Eitan Levine. Photo courtesy of the artist.
Presented by Guild Hall & The Jewish Center of the Hamptons
Join us for an evening of smart, high-energy comedy with Eitan Levine—whose quick wit, sharp observational humor, and distinct voice make him one of today’s most compelling comedic storytellers. Known as a “writer and comedian/human theme park,” Eitan’s appearances include Jimmy Kimmel LIVE, Late Night with Stephen Colbert, The Daily Show, Extra, Access Hollywood and The Kelly Clarkson Show.
He’s also written for The New York Times, New York Magazine (The Cut), Amazon, Sony, and Reader’s Digest, and collaborated on creative campaigns with Nike, Red Bull, JEEP, Audible and TruTV. Eitan’s quick wit, sharp observational humor, and distinct voice has made him one of today’s most compelling comedic storytellers, with a viral social-media presence (150,000+ followers) from series such as “Jewish Man On The Street” – especially “Jewish or Antisemitic” (28 million+ views).
Come early for a free Pop-Up Menorah Lighting with the Jewish Center starting at 5pm in the Guild Hall Lobby.
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Eitan Levine
Eitan Levine is a New York-based writer and comedian/human theme park. His work has been featured on Jimmy Kimmel LIVE, Late Night With Stephen Colbert, The Daily Show, Extra, Access Hollywood, The Kelly Clarkson Show and More. He’s also written for the New York Times, New York Magazine (The Cut), Amazon, Sony, and Reader’s Digest and has worked on creative projects with companies like Nike, Red Bull, JEEP, Audible, Tru TV, and others. He has amassed a following of over 150k followers across his social media channels.
He has previously been staffed as a journalist/producer/on-air talent at Elite Daily, Cheddar, Mashable, and several other publications. Eitan was also hired as a head writer for "Hollywood Says," China's only celebrity talk show filming in the U.S.. During his time at Cheddar, his series "Money Menu" and "Business of Going Viral” were the highest-rated shows on the channel. Eitan recently wrapped hosting a daily live sports show for Amazon Prime Video called “Game Breakers” every day from 2-4pm.
In 2022, Eitan went viral with his Jewish Man On The Street videos— especially a series called “Jewish Or Antisemitic”. To date, the video series has over 28 Million views and 5 Million likes. Other credits include writing for the Emmy awarding winning sports segment “5 For Fischler,” being one of 30 finalists in the running to live in the MLB FanCave 2013 and posing for a picture featured in The New York Times while holding a sign that said “PALIN! CALL ME” with his cell phone number underneath. He’s also been featured as a performer at Asheville Comedy Festival, Milwaukee Comedy Fest, Motor City Comedy Fest, Baltimore Comedy Festival, the Colonial Theater in Pittsfield, Comedy Mob Fest, New York Comedy Festival, Stand Up NY, Cleveland Comedy Fest (BEST OF FEST AND WINNER OF THE NATE COCKERILL PERFORMANCE AWARD), Cola Con, North Carolina Comedy Festival, Greenwich Village Comedy Club, Carolines, Broadway Comedy Club and others around New York city and across the country. On top of that, Eitan has performed at numerous synagogues, JCCs, cultural centers, colleges and corporate functions.
None of his favorite sports teams have won a championship since 1994.
He also once threw a 5-day comedy festival in his apartment called “Apartment Fest” in 2019. It had 6 sponsors, which is crazy. In 2023 he threw it again and the New York Times covered it.
Sponsors
Performing Arts programs are supported in part by Galia Meiri-Stawski and Axel Stawski, Henry and Peggy Schleiff, The Melville Straus Family Endowment, Monica and Peter Tessler, and Vital Projects Fund. Music Programming is supported in part by The Ellen and James S. Marcus Endowment for Musical Programming, and the Anne Wolf Concert Fund.
Additional support provided by Friends of the Theater: Natascia Ayers and Jim Ciquera, Bonnie and Joel Bergstein, Gene Bernstein and Kathy Walsh, Amy Cooney and Marty Feinman, John and Joan D’Addario, Suzanne and John Golden, Hilarie and Mitchell Morgan, Steve Pesner, in memory of his wife, Michèle Pesner, whose entire life was devoted to all aspects of culture, The Schaffner Family Foundation, Lisa Schultz and Ezriel Kornel, Stacey and Oliver Stanton, and Susi and Peter Wunsch.