Max Tidy's Comedy Hour

About this event

TICKETS are $20 all seats

Max Tidey's Comedy Hour comes to Merrimans’ Playhouse!

Merrimans’ Playhouse is excited to begin a new collaboration with comedian Max Tidey, bringing stand-up comedy into our listening room for a special series featuring Max and guest comedians.

The evening will open with live jazz from Titus Arko on piano, Mary Merriman on bass, and Stephen Merriman on drums, followed by Max Tidey and his featured comedy guests. It’s a new kind of evening at Merrimans’ Playhouse—bringing together live jazz and stand-up comedy in the intimate listening-room setting our audiences know and love.

Featured Comedians:

Max Tidey

Peter Cender

Peter Sillanpaa

And Devarron Thomas

Max Tidey is a professional comedian, host, producer, and booker with more than a decade of experience in stand-up comedy. Known for bringing fresh technicality to his writing and a charming energy to the stage, Max finds the comedy in being himself—in both the best and worst of ways.

A Michiana native, Max has opened for comedians including Brad Williams, Kevin Nealon, Bobcat Goldthwait, Michael Kosta, and Paul Virzi. He also made his Kill Tony debut at Bridgestone Arena, performing in front of 20,000 people. Max produces and performs in comedy shows throughout Southwest Michigan and the surrounding region.

Concerts and events made possible, in part, with support from the Wells Fargo Philanthropic Services Private Trust Foundations, which include grants from the Stanley A. and Flora P. Clark Memorial Community Trust Foundation, the John, Anna, and Martha Jane Fields Memorial Trust Foundation, the Muessel Ellison Memorial Trust Foundation, and the Florence V. Carroll Charitable Trust. Special concert event support provided by the Arts Midwest Grow, Invest, Gather (GIG) Fund grant. Activities are made possible in part by the Arts Organization Support (AOS), Indiana Arts Commission, a state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

Concerts and events made possible, in part, with support from The Esther and George Jaruga Charitable Foundation (2020-2023 seasons). The Student and Home Grown Series concerts made possible, in part, with support from the ArtsEverywhere Grant from the Community Foundation of St. Joseph County, and the Arts Project Support Grant and the Arts Recovery Grant through the Indiana Arts Commission.