About Umar Khan
Umar Khan is the School Psychologist turned comedian from Baltimore, bringing his stand-up skills to more than just a home crowd with his hour special: Live in Baltimore. A second generation immigrant in the US to parents who grew up in Pakistan, Umar Khan regularly sprinkles his routines with en pointe anecdotes and razor sharp jokes about his experience as a person of color living in the US.
Performing stand up for the past 10 years, Umar Khan has become a regular at clubs, colleges, independent shows, and local theaters in the Baltimore and DC areas. Umar Khan has been making his mark, performing at The DC Improv, Baltimore Comedy Factory, Magooby’s Joke House, and Creative Alliance, as well as hosting the perpetually sold out and hilarious Gin & Jokes night at local joint Joe Squared. Most recently Umar Khan was invited to be on Tig Nataro’s Bentzen Ball in DC at the Kennedy Center for the Picture This Comedy Show.
Assured, authentic and refreshing in stand-up style, Umar Khan has opened for host of great comedians like Todd Barry, Hari Kondabolu, Hasan Minhaj, and Judah Friedlander. He is also co-host of the ever popular Digression Sessions podcast.
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Relaxed, charming and with an endearing hint of inner geek, Umar Khan keeps the laughs coming as he draws on his experiences as a man of colour from Baltimore City. From his work as a school psychologist, to hipsters, dating, gentrification and identity politics, this is an assured, easy breezy special from the man who Khan.
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Biography
Umar Khan is the School Psychologist turned comedian from Baltimore, bringing his stand-up skills to more than just a home crowd with his hour special: Live in Baltimore. A second generation immigrant in the US to parents who grew up in Pakistan, Umar Khan regularly sprinkles his routines with en pointe anecdotes and razor sharp jokes about his experience as a person of color living in the US.
Performing stand up for the past 10 years, Umar Khan has become a regular at clubs, colleges, independent shows, and local theaters in the Baltimore and DC areas. Umar Khan has been making his mark, performing at The DC Improv, Baltimore Comedy Factory, Magooby’s Joke House, and Creative Alliance, as well as hosting the perpetually sold out and hilarious Gin & Jokes night at local joint Joe Squared. Most recently Umar Khan was invited to be on Tig Nataro’s Bentzen Ball in DC at the Kennedy Center for the Picture This Comedy Show.
Assured, authentic and refreshing in stand-up style, Umar Khan has opened for host of great comedians like Todd Barry, Hari Kondabolu, Hasan Minhaj, and Judah Friedlander. He is also co-host of the ever popular Digression Sessions podcast.
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