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Taylor Drew
Host & Producer
Taylor Drew created Pins & Needles Comedy and produces every show. A New York City stand-up comedian and builder of tools for live comedy, Taylor runs the lineup, the room and the run of show.
PINS & NEEDLES COMEDYAbout Us
Tattoo culture meets stand-up comedy.
Pins & Needles Comedy is a New York City–based production company creating original stand-up comedy shows built around vulnerability, individuality, and audience participation. We believe comedy is most powerful when people stop performing perfection and start telling the truth.
Each of our shows explores that idea through a different format. Comedians might reveal the stories behind their tattoos, examine their worst decisions, or invite the audience to put their own regrets on trial. Whatever the theme, our shows create room for people to own the experiences that shaped them and find humor in the things they might otherwise hide.
We started Pins & Needles because we wanted live comedy to feel less predictable. Our shows combine stand-up, storytelling, and crowd interaction to create something personal, unruly, and impossible to repeat exactly the same way twice. For audiences searching for alternative stand-up comedy in New York City, interactive comedy shows, and a night that goes beyond the traditional comedy-club lineup, Pins & Needles offers something with a little more nerve.
Producers
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Justin Hartmann
Host & Producer
Justin Hartmann co-hosts and co-produces Pins & Needles Comedy, working the room and keeping the pacing tight from the first comic to the last.