Theater Tour

LEAVING TRUMPLAND 2.0 – A 2024 ELECTION SURVIVAL GUIDE

The voice of the ‘Netherlands Second’ viral video is back! Greg Shapiro (Boom Chicago, Comedy Central, BNR, ZDF) presents a personal take on US election 2024. If Trump loses, then we will all be leaving ‘Trumpland.’ But if he wins, will Shapiro ever feel comfortable returning to the country of his birth? Shapiro keeps hearing the question: “don’t you want Trump to be president again?” His answer is the same thing Mark Rutte said in the White House: “Haha! No.”

Leaving Trumpland 2.0

is a mix of standup and storytelling, with a bit of Trump-inspired improvisation at the end. Shapiro wrote Leaving Trumpland 1.0 in 2020 – during COVID. He argues that a Trump comeback would be about as welcome as COVID 2.0.
In 2024, Shapiro gets personal. It was in 2020 that COVID killed his step-father, due to Trump’s virus-denying followers. Four years later, Shapiro is accused of lying about his step-father just to make Trump look bad (like Trump needs help). Shapiro is happy to peel back all the layers and share the unvarnished truth. Leaving Trumpland 2.0 is Shapiro’s most brutally honest show yet.

Leaving Trumpland 2.0 is in English, with some Dutch.

Written and Performed by: Greg Shapiro

Directed by: MICHAEL DIEDERICH

Greg Shapiro is one of the originals at Boom Chicago theater in Amsterdam. He has hosted ‘Comedy Central News’ on ComedyCentralNL, and he has appeared on BNR, BNN-VARA, VPRO & ZDF in Germany. And yes, he is known as the voice of Trump in the ‘Netherlands Second’ viral video with 50 million views. As author, Greg has written books such as How to Be Dutch: the Quiz and his latest The American Netherlander: 25 Years of Expat Tales.

REVIEWS for Greg Shapiro Theater Tour LEAVING TRUMPLAND 1.0

THEATERKRANT: ‘Sharp Satire of Trump’s America’

THEATERPARADIJS: ‘Razor Sharp Humor with a Personal Touch’

ARTS TALK MAGAZINE: ‘A Very Sharp and Dangerous Edge’

This autumn, Shapiro also performs the US election show PEP & GREG POLITICALLY INCORRECT at Boom Chicago.
Review for 2020’s LOCK HIM UP at Boom Chicago –
THEATERKRANT: ‘Superior Trump Bashing’

Reviews for Shapiro’s The Madness of King Donald, 2019
VOLKSKRANT: 4 STARS ‘Greg Shapiro Is the Perfect Person to Give Us Trump Lessons.’

THEATERKRANT: CRITIC’S CHOICE ‘A Welcome Trump Tutorial and Survival Guide’

HET PAROOL: ‘A frighteningly real Fake Trump.’

Greg Shapiro’s 2019 solo show The Madness of King Donald – now on Spotify.

Also in 2024 – Pep & Greg Politically Incorrect at Boom Chicago!
(Yes, I’m doing TWO US election shows at the same time.)