An independent comedy archiveCollected & made by Yad Konrad
Library of Comedy

By Yad Konrad

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About the Library

Yad Konrad.

Comedian, creator, producer, director and photographer. Library of Comedy brings the work together.

Yad Konrad onstage with a microphone.
Yad Konrad, onstage.

A working collection.

I perform standup in New York, make live shows, direct recordings and photograph other people’s shows. This library grows out of those years of work.

I started Library of Comedy to collect the performances, books and people that make up this world. The ambition is a Library of Congress for comedy, built from the work I make, the shows I document and the things I keep coming back to.

There is a live show, too. For the first one, I bought books and gave them to the audience. That night in Astoria belongs here alongside the specials and reading notes.

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Performance / Photography

On both sides of the microphone.

Say Cheese is a series I performed in and photographed. At Comedy Town, Rent Controlled, The Hot Seat and Sam and Ryan’s shows, I was there with my camera. These are some of those rooms.

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Photographs by Yad Konrad

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Say Cheese Comedy Show · June 6, 2024
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Say Cheese Comedy Show. June 6, 2024.Photography: Yad Konrad
A full view of the stage and seated audience at Comedy Town.
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Comedy Town.Photography: Yad Konrad
Sam Frank Jr. holding a microphone in a circular spotlight at Comedy T-Rex, with the audience in the foreground.
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Sam Frank Jr. at Comedy T-Rex. October 6, 2026.Photography: Yad Konrad
Hot Seat Comedy Show, NYC Comedy Club · November 20, 2024
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The Hot Seat at New York Comedy Club. November 20, 2024.Photography: Yad Konrad
A performer onstage surrounded by instruments at the Music Inn.
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Rent Controlled at the Music Inn.Photography: Yad Konrad
Ryan Beck holding a microphone in a circular spotlight at Comedy T-Rex, with the seated audience in the foreground.
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Ryan Beck at Comedy T-Rex. October 6, 2026.Photography: Yad Konrad

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Creation / Live shows

Shows I make.

Library of Comedy and Baklava Comedy are my own live projects. Each has something to share with the audience alongside the stand-up.

The room at the first Library of Comedy show, with its name projected behind the microphone and audience members in the foreground.
Library of Comedy · October 11, 2025
Photography by Hakim Dhouib

Library of Comedy

For the first show at Urban Vegan Roots in Astoria, I bought books to give to the audience. A book to keep, a book to swap, and a night of comedy.

The first show →
The Library’s original announcement showing the books selected for the first show’s giveaway.
From the Library’s original book-giveaway announcement.
A performer with a microphone in front of the red curtain at Baklava Comedy.
Baklava Comedy · Room 52 · September 17, 2026
Photography by Jon Asher

Baklava Comedy

Locally sourced baklava and locally sourced comedians. A separate show I created and produce in New York.

The show record →
Direction / Production / A/V

Food Fight 95.

Lance Richardson

I directed and produced Lance’s storytelling special, from the room and audio/video recording through editing and finishing.

The production record →The original production post
A still from Food Fight 95 showing Lance Richardson speaking into a microphone and holding a book.
Production still from Food Fight 95 · Lance Richardson’s storytelling special.
Direction and production by Yad Konrad.
Sources & credits

Each record keeps its original sources and individual credits. The first Library show photographs are by Hakim Dhouib; Baklava’s September 17, 2026 photographs are by Jon Asher. The photographs in the six-frame selection above are my own.

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