We drove into town last night to check out Troy Conrad‘s “The Comedy Jesus Show” at the Paper Heart Arts Venue, a funky gallery/performance space that offers standup every third Saturday and, on this night, Conrad as the Messiah.
The Male Half flanked by Phoenician comics Dave Pavone (l) and Troy Conrad. (That discoloration on Conrad’s face is not sunblock but the glue that enables him to credibly masquerade as “Jesus H. Christ,” one of the four characters in his Comedy Jesus show.)
T.C.J.S. is a multimedia one-man show in which Conrad plays four different characters. It’s interspersed with hilarious shorts (which you can view here!) and it culminates in a Q & A in which the Savior answers questions solicited from the audience before the show.
Also on hand last night were Kirk Buckhout and Myke Dehu, the Phoenicians who produce the successful Hidden House Comedy shows (“Leading the independent Phoenix comedy scene!!”), and Dave Pavone, whom we first met when we conducted our popular standup seminar in Phoenix back about three years ago.
The Male Half started off the show with 13 minutes of sectarian material– He can now say that he opened for Jesus H. Christ himself!