ArtsQuest has teamed up with another mainstay of the SouthSide Bethlehem arts district, Touchstone Theatre, to present two comedy shows in July.

Each show will be presented on Touchstone’s new outdoor stage, which sits behind the theater’s longtime home at 321 E. Fourth St., and will have a capacity of 250 seats sold as general admission.

Alcoholic beverages will be available for purchase for those 21 and over. Tickets for each show are currently on sale at steelstacks.org/comedy.

“We’re grateful to Touchstone for offering us this opportunity,” said Ryan Hill, ArtsQuest’s Programming Director and Director of the ArtsQuest Comedy Program. “We were looking for a space to safely produce comedy this summer, and Touchstone came through via the strong bond we’ve developed with them over the years. Touchstone and ArtsQuest share a commitment to enriching the lives of the people in our SouthSide neighborhoods and beyond. I’m happy that we get this opportunity to do so together.”

Macungie native Adam Yenser headlines the July 10 show, also at 8 p.m.

Yenser, an Emmy award-winning writer for “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” is also the star of the recurring “Kevin the Cashier” segments. He’s appeared on Conan, FOX Laughs, and the “Greg Gutfeld Show,” in addition to writing for the Oscars and contributing to “Saturday Night Live’s” Weekend Update.

July 17 will mark the return of Bethlehem native Kate Hughes’ one-woman show Most Flammable, performed as standup and storytelling both live and onscreen.

The two previous editions of this show are among the most successful ever produced within the ArtsQuest Comedy Program; the new version, Most Flammable III: Amsterdammmmnnnn, details an overseas trip she took in the aftermath of a very tough year - an overseas trip that coincided with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The rain date is July 18.

“We are excited to partner with ArtsQuest on these upcoming shows,” said James P. Jordan, Touchstone’s Artistic Director. “Our organization’s missions of our serving our community in the SouthSide and beyond align perfectly.

“We are proud to offer a much-needed reprieve and give people the opportunity to enjoy artistic expression through comedy together, in-person once again.”

The ArtsQuest Comedy Program started with the opening of the ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks in May 2011. Overseen by Hill, along with Coordinator Addyson Young, Specialist Anthony DeSanctis and a volunteer committee made up of 12 performers, fans and arts administrators, the ArtsQuest Comedy Program is the home of the Lehigh Valley’s only year-round comedy curriculum, which will start back up in the early fall of 2021.