York Sun
HANCHER EVENT PARTNERS
Vernon Hein Fund
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