Please join us for Psych! A Diagnostic Stand-Up Comedy Show

About the Show

Psych! will take you on a beautiful hilarious journey that includes interactive therapeutic crowd work, stand-up comedy, personal and intimate questions during a diagnostic comedian session with a licensed therapist, improvised group therapy, and some surprises!

Three comedians take the stage, followed by engaging sessions with licensed mental health therapist and stand-up comedian, Aimee LeCours. Together, they'll unravel the mysteries behind the humor, exploring the age-old question, “Why are you like this?” Prepare for an evening of insightful humor and spontaneous revelations.

Our last show at Caveat in New York City in April had over 70 engaged and interactive audience members and included stand-up comedians from Comedy Central, The Tonight Show, and The New Yorker.

Disclaimer - This show is for entertainment purposes only. While some information may be real and intimate, this is all in good fun and no insurance may be billed.

List of Comedians 

Deanna Ortiz is Chicago Reader’s 2022 and 2023 Best Standup Of the Year. She is the host of the podcast ‘Crushes!’, which was nominated for Best Podcast in the Chicago Reader Best Of. She has also been featured in Vulture for the ‘Hot Or Just Tall’ game that accompanies it. She is a contributing writer for NPR’s Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me and the The Onion/AV Club. Her standup has been featured in Vulture, WGN News, FOX Good Day Chicago, and TimeOut Chicago. Any time she can connect genuinely with people, Ortiz is happy. Her comedy is often seasoned with pop culture references – fun for everyone – and personal stories told in a way that makes you feel like each joke was written just for you.

Sofia Javed is a Chicago-based comedian and writer. Her humor is inspired by her life as a brown woman in America, her love of languages, and her former career as a cubicle bureaucrat. Sofia performs around Chicago in venues such as the Laugh Factory and Zanies Comedy Club. And at the top venues in Washington, D.C., including the DC Improv and the DC Comedy Loft.  She has been featured in The Washington Post, and she appears in two footnotes on Wikipedia. Sofia has been a featured performer at comedy festivals around the country, including the Sno Jam Comedy Festival in Sioux Falls. Sofia co-hosts Dance of Joy: A Perfect Strangers Re-Watch Podcast. She has also directed, co-produced, and performed in Virtually Funny, a virtual comedy show featuring clean and smart material customized for any occasion. She has been a contributor at The Lunar Times Blog, an Asian-American satirical news site. She  was selected for the Diverse As Fuck writing workshop with The Onion, was accepted at St. Nells Humor Writing Residency and was named a finalist in the International Screenwriters Association's TV Pilot Pitch Challenge.

Sohrab Forouzesh is a Chicago based comedian and writer who won't take it personally if you say his name wrong. He moved to the U.S from Iran when he was just eight years old, and his material is heavily influenced by his experiences as a fat Persian kid growing up in America. His rapid-fire delivery paired with his down to earth relatability is what makes him a favorite of the Chicago comedy scene. Along with being a finalist for StandUP NBC in 2019, Sohrab also tours colleges and was also a writer for the sketch show Group Therapy featured on Complex. If you’re ever in Chicago make sure to catch him at the world famous Laugh Factory, Comedy Bar, and Zanies Comedy Club. Sohrab got his start in comedy while attending Western Michigan University where he won The Kalamazoo Comedy Competition and was a finalist in the TBS and Rooftop Comedy’s National College Comedy Competition. Before graduating college he opened for Nick Swardson and performed at the prestigious Gilda’s Laughfest Comedy Festival. He's an Iranian comedian even your racist uncle will love.

Aimee LeCours, LMHC is a Florida based stand-up comedian, improvisor, and licensed mental health counselor. You may have seen her at the Orlando Improv, Don't Tell Orlando, Breakthrough Theater, Caveat in New York City, and on the Second City stage and Lincoln Lodge in Chicago. She was a semi-finalist in the Florida's Funniest Comedian Competition. She won second place in the Whiskey Theater Factory 1-Minute Play Competition. She produces and hosts Psych! A Stand-Up Therapy Comedy Show.