Aparna Nancherla
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Aparna Nancherla going on "It's Me Again" tour

In addition to co-hosting the weekly NYC comedy show Butterboy and being a staple of NYC comedy in general, Aparna Nancherla is going on an extensive tour this summer, dubbed the “It’s Me Again” tour.

Aparna’s tour includes her previously announced Brooklyn show on October 18 at The Bell House (a venue she’s appeared at many times). Tickets for that show are available. Ahead of the tour, Aparna’s got more upcoming Butterboy shows in June and July (tickets). All “It’s Me Again” dates are listed below.

Aparna is on season 2 of Netflix’s The Standups, and she’s also made appearances on Master of None, BoJack Horseman, Corporate, Two Dope Queens, and more. Aparna also just spoke about the upcoming season two of Corporate in a lengthy new Vulture feature, which is very worth a read. Here’s an excerpt:

One of those gray areas is Corporate, Comedy Central’s grim workplace satire in which she plays Grace, an HR manager grinding away at a soulless conglomerate called Hampton Deville, which manufactures everything from tablets to war crimes. It’s a critique of capitalism while also being a product of it. “I understand I’m also a part of this system and have to acknowledge that Corporate is on Viacom, which is what it’s making fun of, so in essence we’re still helping them by making it,” Nancherla says. “[Capitalism] is truly an alien monster that is like, Oh I can use your weakness and make myself more powerful! In that sense, also dealing with mental health stuff, sometimes showing up at the table at all is the feat. So, it’s like, okay, one battle at a time. Today you’re dealing with depression, tomorrow you can do capitalism.”

And that’s the relatable part about playing a character like Grace, who, like all of us, is just trying to get through the day. “As someone who goes existential very quickly in my head, I like that the show doesn’t dance around the bleakness of modern life, especially working in a corporation,” she says. “I’ve always been really bad at office jobs because I have trouble not seeing the pretense of it all. My brain can’t buy into whatever we’re supposed to believe to get through the day.”

Read much more here.

Aparna Nancherla tour

Aparna Nancherla — “It’s Me Again” 2018 Tour Dates
Saturday, August 18, 2018 Austin, TX STATESIDE AT THE PARAMOUNT THEATRE
Thursday, August 23, 2018 Fort Wayne, IN THE TIGER ROOM AT CS3
Friday, August 24, 2018 Pittsburgh, PA SPIRIT HALL
Saturday, August 25, 2018 Toronto, CAN THE ROYAL CINEMA
Thursday, September 13, 2018 Phoenix, AZ CRESCENT BALLROOM
Friday, September 14, 2018 Tucson, AZ 191 TOOLE
Thursday, September 20, 2018 Los Angeles, CA DYNASTY TYPEWRITER AT THE HAYWORTH
Friday, September 21, 2018 Portland, OR ALADDIN THEATRE
Saturday, September 22, 2018 Seattle, WA NEPTUNE THEATRE
Friday, September 28, 2018 Honolulu, HI THE REPUBLIK
Saturday, September 29, 2018 San Francisco, CA THE INDEPENDENT
Thursday, October 04, 2018 Northampton, MA IRON HORSE
Friday, October 05, 2018 Burlington, VT HIGHER GROUND
Saturday, October 06, 2018 Portland, ME PORT CITY MUSIC HALL
Thursday, October 11, 2018 Carrboro, NC CAT’S CRADLE
Friday, October 12, 2018 Atlanta, GA SMITH’S OLD BAR
Saturday, October 13, 2018 New Orleans, LA HOWLIN’ WOLF
Thursday, October 18, 2018 Brooklyn, NY THE BELL HOUSE
Friday, October 19, 2018 Boston, MA THE WILBUR
Wednesday, October 24, 2018 Indianapolis, IN WHITE RABBIT CABARET
Thursday, October 25, 2018 Detroit, MI PLANET ANT HALL
Friday, October 26, 2018 Chicago, IL THALIA HALL
Saturday, October 27, 2018 Minneapolis, MN CEDAR CULTURAL CENTER
Thursday, November 08, 2018 Philadelphia, PA THE TROCADERO
Friday, November 09, 2018 Wilmington, DE THE BABY GRAND
Saturday, November 10, 2018 Washington DC SIXTH & I
Wednesday, November 14, 2018 Ft. Collins, CO AGGIE THEATRE
Thursday, November 15 – Saturday, November 17 Denver, CO COMEDY WORKS DOWNTOWN
Thursday, November 29 – Saturday, December 01 Salt Lake City, UT WISE GUYS