Ben Bankas

Ben Bankas came up in Toronto by working around the usual gatekeepers. When COVID shut the city down he ran an outdoor stand-up show in a park, in 2023 he mounted a mock campaign for mayor, and he has posted full-length specials such as "Please, Wear a Mask" and "Permission 2 Laugh" on YouTube. Now an Austin regular at the Comedy Mothership, he aims at politics, current events, pop culture and himself, and the act is built to provoke. He has shared stages with Tony Hinchcliffe and Andrew Schulz and hosts the Bankas Podcast, which has featured Kill Tony comics. McCurdy's Comedy Theatre bills the run as a special event rated Adult Bawdy, 18 and over.