LaftRx is here to write your prescription for laughter and humor for the Seniors living in community settings. We have a team of business minded comedians (Dangerous combination). Our team members come from many different back grounds working in Health Insurance, Senior Living Data Sourcing, Senior Living Management, Small Businesses, Learning, Comedy Club Owner (The Church of Satire), Comedy Production Company (Big Timing Comedy, LLC) and of course Stand Up Comedy! Combined, there is nearly 50 years of stand up comedy experience and hundreds of years of the above professions combined into a team that is not only skilled at making your community laugh but providing a healthy environment for your community members to improve their health with exposure to humor. It is a proven fact that laughter IS the best medicine, so let our team give your community a health dose.
Our knowledge of senior living and the stand up comedy business, LaftRx select comedians and performers that will be cultivated and fashioned to bring live entertainment that will fit the demographic of those living within seniors communities.
LaftRx is here to make your communities laugh as we all know and it has been proven that laughter is the best medicine. We want to provide stand up comedy shows on a recurring basis for senior communities across America.
To get more information and set up a meeting with the team, please contact us at laftr@bigtimingcomedy.com
Jim Bryan is a former Pennsylvania Personal Care Home Administrator who began his professional healthcare career as a teenager in 1998 in Long Island, New York in a setting commonly known as an ‘orphanage’ as a direct care worker. From there, the caregiving work carried him to Las Vegas where he supervised a group home for adolescents. The journey then delivered him to South Central Pennsylvania in 2012 and to yet another residential psychiatric setting as Night Supervisor, Case Manager, and Program Manager. In 2017 Jim took on the role of Executive Director at a large retirement community. Along the way he’s trained and cultivated caregivers and leaders using decades of refined methods and mindset. In the caregiving world where professionals hear “more of the same” at trainings and seminars, Jim brings a unique voice and perspective on the culture of care communities that helps individuals connect with empathy in an actionable manner. Jim holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration, is an instructor of Pennsylvania’s certification course for Personal Care Home Administrators, and has conducted programs at workshops, seminars, and conferences. Jim’s passion for stand-up comedy goes back to his childhood. Enamored with stand-up comedian’s presence from a very young age, Jim started performing himself in 2002 and has performed all over the county at some of the most recognized clubs. In 2018 he opened Church of Satire Comedy Club in Hanover, PA and the brand has continued to grow and expand its reach ever since, all while creating a comedy community in South Central PA that never existed prior. Using this constellation of experience as a care worker, manager, executive, comedian, and business owner, Jim continues to council others on building healthy community cultures based on dignity, respect, and promoting others.
Lon Kieffer, RN, BSN, MBA, NHA, "retired" as a professional comedian in 1984... and "let humor work" as he became a widely respected expert on Caregiver Leadership in the Senior Living Industry!
Present day, Lon and a team of chosen professional Comics are "EnterTraining" residents, their guests and the professionals that serve them in the "55+ Community" with Clean Stand Up Comedy! Each comedian involved has committed to and taken a “Continuing Care Retirement Comic” pledge!
As a professional LaftRx comic working in the Senior Living industry I acknowledge that I will be performing for and before a “retired audience” that are generally “55-plus!” and differs from a “mature audience” as per the LaftRx “Mature Humor” ratings standards.
As a LaftRx comic I believe in the value of respectfully sharing references and observations designed to allow for a “healthy understanding of matters others recognize” amongst the “retired audience” target market and their guests; and those serving in the Senior Living Industry. As a LaftRx comic our intent is always to create a positive culture and community through laughter and to never be offensive for shock value. As with any attempt at humor; some participants my take offense, but this should be a very rare and isolated occurrence.
Lon Kieffer, is a Registered Nurse, that has enjoyed a successfully forty year career in healthcare. Concentrating mostly on the Senior Living Industry he has been recognized for his servant leadership and natural use of humor to achieve industry leading occupancy, survey history, recruitment and retention through a strategy of engaging, retaining and attracting teams with a “healthy understanding” and appreciating of a positive/caring culture and community. His experience as a former professional comedian allowed him to become a highly sought after speaker in the senior living industry and Caregiver Advocate known as the “Defender of Caregivers”
Lon Kieffer is a Professional Comedian, that has embraced the more challenging path of being a Clean Comic. As a man of a certain age himself, his observational humor regarding shifting priorities, capabilities and interests has allowed him to become widely known as the “Retired Comic” as he has created a genre of comedy for “Retired Audiences” that has proven successful in traditional comedy clubs presenting to mainstream audiences as well as private/corporate events in the Senior Living Industry. This unique approach allows residents’ (current and prospective), their families, and those that serve them to enjoy the community building bond achieved through an experience of shared humor.
Although he enjoys long walks on the beach, and reading nineteenth century french poetry in the shade of a weeping willow tree on a cool afternoon. Je suis comme un bon vin, je m'améliore avec l'âge. Le fromage est vieux et moisi, où est la salle de bain? Eric enjoy's business, entrepreneurship, and comedic entertainment. He has studied business in his undergrad as well as received his masters in business from Loyola University Maryland. Although these are very serious matters, he enjoys a good laugh, comedy, and entertainment of all sorts and sizes. It just so happens that sense of humor that Eric and Stefan share was the catalyst that brought them together years ago. Eric is focused on business development for new venues, managing existing accounts, booking talent, producing shows, and managing the business finances and organization's growth strategies. Eric also writes and performs comedy. Produced over 200 episodes of the podcast Paco's Got Balls Featuring Wendi and is creator of the podcast The Unextraordinary Gentlemen. To book Eric or seek Big Timing Comedy's services, Eric can be reached at eric@bigtimingcomedy.com.
A humble boy from humble beginnings. A Baltimore native, Stefan Subotich is a professional comic/actor and COO of Big Timing Comedy, LLC. As a comedian, he's toured all over the country and opened for names like Dan St. Germain (Comedy Central), Brian McDaniel (TMZ), Adam Dodd (HBO'S East Bound and Down), Steve Hofstetter (host of Fox's Laughs), Mark Riccadonna (SiriusXM, SNL), and Brooks Whelan (Saturday Night Live). Stefan has also graced the stage at some of the premiere comedy clubs in the country, including The Ice House Comedy Club in Los Angeles (home club of Tim Allen and Ellen DeGeneres), Broadway Comedy Club NYC, Baltimore Comedy Factory, and Magooby's Joke House. You've also seen him as a sleazy salesperson in the nationally syndicated Mattress Warehouse commercial! Stefan is a storyteller who loves interacting with his crowd-drawing inspiration from the everyday life of his audience, as well as his own.
Born in Parkville, MD, otherwise known as the Motherland of Milk and Honey. He studied at Calvert Hall High School, before moving on to the renowned West Virginia University. It was at West Virginia that his education truly blossomed. He met many Rednecks, alcoholics, and generally obese people that loved his trademark wit and charm. He was strongly encouraged there to pursue a career in comedy. His travels later brought him home to the Motherland, where he landed a job as a Bartender at a local watering hole, Souris Saloon. There, he met many yuppies, alcoholics, and generally thin people that loved his trademark wit and charm. He was again strongly encouraged to pursue a career in Comedy. It was at this juncture that he came across Eric Jolicoeur and expressed his strong desire to Eric that he desired a career in comedy and entertainment. The two formed the powerhouse comedy super label Big Timing Comedy, LLC and the rest my friends....is history. Stefan enjoys all things Baltimore sports and a nice strong beverage. So, please, drop him a line on the twitter @stefansubotich or come out and support his unique brand of highly offensive comedy.