Comedy From Scratch, at The Idea Kitchen

Featuring Keith Chase , Bassam Shawl and Ben Asher

Saturday, May 23, 2026 @ 8:00 PM

Show flyer featuring Bassam Shawl, Keith Chase and Ben Asher performing on Comedy From Scratcg, at The Idea Kitchen, in Larchmont, NY

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About the Performers

Keith Chase (HBO, SiriusXM)

Keith Chase regularly performs standup comedy in NYC and has appeared on HBO’s “Game Theory with Bomani Jones” and "The Dean Obeidallah Show" on SiriusXM. He's performed on a regional stage throughout the Northeast as well as Los Angeles. His festival appearances include the 2019 Meadowlands Comedy Festival, 2022 Sixth City Comedy Festival, 2022 Portland Maine Comedy Festival, 2022 Finger Lakes Comedy Festival, and the 2023 Burbank Comedy festival where he was named "Best of the Fest".

Keith last performed on Comedy From Scratch, at The Idea Kitchen, on March 23, 2024.

Bassam Shawl (NY Comedy Festival)

Bassam Shawl is a stand-up comedian, writer, and actor. He performs regularly at The Stand and New York Comedy Club, has been featured on Don’t Tell Comedy, and was a “Comic to Watch” at the New York Comedy Festival, and has written for Tiffany Haddish.

Hosted by Ben Asher (Comedy Central; New York Comedy Festival)

The show is proudly hosted by Comedy From Scratch founder, Ben Asher. Ben Asher, a writer and comedian from New York, is known for his “brave,” confrontational material, and his skills as a “brilliant joke writer” among fellow comedians. He performs regularly at comedy venues and colleges throughout the metropolitan area, East Coast, and Europe. Audiences are always quick to share their appreciation of Ben’s style of sardonic irreverence and absurd, satiric wit in which he doesn’t just dissect language and taboos - he explodes them. “What Ben Asher says makes me laugh, even though I feel like I shouldn’t."

In 2022 Ben recorded a half-hour special "An Intimate Evening of Provocative and Deranged Humor" at The Nest rock club, in Brooklyn, NY. In 2024, Ben recently opened for Greg Fitzsimmons. Also, in 2022, Ben's show Arthur Avenue Comedy was featured in the NY Comedy Festival as one of only two comedy shows in Bronx. In 2014, Ben traveled to Iceland to headline in the Iceland Comedy Festival. He was also the finalist in the 2014 Funniest Jewish Comedian Competition. In 2013 Ben was in the New York Comedy Festival. Ben has been a guest on Sherrod Small's 'Races Wars' podcast.

How to Find Us

The Idea Kitchen: 1940 Palmer Avenue, Larchmont, NY 10538