EconLOL at Caveat on NYC's Lower East Side: A Comedy Night About Economics

On Wednesday, October 21, Caveat on the Lower East Side hosted EconLOL: An Economics-Themed Comedy Show, with doors-to-stage timing set for a 7pm start.

The concept was simple: comedians, and on occasion real economists, took on economics, finance and business as comedy material. Slides were part of the format, so the jokes could be paired with charts and figures rather than relying on spoken bits alone. It treated a subject that usually feels dry as the premise for a stand-up night.

The promotional artwork named the host as Luke Strathmann. Five performers were billed: Gastor Almonte, Brittany Carney, Kevin McNulty, Annie Rauwerda and Charu Sinha. The poster used a bright green background decorated with stacks of coins, cash, a Bitcoin-style coin and a jagged line chart trending up and down, leaving no doubt that money and markets were the subject of the evening.

Tickets were listed at $15.67, with the discount code "skint" mentioned in listings. That price comes from press listings rather than the venue's own page.

Caveat is a Lower East Side venue known for comedy, talks and other live programming, and this show fit its habit of building evenings around a single theme. For Japanese readers following exchange rates, prices and market news, a comedy night that turns those subjects into punchlines offers a different way into the topic.

The show was a one-night event on October 21 and has now ended; this piece is a record of what was scheduled and presented that evening.