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Annual Laugh Your Face Off! Benefit Raises Funds For The Facial Pain Research Foundation

By Elaina Bernstein By Elaina Bernstein | February 1, 2023 | Culture Parties

Northwestern Medicine teamed up with Horizon Therapeutics and the Village of Rosemont to present its eighth annual Laugh Your Face Off! benefit at Park West Chicago. The evening of stand-up comedy raised $519,000 for The Facial Pain Research Foundation, which works to cure trigeminal neuralgia.

Pat Tomasulo organized the event along with his wife, Amy, a longtime sufferer of trigeminal neuralgia. The support of nearly 700 attendees and 100 corporate sponsors has allowed for an eight-year donation total of $3.1 million.

A Level Above Events catered passed appetizers during the cocktail hour before the stand-up began. The evening’s impressive lineup included Tomasulo as well as comedians such as Adam Burke, Sean Bair Flannery, Kristen Toomey and Pat McGann.

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Nearly 700 attendees gathered at Park West Chicago.

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Dan and Sandy Dicaro

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Adam Burke

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Pat and Amy Tomasulo

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Calvin Evans

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Kristen Toomey



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Photography by: PHOTOS COURTESY OF SARAH ELIZABETH LARSON PHOTOGRAPHY