ISSUE 001 / JUL 2025 / VOL. HA

Therapy is expensive. Laughing is free*

*$22 at the door. Still cheaper than therapy.

When Fri, Jul 17 Doors 7:00 · Show 7:30

Where The Basement 214 Mott St, NYC

T-minus --d --h --m until first laugh

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A comedy show with a side of actually feeling better.

The Laugh Lab is a 90-minute live show where stand-up, audience games, and a working organizational psychologist team up to ambush your nervous system with joy. You came in tense. You leave loose. We have receipts.

— FIELD NOTES

The bit where we pretend it's research.

Cortisol: down.

Sustained laughter reduces stress hormones. We can't promise enlightenment but you will physically feel different by intermission.

Connection: up.

Laughing in a room with strangers releases the same bonding chemicals as a long hug, minus the awkward part where you don't know when to let go.

Resilience: built.

Humor is a documented coping mechanism. We're not curing burnout. We are absolutely renegotiating its lease.

“The shortest distance between two people is a shared laugh.”

— Victor Borge, allegedly, before TikTok ruined attribution

— ON STAGE

The lineup.

— RUN OF SHOW

90 minutes. Roughly.

— BEFORE YOU EMAIL US

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50 seats. First show. We'll email you a confirmation and one (1) very mild dad joke.