by Noah Sebourn
Seattle is about to get a prescription for laughter. On Friday, November 14, 2025, comedian and nurse Blake Lynch—better known as Nurse Blake—brings his But Did You Die? Tour to The Moore Theatre. Doors open at 7 p.m., with the show starting at 8 p.m. I had the pleasure of interviewing the internet sensation–turned–stand-up comic to find out what Nurse Blake is bringing to town.
For Blake, comedy wasn’t part of the original career plan. Growing up in Florida in a healthcare household—his father a respiratory therapist, his mother in medical sales—nursing felt like a natural fit. “I never really considered anything else,” he says. “Well, maybe stripping, like my dad before he got into healthcare, but I decided Disney was the safer bet.”
Blake worked at Disney before stepping into nursing, where he quickly discovered that laughter could be just as powerful as medicine. “Nurses are some of the funniest people you’ll ever meet,” he says. “The humor is dark, inappropriate, and absolutely necessary. On a 12-hour shift, if you don’t laugh, you’ll cry.”
That humor turned into a creative outlet. In 2017, burned out from long hours in critical care, Blake began posting videos online about the realities of nursing. The content resonated far beyond his friends and coworkers. Soon, messages were pouring in from nurses around the world. “It made me realize I wasn’t alone,” he recalls. “We were all going through the same struggles, and humor brought us together.”
Those videos grew into sold-out live shows, where Blake now performs for audiences ranging from wide-eyed nursing students to retired RNs in their 80s. His material is drawn directly from his life and his Notes app, which is packed with hundreds of hospital stories. “Everything in my show is true,” he promises. “The patients, the coworkers—even my parents being swingers.”
The But Did You Die? Tour is built around what he calls “The Ten Commandments of Things Patients Should Never Do.” At the top of the list? Don’t hit your nurse. “You’d be surprised how often it happens,” Blake says. “And no, I don’t mean hit on, though that happens too. Usually from the 98-year-old with dementia, never from the tattooed motorcycle crash patient.”
But behind the jokes, Blake also advocates for nurses. He highlights the national nursing shortage with a metaphor that both healthcare workers and “civilians” can understand. “Imagine boarding a flight with only one pilot because they were short-staffed,” he says. “You wouldn’t get on that plane. Yet in healthcare, that’s our reality every day.”
Seattle holds special meaning for Blake, who once worked at Harborview Hospital, known among locals as “the Zoo.” Coming back with a show that celebrates nurses feels, in his words, “like a homecoming.”
What really makes his performances stand out is the sense of community. Entire hospital units often show up together, sometimes arriving by party bus. “It’s beautiful,” he says. “Seeing nurses of every age, background, and specialty all laughing together—it fills my cup. They deserve this night.”
And don’t worry if you don’t work in scrubs—Blake insists the show is just as entertaining. “I love watching the straight husband in the front row, dragged along by his nurse wife, laugh harder than anyone else.”
Whether you’re a nurse, love a nurse, or just want a night of comedy that’s raw, smart, and unexpectedly heartwarming, you won’t want to miss this homecoming performance. Nurse Blake’s But Did You Die? Tour takes over The Moore Theatre on Friday, November 14, 2025, for one night only.
Other cities in the PNW that you can see Nurse Blake are:
11/10 in San Jose, CA at the Center for the Arts
11/12 in Eugene, OR at McDonald Theatre
11/13 in Portland, OR at Revolution Hall
11/15 in Vancouver, BC at the Vogue Theatre
11/19 in Missoula, MT at the Dennison Theatre
11/20 in Spokane, WA at The Fox Theatre
11/21 in Boise, ID at the Egyptian Theatre
