Motor City Comedy Festival Presents: SURENI WEERASEKERA (from Don't Tell, HBO, and Netflix Is A Joke )

Motor City Comedy Festival is proud to present a one-night-only performance from the hilarious, Sureni Weerasekera, at The Independent Comedy Club in Hamtramck!

Sureni Weerasekera is a Sri Lankan-born, San Diego-raised, & New York-based stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. She was recently announced as a performer on 2024 Netflix is a Joke “Introducing…” showcase. She is known for her lighthearted, conversational banter to her ruthless, dark jabs. She has performed at New York Comedy Festival, San Francisco Sketchfest, Desi Comedy Festival, Oakland Comedy Festival, and Silicon Valley Pride Festival. She recently opened for Hari Kondabolu, Irene Tu, and Ashley Gavin. She has been featured on Amazon Prime and HBO. Sureni was recently featured on Don’t Tell Comedy. With an aptitude for writing, Sureni was awarded the 2019 Diversity in Comedy Writing Fellowship at Killing My Lobster SF. She is the creator of “Medium Roasts,” a mini-video series about the cafe world, whom she wrote, edited and acted in. She runs a monthly show called Earth Tones at Union Hall in Brooklyn, NY featuring QTBIPOC comics.

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The shows you see on our stages could be 

These performers walk in the footsteps of our famous alumni like Keegan-Michael Key ("Key & Peele"), Sam Richardson ("Veep"), Tim Robinson ("I Think You Should Leave"), and Jaime Moyer ("Modern Family").