Comedian Brennan Tasseff puts adulthood, ambition, and the financially questionable pursuit of a comedy career under the microscope in his stand-up comedy special, Chasin’ Dreams.
Filmed live at Grove 34 in Astoria, Queens, Chasin’ Dreams finds Tasseff navigating the uncomfortable space between following your passion and realizing that bills remain remarkably uninterested in your artistic journey.
Throughout the special, Tasseff dives into sobriety, marriage, working in restaurants, and the unpredictable grind of trying to build a career in stand-up comedy. Drawing from his own experiences, he turns the everyday realities of adulthood into sharp, relatable comedy about attempting to become the person you want to be while still dealing with the responsibilities of the person you already are.
At the center of Chasin’ Dreams is the complicated relationship between ambition and reality. Following your dreams sounds inspiring until rent is due, restaurant shifts are waiting, and the credit card company reminds you that “pursuing comedy” does not qualify as a minimum payment.
That tension gives Tasseff plenty to work with as he explores what happens when the romantic idea of chasing a dream collides with marriage, money, sobriety, work, and the patience required to keep going when success doesn’t arrive on schedule.
Rather than presenting the comedy journey as some glamorous overnight rise, Chasin’ Dreams embraces the messier version—the long nights, day jobs, personal sacrifices, financial anxiety, and small victories that come with betting on yourself.
Filmed in the intimate setting of Grove 34 in Queens, the special captures Tasseff delivering personal material rooted in the strange, funny, and occasionally brutal realities of trying to make a living doing what you love.
With Chasin’ Dreams, Brennan Tasseff offers a comedic reminder that pursuing your passion can be fulfilling, exhausting, ridiculous, and expensive—sometimes all before the next credit card statement arrives.
