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Sureni Weerasekera is a Sri Lankan-born, San Diego-raised, & New York-based stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. She is known for her lighthearted, conversational banter to her ruthless, dark jabs. She has performed at San Francisco Sketchfest, Desi Comedy Festival, Oakland Comedy Festival,San Francisco Pride Festival and recently headlined New York Comedy Festival. Sureni is a paid regular at San Francisco Punchline Comedy Club, Cobbs Comedy Club, Sacramento Punchline Comedy Club, Alameda Comedy Club, and more. She recently opened for Hari Kondabolu, Irene Tu, Lucas Zelnick, and Ashley Gavin. She has worked withAmazon Prime, META, and HBO. Sureni was recently featured onDont Tell Comedy. She just completed the 2023-2024 Hot & Funny Tour alongside Sydney Stigerts, a DIY national tourgeared towards queer audiences. Shes a regular in with college circuit withKP Comedy. In 2024, she was selected forNetflixs IntroducingSeries for the Netflix is a Joke Festival. With an aptitude for writing, Sureni was awarded the 2019 Diversity in Comedy Writing Fellowship atKilling My Lobster SF. She is a recipient of the 2022Rickshaw Writers RoomProgramwhich specializes in South Asian storytelling. She was selected for theUnlock Her Potentialmentorship program in 2022. She is the creator ofPlant Mom Exposedand Medium Roasts, both ofwhich she wrote, edited, and acted in. She runs a monthly show calledEarth Tonesat Union Hall in Brooklyn, NY featuring QTBIPIOC comics which regularly sells out. In 2023,Gold Comedynamed Weerasekera one of 23 Comedians to Watch in 2023 In 2019,77named Sureni one the 5 Bay Area Comedians on the Rise. They described her as a seasoned comedian with a straightforward brand of humor that has commanded the stages at Cobbs Comedy Club and SF Punchline. In 2018,The Daily Californiandescribed Surenis humorous quips as featuring an ease with performing typically uncommon for someone still fairly fresh to the game. Study Breakssaid, Weerasekera is a firecracker: shes exciting, unpredictable, and unafraid to speak her mind. Instagram 46k Followers TikTok 58k Followers
