COMEDY
and early evenings before shows.
After school, Shardé says, Lexy’s will
be a hangout spot for kids interested in
comedy, “where they can do improv work-
shops, play games and interact. And then
we turn the room to get ready for the fi rst
show of the night.”
Hayward’s Kitchen, currently a food
in 2023. Shardé says she’s encouraged by its
truck
and catering service based in Spring-
success, and her timeline to open is early
fi
eld,
will provide food and drink for the
in 2026. Setting Lexy’s apart, Shardé says,
new
club,
which has a capacity of 75.
is an educational component to her plan.
One
day,
Shardé hopes to expand into
She’s taught stand-up comedy classes at
other
areas
of
the building where Lexy’s is
places like Oregon Contemporary Theatre
located,
creating
something like a co-work-
in downtown Eugene, and will use Lexy’s
ing
space
for
creatives,
where creators can
as a space for youth
record
podcasts
or
make
TikTok posts and
and adults to take
Instagram
Reels
and
other
social media
classes and work-
content
to
promote
themselves
and
shops in the
their
craft.
afternoon
Once established, Shardé
says she also intends to
franchise the concept
to other cities.
Eugene standup
and former Eugene
Weekly B e s t o f
Eugene Best Come-
dian winner Seth
Milstein supports
more spaces for
comedy in the area,
and says that Lexy’s
promises a completely
new way for the comedy
scene to connect with the
public.
LEXIS SHARDÉ
“Using comedy as a way
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to educate and socialize can
be a positive way to engage
young people,” Milstein says.
Comedy Central
Eugene’s second full-
time comedy club, Lexy’s,
opens in early 2026
BY WILL KENNEDY
L
exis Shardé has a lot going
on: She hosts several pop-up
stand-up comedy shows at
different venues in Eugene
each month, performs with
her Eugene-based improv troupe, Weird
Kids at Recess, and tours as a stand-up
comedian around the West Coast.
Add to that her day job in real estate,
and now Shardé is starting Lexy’s Comedy
Club on River Road in Eugene. Of her
busy schedule, Shardé reassures Eugene
Weekly, “I sleep!”
Lexy’s is the second venue solely dedi-
cated to comedy in Eugene, and the rare
spot in Oregon outside Portland that
strictly hosts comedy, both improv
and standup. Lexy’s will host touring
comedians as well as comedians
from Eugene and the Pacifi c
Northwest.
E u g e n e ’s f i r s t
comedy club, Olsen
Run Comedy Club
& Lounge, opened
“I’m optimistic about how this new space
will help build and connect locals to our
comedy community.”
Shardé was born in Eugene, and after
graduating from the University of Oregon,
lived in Los Angeles and Phoenix, where
she started doing comedy, fi rst improv
and then later standup.
While in L.A., she studied sketch writing
and standup at Upright Citizens Brigade,
a world-renowned comedy troupe and
training center founded in part by Amy
Poehler, where comedians and comedic
actors like Aubrey Plaza, Bowen Yang and
Ilana Glazer performed and studied.
Through Lexy’s, Shardé currently hosts
well-attended pop-up shows featuring local,
regional and touring comics at places like
Gratitude Brewing, Arable Brewing, Fath-
oms Bar near the UO campus and Cowfi sh
in downtown Eugene.
Once her brick-and-mortar spot opens,
she says she’ll likely continue produc-
ing these shows in other venues to build
awareness of her brand.
These performances often have themes.
Comic, Interrupted, for example, is a recur-
ring open mic where audience members
tip the comics for a chance to heckle
them, letting the comedians practice their
response.
“With what’s going on in the world,
people need this,” Shardé says of the live
comedy boom in Eugene and elsewhere.
“That’s why I strive to do this. People
need healing.”
With a tentative timeline to open in January 2026,
Lexy’s Comedy Club is at 2747 River Road. For more
information about the club and for a schedule of
Lexy’s pop-up events, go to LexysComedyClub.com.
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