Samuel Slater’s to host night of comedy on July 29
Karen Morgan,
Veteran Comedian Jimmy Dunn will be headlining a night of laughs at Samuel Slater’s Restaurant in Webster on Friday, July 29th. He will be joined by special guest Karen Morgan. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. for the 8 o’clock show, which is being hosted by Jeff Koen.
Jimmy Dunn is an actor and comedian who is most recognized for the CBS sitcom The McCarthys, in which he co-starred as Sean McCarthy. He got his start in comedy performing stand-up at a bar in Gloucester, where he was paid in beer and fried clams. Since then he has gone on to appear at some of the comedy world’s biggest venues including Montreal’s Just For Laughs Comedy Festival, The Late Show With David Letterman, CONAN, and Comics Come Home with Denis Leary.
Karen Morgan was born and raised in Athens, Georgia but now calls Maine home. A former trial attorney, she began her professional comedy career as a finalist on Nickelodeon Television’s “Search for the Funniest Mom in America.” Since then she has performed in comedy clubs and theaters from New York to Hollywood.
Jimmy Dunn
Jeff Koen is a comedian and actor who stars in the independent film Heavy Times. Released in 2011, the film has earned him fans all over the world, some of whom ask on his Facebook page if they can stay at his house with the visit the U.S.
He performs stand-up in and around the Boston area and has toured New England theaters as the opening act for Justin McKinney. He has also performed with the themed stand-up comedy show “How Men Think (Or Do They?).
In 2011 he won the first O’Brien’s Comedy Contest in Massachusetts. In 2015 he won $10,000 on “America’s Funniest Home Videos.”
Indian Ranch, 200 Gore Road in Webster, is home to the Indian Ranch amphitheater, the Indian Princess paddle wheeler and the Indian Ranch campground.
See the Happenings pages in this issue of the Yankee Xpress for upcoming shows at Indian Ranch.
