About the Project
If you’ve ever followed a dream and wondered, “wait… was this a mistake?”—this show is for you.
Elisha Tan had a plan: leave Singapore, save her startup in Silicon Valley, and become the success story her grandma could brag about between guilt trips (her favorite form of travel).
Instead, she got a crash course in what America actually looks like when you show up with the wrong face—and a name they’ll butcher anyway.
What followed? Identity crisis, career chaos, and the kind of failure that definitely doesn’t make it onto LinkedIn… but does make for a wildly funny, brutally honest stand-up show.
Here’s the twist: the story has a happy ending. Elisha actually made it, and people noticed how she did it. Channel News Asia, CNBC, and Yahoo Finance covered her story. Conferences across Asia booked her to tell it. The Australian government even flew her in to hear how she did it. Now, for the first time, she’s telling that story the way it deserves to be told: as a live standup comedy show.
In this FREE work-in-progress comedy show, Elisha delivers a sharp, hilarious, and unfiltered take on racism, burnout, ambition, and what it really costs to chase a dream that was never designed for you. No toxic positivity. No “everything happens for a reason.” Just real stories, bold takes, and punchlines that hit a little too close to home.
If she’s going to be handed stereotypes, she’s going to weaponize them. If she’s going to fail, she’s going to make it funny.
Because if the American Dream won’t accept her… she’ll build her own.
PERFORMANCES
The Activist Kitchen (Main Space) @ 669 N. Heliotrope Dr
- [PREVIEW] Tuesday June 16 2026, 4:30 PM | 1hr
- Friday June 19 2026, 8:30 PM | 1hr
- Saturday June 20 2026, 7:00 PM | 1hr
- Sunday June 21 2026, 7:00 PM | 1hr
ABOUT ELISHA TAN
Elisha is a San Francisco-based comedian who made history as the first Singaporean to headline the iconic Punch Line San Francisco. Described by her mother as “a waste of money sending her to college,” she has performed at the Laugh Factory, Cobb’s Comedy Club, and Edinburgh Festival Fringe. She has opened for Dave Attell and Ahmed Ahmed.
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