It has been a number of years within the making, however Miami-bred comedian Nery Saenz is about to grace the Miami Improv stage as soon as once more.

Recognized for his autobiographical tales, a hearty dose of exaggeration, and sarcasm aplenty, Saenz brings his homecoming present to the Doral comedy membership on Thursday, August 24. Since his final look at Miami Improv in July 2022, he is been busy out at sea.

“For the final seven years or so, I have been primarily working and doing gigs on cruise ships,” says Saenz, who New Instances named “Finest Stand-Up Comic” in 2011. “As a lot as I’ve needed to be house, the nice drawback I’ve had is that the extra success you get, the much less you are in a single place. However I am very excited to play this room and, hopefully, promote it out.”

Subsequent month marks 20 years within the biz for the comic. On the cruise circuit and past, he is carried out with actress-comedienne Anjelah Johnson and MADtv forged member Aries Spears. For his Improv gig, he’ll be joined by fellow Miami comedy stars Brittany Courageous and Mario Ramil.

“[Brittany and Mario] are headliners in their very own proper,” he says. “It speaks to their generosity for them to be part of this present. It will be such an amazing night from high to backside.” Saenz additionally says that given the specialness of the present, he could have a crew recording audio and video of the occasion for distribution at a later date.

As for the laughs available, rely on Saenz concerning his 100-pound-plus weight-loss journey, his Hispanic heritage, and all of the in-between. Relating to his weight reduction, he finds humor in on a regular basis happenings, like when an airline attendant lately questioned his weight.

“Yeah, she pointed at me together with her total hand and stated, ‘No, nicely, how a lot is all of this?'” he says with amusing. “I imply, in America, you speak about fats individuals behind their backs, not like that. I attempted to offer her an out, however she did not consider me. I needed to be like, ‘Fats lives matter, too. Okay?'”

On his Hispanic heritage, he all the time will get a kick out of the guesses of the place he is from. “Being from Miami, it is ‘Oh, you should be Cuban’ nearly all the time. After which it turns right into a sport of if I am not Cuban, I should be Mexican or Dominican,” he says.

For the report, he is Nicaraguan. He loves the “look of puzzlement” on individuals’s faces when the information drops. It offers him a chuckle, simply as he’ll absolutely give the group on the Miami Improv.

Nery Saenz. 8 p.m. Thursday, August 24, at Miami Improv, 3450 NW 83rd Ave., #224, Doral; 305-441-8200; miamiimprov.com. Tickets price $20 to $25.