About.
Beautiful/Anonymous is a podcast hosted Chris Gethard. He receives calls from random humans. He tweets out a phone number. One person gets through. They never say their name. He isn’t allowed to hang up for an hour. That’s it.
Beautiful/Anonymous first began in 2016 and has amassed a large, dedicated, and interactive fan base over. The podcast was featured on This American Life and was recently named one of the best podcasts of the decade by Paste Magazine.
We could think of no better, more logical event surrounding an intimate, one-on-one, anonymous podcast than with a FOUR DAY CONVENTION, aptly titled Beautiful CONonymous.
Fans are invited to descend upon Brooklyn, New York this May so they can congregate amongst one another, enjoy live tapings of the podcast, meet previously ANONYMOUS callers in the flesh, watch some of the best comedians in the world ply their trade, enjoy live music from past callers and friends of the podcast, and party amongst other introverted fans of intimate audio.
Marianne Ways is a producer, booker, and casting director specializing in stand-up comedy and comedic talent. She first began producing live comedy and music events in New York City in 2003. Since that time, she has been hailed as a “tastemaker” and “one of the most important gatekeepers in Brooklyn’s fertile stand-up scene” by The New York Times. Marianne runs MWAYS Productions—a comedy consulting, casting, and production company specializing in connecting a variety of clients with comedic and celebrity talent. Past projects include HBO’s 2 Dope Queens, Night Train with Wyatt Cenac, truTV’s Laff Mobb’s Laff Tracks, Sasheer Zamata Party Time, Montreal Comedy Festival, HQ Trivia App, Bonnaroo, Tig Notaro’s Bentzen Ball and podcast “Don't Ask Tig,” Comedy Central’s Clusterfest, Butterboy with Jo, Aparna, and Maeve, among others.
Kaylee is a stand-up producer who cut her teeth in live comedy production in Nashville, TN. She runs Dewey Comedy Productions and currently produces several monthly stand-up shows across the city, with new projects percolating behind the scenes. Kaylee is the producer of the I'm Fine, It's Fine! Podcast with comedian Amber Autry and trauma therapist Melanie Reese - a podcast highlighting the correlation between trauma, mental health, and becoming a comedic performer. She has produced nearly 200 stand-up shows since she started in 2019 and is now working on co-producing a brand-new festival for the city. She humbly receives Mother's Day cards from her favorite Nashville comedians and loves the growing comedy scene.