zach zimmerman
"rising star” - The New York Times
TimeOut Comic to Watch
Zach Zimmerman is a stand-up comedian, writer, and artist who has performed all over the world. Originally from Southern Virginia and trained in Chicago, he was named one of six TimeOut New York Comic to Watch. His stand-up album “Clean Comedy” debuted on the Billboard Top 10 Comedy Charts and at #1 on iTunes. His critically-acclaimed show at Edinburgh Fringe Festival was named a show to see at the New York Comedy Festival by The New York Times.
Zach’s wriiting has been published in The New Yorker, McSweeney’s, The Washington Post, The Independent, and The Huffington Post, and elsewhere. He’s been featured in video projects by New York Magazine, The Cut, and TimeOut NY, and was a host and staff writer for Scruff’s popular trivia game Hosting.
He is a The Second City Theatricals alum, first-generation Princeton University graduate, and once opened for RuPaul’s Drag Race drag superstar Alyssa Edwards. In Spring 2020, he was a visiting lecturer at Princeton University in TV comedy writing.
“a highly personal exploration of gay identity, sex, a breakup on a plane, religious reckoning, and how much his mom wishes he wouldn’t talk about any of that stuff.”
