Anthony Jeselnik in Portland

Anthony Jeselnik is an American stand-up comedian, writer and producer, born in Pittsburgh in 1978. He is known for tightly constructed dark comedy built around misdirection and taboo subjects, as well as the specials Caligula, Thoughts and Prayers, Fire in the Maternity Ward and Bones and All. His television work includes Comedy Central roasts of Donald Trump and Charlie Sheen and the series The Jeselnik Offensive. Thoughts and Prayers was recorded at the Fillmore in San Francisco in 2015. He followed it by taping Fire in the Maternity Ward at The Town Hall in New York, while Bones and All captured a later theatre set at the Pantages Theatre in Minneapolis.