June 17, 2017
Justin Sayre is a writer and performer best known for his downtown cabaret/variety show The Meeting*, now in its 8th and final season at Joe's Pub. Sayre, described by Michael Musto in the Village Voice as "Oscar Wilde meets Whoopi Goldberg," was recently hailed as one the "Funniest People in Brooklyn" by Brooklyn Magazine and among "LA's 16 Most Talented LGBT Comics" by Frontiers Magazine. He has published two YA novels with Penguin Books, most recently Pretty in 2017. His original works for the theater have been shown at La MaMa; Dixon Place; The Wild Project; Queer Pop-Up Museum; Ars Nova; and The Players Club. He also wrote for the sitcom, 2 Broke Girls on CBS and appeared on HBO's The Comeback with Lisa Kudrow.