Theater Tour
LEAVING TRUMPLAND 2.0 – No Country for Old Men
Dutch-American comedian Greg Shapiro (Boom Chicago, BNR, Comedy Central) presents a US Election Survival Guide. With Joe Biden out of the race, the theme of the 2024 election is – more than ever – ‘No Country for Old Men.’ Will Kamala be President? Will America get a Vice President named Shapiro? One thing is for sure: whatever happens, Trump will say he won.
Greg Shapiro is known as the voice of the ‘Netherlands Second’ video from ‘Zondag Met Lubach.’ But now – if Trump 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 to Trump 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 Shapiro’s most personal moment, he shares the details of how COVID killed his step-father, due to Trump’s fantasyland followers. Now, Shapiro is accused of lying about his step-father just to make Trump look bad (like Trump needs help). Greg 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
BIO Greg Shapiro
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 2020
THEATERKRANT: ‘Sharp Satire of Trump’s America’
THEATERPARADIJS: ‘Razor Sharp Humor with a Personal Touch’
ARTS TALK MAGAZINE: ‘A Very Sharp and Dangerous Edge’
Greg Shapiro’s 2019 solo show The Madness of King Donald.
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’