JAMCO Comedy Series producer Jamal Harrington sees a little of his former hometown of Brooklyn, N.Y., in Renton, believe it or not.

“I feel like here there’s something for everybody, you know what I’m saying?” he said in a recent interview, remarking on the diversity of people and things to do downtown Renton and at The Landing.

After previous success in the venue, he’s bringing his comedy showcase to the Renton Civic Theatre for the fourth time starting at 8 p.m., on Nov. 15.

It’s a show featuring well-known regional talent, with headliner Ralph Porter, who’s appeared on BET and at Seattle’s Comedy Underground. Porter was also voted King 5’s Best of Western Washington’s “Funniest Local Comedian” and is a regular at Tacoma’s Jazzbones.

Harrington describes Porter as “a strong headliner, very funny guy,” who’s been performing for 25 years and is like a mentor to him.

The show also features Monica Nevi, of Renton, whom Harrington calls one of the funniest women in Seattle.

“She talks about herself,” he said. “I guess it’s like you’re in a car with her and she’ll drive you to all these weird places and you’re just there for the ride.”

Comedian Brendan Kelley is the special guest, who performs regularly on Capitol Hill and was once a Saturday Night Live intern.

“He’s out there; he has a lot of ideas in his head and he finds a way to make those ideas work for him,” said Harrington. “When you see him on stage you think ‘OK, make me laugh’ and when he’s done you’re surprised.”

Harrington, who will also be the host of the show, describes his own comedy as hopefully relating to everybody at some point during the show.

“It’s not just about racism, look at the world, the world is more than just (racism),” said Harrington. “We’re in relationships or unfortunately we’re in relationships, or we hate our jobs, or we like our jobs… Every comic has a thing, mine is everything.”

He likes Renton as a location for his series because it draws people from Seattle, Tacoma and points in between. With comedy shows at the Local 907 and DeLancey’s on Third, Harrington feels Renton could really make a name for itself with comedic entertainment.

“There’s no comedy club per se in Renton, you know, so it’s just something that we basically created,” he said. “I feel like we’re bringing something to Renton; we’ve built something.”

The Renton Civic Theatre is located at 507 S. Third St. Tickets for the Nov. 15 show are $15 and available at rentoncivictheatre.org. Doors open at 7 p.m., the show starts at 8 p.m.