Comedy

FESTIVALS

Kate Moran is honored to be a co-founder and executive producer for Asian Comedy Fest. Asian Comedy Fest (ACF) is the largest and longest running NYC-based international comedy fest dedicated to elevating diverse voices within the Asian and Pacific Islander community.

The inaugural ACF in 2020 featured a wide array of comedic acts including superstar and AAPI icon Ronny Chieng. Since then, our shows have featured over 100 rising and notable names in comedy within the Asian/Pacific Islander diaspora, partnered with numerous Asian-owned small businesses and restaurants, and raised over $30,000 USD for local AAPI charities.

Helmed by executive producers Ed Yoo Pokropski, Kate Lee Moran and Yao King, ACF promises to continue raising the bar year after year. Follow us @asiancomedyfest on Instagram for more updates!


SKETCH

From 2019-2022, Kate Moran was the head writer and director of the sketch comedy house team for the People’s Improv Theatre, Church Social and house team Road Pizza from 2018-2019. She’s also been a guest director for the long-running sketch-to-stage-in-7-days show, Old School Sketch Show.

Click here to view some digital sketches from Church Social!

Kate Moran also serves as a sketch comedy and comedy video production instructor for the People’s Improv Theater.


STAND-UP

artwork by Manali Doshi

Founded by Kate Moran and produced and co-hosted by Moran and creative partner, Emily Duncan, The Revolution was a popular live stand-up comedy show with NYC’s best women and non-binary comedians, performed every 2nd Saturday of the month at QED Astoria in New York City that ran from 2016-2020. The Revolution had a limited run as a podcast as well, with in-depth conversations with top women and enby comics during 2020.
Click here to listen to the podcast!