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Get ready to Make Em Laugh!

In 2025, more than 50 comedic artists from across Oklahoma gathered in Tulsa to put on full weekend of FREE comedy.

This year, we've invited more than 75 incredible performers to entertain you - once again for free.

Our 2026 festival will be held October 23-25, 2026! Evening shows will happen in the Lynn Riggs Theatre at the Dennis R. Neil Equalitly Center, with our all-ages programming happening at the McKeon Center for Creativity. We are THRILLED to present this festival in both of our very first Third Spaces.

Make 'Em Laugh, OK is a production of Third Space Society, a Tulsa-based 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization seeking to provide a safe, inclusive, and accessible environment for exploring the comedic arts.

While the festival is free to attend, we are paying each of our performers an honorarium. Packing this much talent into our shows is expensive, and we would be incredibly grateful for your support.

Make Make Em Laugh Happen!

All shows at Make Em Laugh are FREE and open to the public, however, performances at the Lynn Riggs Theatre are recommended 18+.

The Lynn Riggs Theatre is at 621 E 4th St, Tulsa, OK 74120

The McKeon Center for Creativity is at 910 S. Boston, Tulsa, OK 74120

Schedule - Friday, October 23

6 p.m. - Lynn Riggs Theatre

Kick off the 2026 Make Em Laugh Festival with Melodie Coulter and Mary Grace Moser, presenting Z, Amanda Ridgley, Bad Humours (Cory Foster and Davey Hayes), Parker Willis and Jay Kincaide!

7 p.m. - Lynn Riggs Theatre

Cepeda Cheeks welcomes Conni Lee and other stand up comedy talent from across Oklahoma. More acts to be announced!

8 p.m. - Lynn Riggs Theatre

Bobby Baldwin hosts Tater Twat Improv, standup comedian Michael Addengast, and Atomic Improv for an electric 90 minutes of comedy variety!

9:30 p.m. - Lynn Riggs Theatre

Melodie Coulter invites you for a sketch and alternative comedy romp with Castle, Brown and Harper: Comedians at Sketch, Trash and the Dumpster Puppets, and Oil & Gas Comedy company.

Family-Friendly Saturday

This programming block is packed with interactive workshops and performances designed to be engaging for audiences of all ages. All performances are FREE to attend and open to the public. Third Space would like to thank our partner and long time third place Tulsa Community College and the McKeon Center for Creativity for their generosity and joyful support of the Third Space Society mission.

11 a.m. - 3 p.m. McKeon Center for Creativity

Join the Third Space Players Club for an Improv for All workshop, followed by youth standup comedy by the After School Comedy Club, clean stand up by Michele Vandusen with the magnetic Wocka! Wocka! from OKC Improv closing the program. More acts to be announced!

Schedule - Saturday, October 24

All shows at Make Em Laugh are FREE and open to the public, however, performances at the Lynn Riggs Theatre are recommended 18+.

5 p.m. - Lynn Riggs Theatre

Festival alumni Adam Avitable hosts William Baker, Bad Habit Improv (Melodie and Jared Coulter) and Diandra Magdalene, Flow Improv (Eric Sorrels and Mary Grace Moser).

6:30 p.m. - Lynn Riggs Theatre

Festival alumni Kels Cooper hosts Playing Possum improv, stand up Amando Rivera and more!

8 p.m. - Lynn Riggs Theatre

Our headline show combines festival favorites from the inaugural Make Em Laugh, OK festival along with judge favorites from the 2026 submission pool. Join Thunderwof for a jam-packed show featuring NEON improv (Amanda Stonebarger, Mary Grace Moser and Melodie Coulter, stand up powerhouse Brett Jeffries, and electrifying musical improv set Hit the Ha Note (directed by Ben Harper).

10 p.m. - Afterparty at DVL

Schedule - Sunday, October 25

Programming to be announced!

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