Best stand-up in the burbs! Raue Center brings the best stand-up comics in the Chicagoland area close to home with Lucy’s Comedy, Raue Center’s longest-running program! Curated by comic and radio personality John DaCosse. Lucy’s Comedy brings top Chicagoland talent to the stage for an unforgettable night of laughs.

Headliner Brian Noonan is a veteran comedian, actor, and radio host with over 20 years of experience. Known for his quick wit and relatable storytelling, no two performances are ever the same.He’s a host on WTMJ Radio in Milwaukee and a longtime voice on WGN Radio. His credits include The Tonight Show, Malcolm in the Middle, Chicago Med, and top comedy clubs nationwide including Zanies, The Improv, and The Laugh Factory. Offstage, Brian has spent nearly a decade as a substitute teacher, bringing humor to classrooms from preschool through fifth grade.

As a life-long lover of comedy, featured comic Catherine Strauss decided to take the lemons of menopause and turn them into lemonade. Honing her craft from the school of hard knocks and mommy groups, she gleefully holds her latte and talks about the good ol days of being single, her amazingly forgiving family and her current life as a menopausal empty nester. Catherine has had the honor of performing at Lucy’s, Crystal Lake, Zanies, Chicago, Zanies Rosemont, & Still Not Friday @ Two Brothers Roundhouse, Aurora.