Character? I Hardly Know’er is a monthly character show + jam hosted by comedians Lauren Gamiel (Edinburgh Fringe, Magnet Sketch) and Julia Schroeder (Magnet Megawatt, The Parent Trap: Lord of the Twins). Come see some of NYC’s best character comedians, and put your name in a hat for a chance to perform in the character jam at the end!
ABOUT THE COMEDIANS
Lauren is a NYC-based writer, actor, comedian and musician. She studied improv and characters at the Upright Citizens Brigade and later served as writer/performer on the Magnet Theater house sketch comedy team Souvenir. As of August 2022, she is a graduate of the Atlantic Acting School Evening Conservatory program through NYU. She performs characters, improv and sketch regularly throughout the city, and has written and performed at PIT Sketchfest, the 24-hour sketch show PIT Cram'n It, Magnet Theater Character Bash, and more. Her solo show, One Single Thread, ran at Edinburgh Fringe in 2022 for a full run.
Julia is a NYC-based actor/improviser/writer/comedian. She’s performed sketch, improv, and characters all around New York including at Magnet Theater, People’s Improv Theater, Caveat, UCB, QED, and Brooklyn Comedy Collective, and at comedy festivals across the country. Julia is also a proud Story Pirates actor and director. She does shows up and down the east coast and she’s a cohost of the upcoming Story Pirates sports podcast ‘Game On’ in partnership with Steph Curry’s Unanimous Media. Julia hosts the weekly Wednesday Night Scene at PIT, she’s a sought after online trivia host with multiple companies, and she’s a co-host of She’s Good!, a comedy podcast about women’s sports, one of her many passions.
