
Santa Cruz Comedy Festival Presents
LAUGHTOPUS
October 3rd – 4th 2025
SCCF Presents: LAUGHTOPUS
Friday 10/3 Valeri Tosi
SCCF Presents: LAUGHTOPUS
Saturday, 10/4 Myq Kaplan
DNA has appeared on NPR’s Snap Judgement, Wonderama and Uncle Floyd. DNA has produced 16 years of Comedy Festivals in Northern California and over 2000 comedy shows. Now it’s his time.
He’s been Timothy Leary’s chauffeur, and has had a hit song on the radio in Northern California. DNA’s first time onstage was winning a Showtime College Comedy Laff-Off at Chico State. He then took 20 years off to create thousands of free community events and festivals. DNA’s namesake, and Great Uncle, booked the comedy at The Anderson Hotel in the Borscht Belt. Comedy is in his genes. This is DNA’s first comedy album.

Dark Horse
DNA’s first comedy album on
Punchline Records
Quotes from people nice enough to listen.
“I love DNA’s new album, “Dark Horse.” He’s smart, he’s silly, he’s dark, he’s light. He jokes about loss and family, drugs and survival. Just about everything you need to hear about on a comedy album these days. Stream it, download it, consume it NOW.”
– Comic Laurie Kilmartin
“I loved listening to DNA’s debut album, DARK HORSE. It’s a super fun roller coaster of a look into the brain and heart of a singular artist who is funny and weird in the best way and very much himself. And that is coming from the brain and heart of someone who is funny and weird and very much MYself.”
– Comic Myq Kaplan
“There’s a comfort in watching someone do stand up for decades; you can let yourself feel happy and safe in where the comedy is about to go. You know it’s going to be funny, but DNA also lets the audience think. DARK HORSE is just fun.”
– Comic Jackie Kashian
“DNA’s new album is a dark and whimsical ride. His quirky essence will make you feel less alone during this crazy timeline. DNA’s innate ability to blend unconventional and silly will have you laughing throughout the entire album”
– Comic Steph Clark
“He’s a local celebrity wherever he goes, and now you can plunge into the chaotic comedic world of DNA! He riffs on Rachel Maddow, the anarchic battlefield of Musical Chairs, and the universal Gen X experience of looking into the Magic Mirror. Open wide the floodgates and let a tidal wave of pure, unfiltered NorCal wash over you.”
– Comic Virginia Jones
“a funny, hyperactive journey through a unique comedy mind”
– Comic Chad Opitz
“Dark Horse is like taking an acid trip and having a menty b at the same time, but knowing that you’ll come out of the other side safe, and with your phone, keys and wallet.”
– Filmmaker Hannah Marianetti
“DNA’s take on society, culture and counter-culture comes as a punchline to the throat that we all need…truth, dystopia and laughs until the end.”
– Comic Ryan Singer