Come bear witness to the side-splitting shaman’s latest one man jam, "ranney"s long awaited comedy event: The Chicken or the Egg.

"Impeccable; he’s a master of rhythms, of energy, of vocal dexterity, all artfully employed to compelling effect," says Steve Bennett of The United Kingdom’s Comedy Chortle. "The way he uses language is unmatched...he passionately sets out his own world view, simultaneously apocalyptic and uplifting. It’s complex, dizzying and cathartic, a universal theory attempting to make sense of all that’s going on in the world."

The Chicken or the Egg is “ranney” at his best, a philosophical journey with surrealism, characters and musicality. "ranney" has moved beyond the run-of-the-mill obsession with provocation that pervades the world of comedy. Truly thinking for himself, he leads by example for his audience. The Chicken or the Egg humorously builds a better world through expansion of consciousness. Life and death, parties and politics, sex and religion, nature and television, family and culture, the cosmos and the toilet, all collide as trivial thoughts, clichés, and funny observations are transformed into a revival, a birth ritual, and rent party rolled into one.

"I love making audiences laugh. That’s the whole point of this walk. It just seems that so many clubs have become joke-a-thons with no thought-provoking residue, no lingering characteristics - this hinders audiences’ ability to distinguish one comedian from another. I can’t go that way. I have to give people a piece of me and share my teaspoon of wisdom for this to make sense. The laughter is a given." - "ranney"

Explicit language and adult themes.