SF Sketchfest 2025

Embarrassed by Night Celebrates Tết

The all-Vietnamese-American standup showcase Embarrassed by Night proudly makes its return to San Francisco Sketchfest to celebrate the Year of the Snake! Come ring in the serpentine Lunar New Year with loads of laughs and cultural joy from this eclectic, elite all-Viet lineup of comics!

Created in 2022 by Bay Area-native comics Fred Le and Andy Van, Embarrassed by Night is a touring comedy show that combines standup, music, and sketch to all types of venues to spread love of the Vietnamese culture through laughs and tunes. The show pays homage to "Paris by Night", the spectacular Vietnamese variety show whose ubiquitous video tapes helped bring our immigrant families closer together.

With guests Peter Bui, David Nguyen, Nina Nguyen, Viet Nguyen, Sean Porter, and Lillian Sam.

Kate Willett is a New York-based comedian who has appeared on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" and has a stand-up special on Netflix’s "The Comedy Lineup". She co-hosts the popular political podcast "Reply Guys", the first female-hosted leftist political podcast. Some of her other TV credits include Comedy Central’s "CC Stand-Up Featuring" (she taped her second appearance this summer which is in the can), Comedy Central’s "Jim Jefferies Show" as a guest correspondent, and Viceland’s "Flophouse". Her appearance on Comedy Central’s "This Is Not Happening" which was on Splitsider’s list of “2016’s Best Late Night Standup Sets.” She has appeared at Bumbershoot, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Just for Laughs Montreal Comedy Festival, Limestone Comedy Festival, High Plains, Big Sky Festival, Bridgetown, SF Sketchfest, Laughing Skull and many other festivals. In addition to headlining around the nation, she has performed in England, Scotland, Australia, and Canada.

Her latest special "Loopholes", was listed by Paste Magazine as one of the top 10 comedy specials of 2024 so far and is available for streaming on Amazon Prime Video.

With Paco Romane, Hosted by Priya Purim.