Ricky Sim

Ricky Sim

Ricky Sim is an NYC-based comedian originally from Malaysia. As a stand-up, he has performed at various venues in NYC, LA, Toronto, and Kuala Lumpur, including Laugh Factory, Carolines on Broadway, Broadway Comedy Club, Caveat, and Comedy Cellar.

He opened for Julia Scotti (America’s Got Talent) and Marcia Belsky (Comedy Central). He performed at the New York Comedy Festival, New York Queer Comedy Festival, and Asian Comedy Festival.

As a comedy writer, Ricky was selected to be the 2021 recipient of The PIT/Saturday Night Live (SNL) Scholarship, which is co-sponsored by Saturday Night Live. With the comedy pilot that he co-wrote, he was selected as the 2023 Fellow of the Yes And…Laughter Lab, which is a competitive incubation lab, pitch program, and showcase that lifts up the best comedy writers and performers who create new comedy about topics that matter, with a focus on BIPOC, immigrant, Muslim, LGBTQ, and female talent .He has trained at UCB, The PIT, Magnet Theater, and Squirrel Comedy studying improv, character, and sketch.

Coming Out to Dead People

A comedy solo show based on the time when comedian Ricky Sim was grappling with the decision to come out to his Chinese-Malaysian immigrant mother, just as she was diagnosed with terminal cancer – talk about good timing!

Combining stand-up and storytelling, the show explores growing up as a gaysian in the noughties in NY, learning how to keep his first boyfriend with the help of the rapper Sean Paul, while navigating the complexity of coming out, alongside the intersection of racial and cultural identity.