Log in

Education

Gateway Academy presents Stand Up For Autism at CB Live

Posted 3/21/23

Celebrate Autism Awareness Month and join Gateway Academy, the Valley’s school serving students with autism and 2E students for a night of live comedy.

On Thursday, April 20, Gateway Academy …

You must be a member to read this story.

Join our family of readers for as little as $5 per month and support local, unbiased journalism.


Already have an account? Log in to continue.

Current print subscribers can create a free account by clicking here

Otherwise, follow the link below to join.

To Our Valued Readers –

Visitors to our website will be limited to five stories per month unless they opt to subscribe. The five stories do not include our exclusive content written by our journalists.

For $6.99, less than 20 cents a day, digital subscribers will receive unlimited access to YourValley.net, including exclusive content from our newsroom and access to our Daily Independent e-edition.

Our commitment to balanced, fair reporting and local coverage provides insight and perspective not found anywhere else.

Your financial commitment will help to preserve the kind of honest journalism produced by our reporters and editors. We trust you agree that independent journalism is an essential component of our democracy. Please click here to subscribe.

Sincerely,
Charlene Bisson, Publisher, Independent Newsmedia

Please log in to continue

Log in
I am anchor
Education

Gateway Academy presents Stand Up For Autism at CB Live

Posted

Celebrate Autism Awareness Month and join Gateway Academy, the Valley’s school serving students with autism and 2E students for a night of live comedy.

On Thursday, April 20, Gateway Academy will host Stand Up For Autism starting at 6 p.m. at CB Live at Desert Ridge Marketplace.

Comedians Jann Karam and Brian Kiley will co-headline the event, along with other special guests. There will also be a silent auction and raffle with all proceeds going to the nonprofit academy, according to a press release.

“We are thrilled to be raising funds for our STEAM program and celebrating our exceptional students during Autism Awareness Month with a night of comedy and entertainment,” CEO and Executive Director O. Robin Sweet said in the release. “This is one of Gateway Academy’s biggest fundraisers of the year, so we hope everyone will come out and help support our amazing students.”

Karam is an Arizona native and attended Arizona State University. She is a stand-up comedian, actor, writer and artist. Karam has made appearances on NBC’s Tonight Show and the Late Show with David Letterman. She was also on HBO’s Young Comedians Special, Seinfeld and many more. She headlines across the country as a stand-up comedian and regularly tours with SNL alumnus Dana Carvey.

Kiley is a comedian and Emmy Award-winning writer. He is a staff writer and the head monologue writer for Conan O’Brien. Kiley has made several appearances on The Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Late Night with Conan O’Brien. He performs regularly at clubs in Los Angeles, Calif.

Tru Steinburg, son of comedian Andy Steinburg, will be the Emcee for the evening. Steinburg is a graduate of Gateway Academy and is currently attending Scottsdale Community College’s culinary arts program. Steinburg and his father have hosted the Stand Up For Autism event in the past.

Tickets start at $25 and are available at the door or at https://phxevents.cblive.com/shows/213171.

CB Live at Desert Ridge Marketplace is located at 21001 N. Tatum Blvd., Phoenix.

For more information about Gateway Academy and its services call 480-998-1071 or visit https://www.gatewayacademy.us/.