On Saturday, Nov. 4, the International Myeloma Foundation will present its 11th annual Comedy Celebration at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre. Actor and comedian Ray Romano will host an evening of comedy that will feature performers Hannibal Buress, Rachel Feinstein, Nikki Glaser, Robert Klein, Marc Maron, Kumail Nanjiani, Iliza Shlesinger and Fred Willard.

Actor and comedian Ray Romano hosts the International Myeloma Foundation’s annual Comedy Celebration, which raises funds in the fight against bone marrow cancer. (photo courtesy Getty Images for IMF)

Proceeds benefit the Peter Boyle Research Fund, named for the beloved actor who died in 2006 after a four-year battle with myeloma – an incurable cancer of the bone marrow plasma cells and one of the fastest growing blood cancers in the world. Since the first event in 2007, the annual IMF Comedy Celebration has featured over 50 celebrity comedians and musical performers, and raised more than $6 million for research to find a cure for myeloma.

For the fifth year, the event also supports the IMF’s signature Black Swan Research Initiative, a collaborative global project to develop a cure for myeloma. Through the Black Swan Research Initiative, the IMF is conducting 30 concurrent studies, and is also supporting studies around the world in Iceland, Hungary and India.

The evening will include a pre-show cocktail reception and silent auction, two-hour comedy show and a post-show party for VIP ticket holders. For information and tickets, visit comedy.myeloma.org.