PlanetPix Media & Entertainment Group has announced that comedian-actor Ahmed Ahmed (The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Comedy Show, Axis of Evil Comedy Tour) will headline FUNATICAL: Taking Comedy to the Extreme’s We Come in Peace Tour on Thursday, April 14, 2011 at Arlington Cinema & Drafthouse and Saturday night, April 16, 2011 at Ernst Cultural Theater NVCC in the Washington D.C. metro area.
FUNATICAL: Taking Comedy to the Extreme! is a hip intercultural, interfaith comedy tour that breaks stereotypes and bridges gaps between Muslims, Jews, Christians (and other faiths) from the Middle East & South Asia. Comedians poke fun of culture and current events, which they lampoon with humor and satire. With increased Islamophobia in America and the current turmoil in the Middle East, ‘FUNATICAL’ promotes cultural and religious understanding through laughter. The shows are produced by an interfaith team who uses comedy as an equalizer to counter prejudices in a humorous way.
Ahmed joins FUNATICAL for the first time as a special guest headliner. The shows will benefit the Nooristan Foundation, a 501c3 nonprofit that provides support for charitable and educational projects in Afghanistan.
