An Evening with Comedienne Cameron Esposito

Comedienne Cameron Esposito delights audiences with a short comedy set followed by Q&A about Rape Jokes, her standup comedy special about sexual assault from a survivor’s perspective.

Cameron Esposito is a nationally headlining comic who has garnered glowing praise from The New York Times, Vanity Fair, Variety, and The Guardian. She’s also a sexual assault survivor. In 2018, Esposito released Rape Jokes, a standup comedy special about sexual assault from a survivor’s perspective. Esposito heads to MIT for a short standup performance followed by Q&A with the audience.

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Cameron Esposito is a comedienne who co-created and co-starred in the sitcom, Take My Wife. Esposito’s critically-acclaimed performances have been lauded by The New York Times, Variety, The Guardian, LA Weekly, Time Out Los Angeles, and Los Angeles Magazine. Her sophomore album, Same Sex Symbol, debuted at number one on the iTunes comedy charts and was named one of The AV Club’s best comedy albums of 2014. Rape Jokes, her standup special, tackles sexual assault from a survivor’s perspective and raised more than $85,000 for the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network.

All Communications Forum events are free and open to the general public. Seating is given on a first come, first served basis. There are no tickets. This event is co-sponsored by the de Florez Fund for Humor, Women & Gender Studies at MIT, and The MindHandHeart Innovation Fund.