On Friday, January 10th at 8:00pm, Minority Retort, Portland's premier stand-up comedy showcase featuring comedians of color, celebrates five years of bringing the funny with another great lineup, featuring:

- Christian Burke!
- Dewa Dorje!
- Pedro Andrade!
- Isaac Pendergrass
and headliner Madison Shepard!

Madison Shepard is a stand-up comedian from Los Angeles. She has opened for Maria Bamford, Al Jackson, and Colin Kane. Her stand-up has been featured on Funny or Die, Buzzfeed, Refinery, WhoHaHa and she was recently seen in the Comedy Central show "The New Negroes". She appears in College Humor’s new web series, “Kingpin Katie” and the Amazon Prime show, “Empty Space”. Her debut comedy album "Goodnight Silverlake Lounge" was released in November 2019, and is available for streaming everywhere.

Also featuring music by special guests Free! Mason Jar!

Free! Mason Jar is a Portland-based music and multimedia collective founded by guitarist, producer and videographer Benjamin Evans and voice artist, beat poet and award-winning writer and broadcaster Jabulani Leffall. Free! Mason Jar’s two albums “While Supplies Last” and “Operation: Honeypot”, as well as singles such as “Gator Boots”, “Johnny Bench” and “Party Up, Party Down”, showcase not only butter-smooth vocals and deep guitar grooves, but thought-provoking commentary on today’s society you won’t find anywhere else.

About Minority Retort:

Minority Retort has become one of Portland’s most popular and critically-acclaimed comedy shows. Hosted and produced by Jason Lamb (XRAYFM radio, Portland Podcast Festival), Julia Ramos (All Jane Comedy Festival) and some of the NW’s finest comedic talent, the show’s goal is to provide comedians of color with a platform to speak their minds and share their unique perspectives, as well as reach the diverse comedy audience that exists within the so-called "whitest city in America".

National touring comedians Baron Vaughn (Netflix’s Grace & Frankie), Nico Santos (NBC’s Superstore), Dulce Sloan (The Daily Show), Marcella Arguello (@midnight) Ahmed Bharoocha, Dino Archie, Yedoye Travis, David Gborie and Maggie Maye have performed on the show, as well as many POC comics frequently featured in Portland's Bridgetown Comedy Festival: Curtis Cook, Bri Pruett and Nathan Brannon. Minority Retort is also a part of XRAY.FM’s morning show Fridays at 8:40am.