Paul Mecurio's Permission to Speak

Fresh off a sold-out off-Broadway run, the critically acclaimed Permission to Speak features hilarious and jaw-dropping stories from audience members co-starring alongside the Emmy & Peabody award-winning comedian Paul Mecurio. Paul punctuates the evening with his own jokes and anecdotes and, in the process, brings people together on stage through shared stories and organic connections. Using his customized multimedia presentation--developed by a creative team boasting 33 Emmys, 6 Peabody, and 1 Grammy award--Paul weaves cohesive interactions between audience members in a way that’s never been done before. Paul fearlessly, but respectfully, uses humor and compassion to create dynamic exchanges that lead to meaningful and unexpected connections. Paul has been seen countless appearances on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, CBS Sunday Morning, The Tonight Show, NBC, ABC, MSNBC, as recurring co-host of StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson and his own Comedy Central and HBO specials.

What is Permission to Speak? A HILARIOUS mix of Paul's Emmy Award-winning stand-up, crowd work and theater. But it's crowd work you've NEVER experienced before - the audience is NOT the butt of the joke, rather it's the STAR - by allowing them to tell their fun, wild stories if they so choose or to just watch, either way everyone will have a ball!

Paul creates a new reality where the funny and profound mix. Where the audience begins to really care about a stranger telling Paul their story. He magically transforms an audience from the seemingly divisive herd we are often described into a group of human beings who want to laugh with, hear from and learn about others. With Paul as our link we recognize ourselves in the funny and real stories of others and we become aware that we’re not so different from each other after all. First and foremost the show is SUPER fun and funny and something you've NEVER seen before!