When the Funny Stop Comedy Club closed in March after more than four decades in operation, it left a hole in the city’s comedy scene.
“It was like a family,” local comedian Nicole Knight said of the club. Knight performed at Funny Stop for the first time in 2018, the year she started doing comedy.
After years of performing in the region, Knight is turning her talents to producing shows. On Friday, she’ll host a comedy night at the Jenks in Cuyahoga Falls featuring sets from Samantha Archual, Brett Thomas, Precious Moore and Tim Wolfe. It’s her first time producing a show on her own. If it goes well, she hopes it will lead to more comedy shows in Akron and the surrounding area…