Support the 2026 Make Em Laugh OK Festival!
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 Cetner for Creativity is at 910 S. Boston, Tulsa, OK 74120
Kick off the 2026 Make Em Laugh Festival with Melodie Coulter and Mary Grace Moser, presenting Z Huheey, Amanda Ridgley, Bad Humours (Cory Foster and Davey Hayes), Parker Willis and Jay Kincaide!
Cepeda Cheeks welcomes Conni Lee and other stand up comedy talent from across Oklahoma. More acts to be announced!
Bobby Baldwin hosts Tater Twat Improv, standup comedian Michael Addengast, and Atomic Improv for an electric 90 minutes of comedy variety!
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.
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.
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!
All shows at Make Em Laugh are FREE and open to the public, however, performances at the Lynn Riggs Theatre are recommended 18+.
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).
Festival alumni Kels Cooper hosts Playing Possum improv, stand up Amando Rivery and more!
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).
Programming to be announced!
