(NEWARK, NJ) -- Comedian and actress Ms. Pat is bringing Chaos to Newark. The Emmy-nominated star of The Ms. Pat Show brings her stand-up tour to the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) for two nights, Friday, June 18, and Saturday, June 19, 2027, at 7:00pm each night. Audiences can expect the fearless storytelling and sharp comic timing that led The Washington Post to call her comedy “unforgiving and darkly hilarious.”
The tour follows a banner year for Ms. Pat, whose groundbreaking Paramount+ sitcom The Ms. Pat Show earned its fourth Emmy nomination in 2026. Her court show Ms. Pat Settles It was renewed for a fourth season, and her newest series, America’s Funniest People, premiered. Now she’s taking Chaos to theaters across the country through the end of 2027.
Tickets are available for purchase online starting Friday, November 13, 2026 at 10:00am ET. New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) is located at One Center Street in Newark, New Jersey.
Declared by The Huffington Post as “the real hero of sitcom TV,” Patricia Williams-Lee (aka Ms. Pat) is a comedian, author, radio host, podcaster, and actress. Her critically acclaimed multi-Emmy Nominated sitcom The Ms. Pat Show, produced by Lee Daniels and Brian Grazer, is set to premiere its Sixth Season on Paramount+ in 2027. The premiere of the series on BET+ shattered viewership records on the streamer with so many fans clamoring to watch since then that the app has crashed multiple times.
Based on Pat’s real-life story of an inner-city drug dealer turned suburban mom, the R-rated comedy has garnered Emmy nominations for “Outstanding Direction for a Comedy Series” in 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2026. The Ms. Pat Show has been a hit with fans and critics alike with The Hollywood Reporter raving “Think Roseanne of the 1980s and 1990s, but even rawer” and Essence Magazine gushing “Ms. Pat is headed for the comedy stratosphere.”
Following the success of The Ms. Pat Show, BET/Paramount Global signed Pat to a multi-genre overall deal under which she will produce, write and perform in new series and other projects—both scripted and unscripted— across all platforms. Under this deal, her popular weekly court show Ms. Pat Settles It debuted on BET linear in October 2023 and is about to enter its Fourth Season. Coming up, Pat can also be seen as host of VH1’s America’s Funniest People from the producers of America’s Funniest Videos.
Pat’s second book MS. AMERICAN DREAM, the follow up memoir to Pat’s NAACP Image Award Nominated Rabbit, was released on September 29th, 2026 with Booklist declaring it “Wildly entertaining” and offering “Williams-Lee’s story illustrates how humor can help reframe adversity and overcome it by tenacity, faith, generosity, and resourcefulness.” The book debuted in the top 10 of both the Rich & Famous and Celebrity & Popular Culture lists on Amazon.
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), located in downtown Newark, New Jersey, is among the largest performing arts centers in the United States. It is the artistic, cultural, educational and civic center of New Jersey — where great performances and events enhance and transform lives every day. As New Jersey’s anchor cultural institution, NJPAC brings diverse communities together, providing access to all and showcasing the state’s and the world’s best artists while acting as a leading catalyst in the revitalization of its home city. Through its extensive Arts Education programs, NJPAC is shaping the next generation of artists and arts enthusiasts. NJPAC has attracted more than 12 million visitors (including more than two million children) since opening its doors in 1997 and nurtures meaningful and lasting relationships with each of its constituents.
