Parker Callahan: Soda Pop at the New York Comedy Festival!

Soda Pop is an alt-comedy tour de force from Chicago comedian Parker Callahan. Fresh off a successful run at the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Soda Pop combines standup and original music in a multimedia, stream-of-consciousness ride through the mind of a slightly deranged gay man. One moment he’s singing about thrift-store underwear, the next he’s calling the cops on someone who looked at him weird. No trauma is explored here. It’s just dumb, delightful fun led by a twink in a Speedo. As one reviewer put it, “If there is a queer performance spectrum, Soda Pop breaks it, sets it on fire, and inhales a bottle of poppers through the glittery smoke.”