Comedian Ira Summers at Krackpots Comedy Club HEADLINER IRA SUMMERS, hails from Oakland California and is a graduate of MIT, who found that after getting divorced and sending his sons to college, thought he could do whatever he wanted. Coming from a largely dysfunctional family that loves to share, Ira decided to try his hand at standup comedy, and has been performing all across the country since then at places like Wiley's Comedy Joint in Dayton, Flappers Comedy Club in Las Angeles, The Drop Comedy Club in Indiana, and Comedy Cove, Jr's and several others.