Witty warriors

Usually comedians are the ones traveling to tell jokes to troops overseas. Now, there's a comedy troupe made up of former U.S. military members, Comedy Warriors, that tells stories and jokes about their combat experiences, injuries and healing. Their tour stops at Tommy T's Comedy & Dinner Theatre from Thursday, May 22, through Sunday, May 25, which is coincidentally Memorial Day weekend. Each of the five budding comedians—Bobby Henline, Rob Jones, Joe Kashnow, Steve Rice and Darisse Smith—were injured during combat. Their stories are told in the documentary Comedy Warriors: Healing Through Humor (www.comedywarriors.com), which hit the international film-festival circuit in 2013 and won multiple awards. The war veterans worked with a team of veteran comedians including Lewis Black, Zach Galifianakis, B.J. Novak and Bob Saget, to hone their acts.

Comedy Warriors, $15-$30; 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; 9:45 p.m. Friday and Saturday; at Tommy T's Comedy & Dinner Theatre, 12401 Folsom Boulevard in Rancho Cordova; (916) 608-2233; www.tommyts.com/sac.