Laughter is medicine, and not all doctors wear white coats.

Laughter is the Cure, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting hospitalized children through live stand-up comedy, held their latest production Saturday at the Lyric Hyperion, a theater in Silver Lake. Headlined by Morgan Jay and hosted by Nicholas Tenaglia, the show planned to donate all proceeds to children in the UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital. The completely sold out event welcomed an audience of about 100 and featured comedians Arijana Ramic and Martin Urbano and magician Aidan Corcoran.

“You know, the world is so messed up, and people want to laugh,” said Jeremy Paczos, creative director of Laughter is the Cure. “And what better way to laugh and also do good?”

Tenaglia kicked off the show with his routine involving a smattering of cryptic words on a white board. Audience members called on phrases, which included “human mongoose” and “dragon tattoo,” to cue the corresponding jokes, before he passed the mic off to Ramic, who regaled the crowd with stories of her infatuation with magicians and her time as a sexual health peer educator in high school.

“Both of them (this show and the previous one) were really cool, a little different, but equally as fun and entertaining,” said Andy O’Hara , a two-time attendee of Laughter is the Cure shows. “I plan to be at all the ones that they have. I want to be a regular.”

After the comedians, Corcoran took the stage, Rubik’s Cube in hand, as the first magician to perform with Laughter is the Cure. Paczos said he wanted Corcoran to blow peoples’ minds just as he has seen him do before, adding that he values bringing in different kinds of talent to perform at each show. He said integrating special acts like Corcoran’s is part of what makes their productions unique and attractive. Sam Silverstein, founder and executive director of Laughter is the Cure, said that the team is highly intentional about who performs, the order in which they do so and about curating an experience that is consistently about the audience’s enjoyment.

“I’ve been to almost all of them dating back 10 years, when it started in Detroit around colleges in the Midwest, and I’ve seen the progression and the growth and everyone just gets better and better as we’re trying to grow this,” said Darren Weiss, an attendee of Saturday’s show and regular of Laughter is the Cure.

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Urbano was next on the microphone, garnering many laughs with his anecdote about attempting to save up for a bidet. Once Urbano had shared his thoughts on the potential elder abuse happening in his father’s nursing home and imparted wisdom about cats’ tendency to eat their deceased owners, it was Jay’s turn.

Jay discussed his Brazilian heritage and the challenges immigrants face in the current political climate, proposing a new government agency called “SPICE” to enforce Americans’ use of seasoning, demand to see their papers – meaning recipes – and to unleash adobo in place of tear gas. Shortly after, he shared an exclusive reading of his very own male-coded romantasy, which he began drafting upon discovering Booktok.

“It (Jay headlining) means everything,” said Silverstein. “He’s so talented and also such a good person. And I think it shows that there is such an intersection of great comedy talent who also wants to do something to better the world. And it just proves our hypothesis that this thing can actually work, and we can actually make a difference when people come together.”

Paczos said that translating funds raised into support for kids staying at UCLA’s Mattel Children’s Hospital is his idea of a direct, tangible impact. As benefactors, the nonprofit has designed hospital rooms, bought and distributed toys and recently given out candy to children on Valentine’s Day, Paczos said.

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“I actually got dressed up in a giant bear costume,” said Paczos. “Just seeing these kids’ days light up when I would stumble into the room in this big bear mask – this is why we do it. … Just the looks on their faces, just to make their days.”

Paczos said that they want to offer a charity outlet for everyday people who want to be a part of something meaningful but don’t have millions of dollars to give. Part of the goal for the show, Silverstein added, is sparking a butterfly effect of doing good and giving back.

“In an innately not great experience, they (Mattel Children’s Hospital) do a good job of making the hospital less scary, and we wanted to further that mission by getting involved with them and helping to make the hospital a better place for kids to be,” said Silverstein.

Jens Tulio, who attended the event, said he’s thrilled to be a part of the audience that puts smiles on kids’ faces.

“This is an opportunity to bring a lot of people together that have a common goal, a common interest in mind, but above all else, that we get to celebrate the creativity of what artists around Los Angeles get to offer and how our talents can contribute to the betterment of society, to supporting the kids, to making them smile, to making them laugh,” Tulio said. “The way that we feel coming together laughing is the way that we want the kids to feel in the hospital.”