Event Program
Judd Apatow, Comedy Nerd
JUDD APATOW, COMEDY NERD
WED, OCT 29 | 7:30PM
DISCUSSION
Judd Apatow and Ronny Chieng
A CONVERSATION WITH THE AUDIENCE
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The Artists
Judd Apatow
Judd Apatow wrote and directed the films The 40-Year-Old Virgin (co-written with Steve Carell), Knocked Up, Funny People, and This Is 40; he directed Trainwreck; and his producing credits include Superbad, Bridesmaids, and Anchorman. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Leslie Mann.
Judd Apatow wrote and directed the films The 40-Year-Old Virgin (co-written with Steve Carell), Knocked Up, Funny People, and This Is 40; he directed Trainwreck; and his producing credits include Superbad, Bridesmaids, and Anchorman. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Leslie Mann.
Ronny Chieng
Ronny Chieng is an Emmy Award–winning comedian, writer, and actor who was born in Malaysia and currently lives in New York City. He is a correspondent on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, winning an Emmy for his work guest hosting in 2024. He has starred in the blockbuster films Crazy Rich Asians, Godzilla vs. Kong, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, M3GAN, Hulu’s Vacation Friends, Randall Park’s film Shortcomings for Sony Pictures Classics, and Jerry Seinfeld’s Unfrosted. His television credits include Disney+’s series American Born Chinese, Hulu’s History of the World Part II, Disney+'s Doogie Kamealoha, M.D., NBC's Young Rock, and two Netflix standup comedy specials: Ronny Chieng: Asian Comedy Destroys America and “Ronny Chieng: Speakeasy.” Ronny currently stars in Taika Waititi’s Hulu series Interior Chinatown and the thriller Do No Harm.
Ronny Chieng is an Emmy Award–winning comedian, writer, and actor who was born in Malaysia and currently lives in New York City. He is a correspondent on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, winning an Emmy for his work guest hosting in 2024. He has starred in the blockbuster films Crazy Rich Asians, Godzilla vs. Kong, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, M3GAN, Hulu’s Vacation Friends, Randall Park’s film Shortcomings for Sony Pictures Classics, and Jerry Seinfeld’s Unfrosted. His television credits include Disney+’s series American Born Chinese, Hulu’s History of the World Part II, Disney+'s Doogie Kamealoha, M.D., NBC's Young Rock, and two Netflix standup comedy specials: Ronny Chieng: Asian Comedy Destroys America and “Ronny Chieng: Speakeasy.” Ronny currently stars in Taika Waititi’s Hulu series Interior Chinatown and the thriller Do No Harm.
MORE INFORMATION
This program is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Seedlings Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund, Charina Endowment Fund, Charles D. Fleischman Charitable Trust, Susan Bay Nimoy, The Isambard Kingdom Brunel Society of North America, PECO Foundation, Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina, Michael Tuch Foundation, Joseph and Joan Cullman Foundation, Jody and John Arnhold and the Arnhold Foundation, The Grodzins Fund, and the Seedtime Foundation.
Programming is also made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.
Symphony Space thanks our generous supporters, including our Board of Directors, Producers Circle, and members, who make our programs possible with their annual support.
Kathy Landau Executive Director
Peg Wreen Managing Director
Isaiah Sheffer*
Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director (1978-1990)
Artistic Director (1990-2010)
Founding Artistic Director (2010-2012)
Allan Miller
Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director (1978-1990)
Jennifer Brennan Director of Literary Programs
Drew Richardson Lead Producer of Literary Programs
Vivienne Woodward Senior Producer of Literary Programs
Mary Shimkin Director of Broadcast & Literary Initiatives
Matthew Love Consultant for Literary Programs
Magdalene Wrobleski Program Associate
Aileen Vasquez Literary Intern
Gabriela Weaver Literary Intern
*in memoriam
