Laugh out loud with March’s Comedy at the Ave featuring Drake Witham

Did you miss the fun? Did you miss the laughter? It's OK, Comedy at the Ave is back.

March 11, 2016 2:35 pm
Drake Witham is a Los Angeles-based stand-up comedian with multiple national television appearances. The University of Washington graduate was a Los Angeles Times reporter before embarking on a career in comedy.
Drake Witham is a Los Angeles-based stand-up comedian with multiple national television appearances. The University of Washington graduate was a Los Angeles Times reporter before embarking on a career in comedy.

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Did you miss the fun? Did you miss the laughter? It’s OK, Comedy at the Ave is back.

Drake Witham, a Los Angeles-based stand-up comedian with multiple national television appearances, headlines the March 25 three-comedian card at the historic Auburn Avenue Theater, 10 Auburn Ave. The curtains open at 7:30 p.m.

Born in Ohio and raised in Arlington, Va., Witham graduated from the University of Washington and worked as a reporter for the Dallas Morning News before moving to Los Angeles in 2002 to pursue comedy.

In 2003 he won the Seattle International Comedy Competition. He appeared on the first season of Comedy Central’s “Live at Gotham” in 2006 and has twice performed on “The Late Late Show” with Craig Ferguson. He also took third place in the Great American Comedy Festival in 2008 in Norfolk, Neb. The festival, in the hometown of Johnny Carson, included appearances from Dick Cavett, Robert Klein and Eddie Brill. His DVD, “We’ll See,” was released in 2006.

He has twice performed for the troops in Iraq through Comics on Duty as well as tours to Europe, Central America and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

For more information on the comedian, visit www.drakewitham.com.

Tickets are $17 regular, $15 students and seniors. Call Auburn Parks, Arts & Recreation at 253-931-3043, Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. to noon, or order online for Will-Call only pickup through Brown Paper Tickets at www.auburnwa.gov/arts.