New Jersey 9/11 Memorial Foundation Fundraiser

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NEW JERSEY 9/11 MEMORIAL FOUNDATION

TEAMS WITH NEW JERSEY'S BAD BOY OF COMEDY

AT PRIMETIME COMEDY CLUB!

Sayreville, New Jersey March 2010 -- Catch a Rising Star @ Primetime Comedy Club and Theater is proud to announce its Benefit Fundraiser for the New Jersey 9/11 Memorial Foundation to help build the "Empty Sky" Memorial in Liberty State Park, New Jersey on Saturday, April 10, 2010, doors open at 5:30pm, Buffet Dinner from 6:00 - 7:15pm, Show at 8:00pm.

Join Mike Marino – New Jersey's Bad Boy of Comedy - and Marco Assante for this very special night of Comedy and fundraising.  Tickets include a buffet, 45.00 for regular seats and 55.00 for box seats. There will be a silent auction with expected prizes ranging from a Bon Jovi tickets to Golf foursomes and more!

This will be the NJ 9/11 Memorial Foundation's first fundraising event for the Empty Sky Memorial that is under construction at Liberty State Park, Jersey City to honor the 745 fallen New Jersey residents who lost their precious lives on Sept. 11, 2001.  "Empty Sky" remembers those lost while powerfully connects New Jersey to Ground Zero.  The Foundation needs to raise additional funds and will be having a series of different fundraising events throughout New Jersey, as we would like to have it completed for the 10 year anniversary, September 11, 2011.  You can check out their website at www.nj911memorial.org to learn more about the New Jersey memorial.

"The NJ 9/11 Memorial Foundation is pleased to collaborate with Catch a Rising Star @ Primetime Comedy Club and Theater on April 10, 2010. Over the next 10 months, the Memorial Walls will begin taking shape as we enter Phase Three of the Project. We are so close to reaching our goal of completion by the 10^th anniversary and we are grateful to the citizens of New Jersey who have supported this effort. We ask you to come to our support again and join in a night of fun and merriment with Mike and Marco, enjoy a buffet dinner and take a chance on some of the fine merchandise we will have available during our silent auction."

James C. "Rick" Cahill – Chairman, New Jersey 9/11 Memorial Foundation.

Mike Marino – affectionately known to thousands of his fans as New Jersey's Bad Boy – is one of the most unique comics of our time. Mike has a tongue like a razor and a heart of gold. He has performed in every major comedy club from New York to Los Angeles including: The MGM Grand, Catch a Rising Star, The Comic Strip, Stand Up NY, The Improv, Rascals and The Icehouse. Mike, who has worked with some of the biggest names in the business, can be seen nightly as a top headliner at both the world famous Laugh Factory. He was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. He entered the world of theatre at an early age, and is a graduate of the prestigious American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Mike has appeared in over 200 national television commercials, and has received a Best Actor Clio Award Nomination. He has acted in many Prime Time soaps and television shows including: As the World Turns, One Life to Live, Becker, Nikki, Frasier and Party of Five. His film credits include Crooks, Pizza with Bullets, Hangin' in Hedo and Steven King's Lucky Quarter.

After great success in film, theatre, commercials and soaps, Mike began touring the country performing at countless comedy clubs and sold out theatres in the thousands. His stand-up material ranges from cutting edge observations of everyday life to his Italian family roots; which recently spun into a T.V. pilot called "Marino's". His comedic style has landed him guest appearances on The Tonight Show as a regular sketch player, The Martin Short Show, Comics Unleashed, The Boomer Show, Wild Pitch, Hand Held Comedy Radio and the Rascals Comedy Hour, to name a few.  In the Fall of 2008, Mike was inducted into the New Jersey Comedy Hall of Fame. Mike has also been featured on numerous talk shows and has hosted some of the most prestigious award shows including The Beverly Hills Film Awards, Hoboken Film Festival, and the Montreal Quintus Film Festival. He has also headlined several USO Comedy Tours and the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal.

In addition to the regular Saturday Night Comedy Shows, stay tuned for special events, fundraisers, amateur boxing matches, concerts and  live dinner theater shows this spring.

Catch a Rising Star @ Primetime Comedy Club and Theatre is located at  960 Route 9 South, Sayreville, New Jersey (just off Garden State Parkway South Exit 123 1/8^th  mile on right) presents regular Shows every Saturday, Doors at 7:15pm Show at 8pm. For information and online ticket purchases, log onto  www.primetimecomedyonline.com  and primetime comedy club (facebook). Email us at info@primetimecomedyonline.com or call   732-721-6555. Ages 16 and older admitted.  Regular Tickets are 20.00 each with a two item minimum.

Catch a Rising Star - the Original New York Comedy Club that launched the careers of Jerry Seinfeld, Dane Cook, Robin Williams, Chris Rock  and many others - has been providing Comedy of Legendary Proportions since 1972. Currently Catch Clubs can be found in Reno, Nevada, Providence, Rhode Island,  New York City, Jersey City, New Jersey, Princeton New Jersey, Sayreville New Jersey and Allamuchy, New Jersey. www.catcharisingstar.com.