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I’ve put off writing this festival recap for a while. The romantic part of me would like to believe, that since this festival was my last comedy experience pre covid-19, that perhaps writing it down would involve coming to terms…
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How much of creating sketch comedy is a communion with your audience and how much of it is yelling into a people-less void? Both of these models of dramatic expression have value. If you’ve ever talked to another human being,…
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If your looking to make a sketch comedy themed pilgrimage in the United States there’s probably only a handful of locations that jump to mind and Chicago is probably at the top of that list. In terms of number of…
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Beer is either humanity’s best friend or our worst enemy; that’s something that can be debated. What can not be debated is that a can of beer is a sketch comedian’s most intimate confidant (or should I say can-fidant? HA!…
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We first saw the D.C. based sketch group Bad Medicine as part of Philly Sketchfest a few years ago. I was immediately drawn in by the cohesiveness of the group despite the large size of the troupe. Since that initial…
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Space. The final frontier. Also the first frontier – also the only place to go always. Move your sweet round buttcheek an inch and you are moving that sweet round buttcheek an inch through the infinitude of space. We are…
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Q2n-4k Sure having an actual human being with a nice camera that can follow the action is always the best option for live show recording and this is not the best camera in the world (heck my phone might even…
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For most who step foot inside a theatrical space, they need but to memorize a single line: “How did you memorize all that?” This is what you say as an audience member when you have nothing much to mention to…
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As far as months go, November is top notch. After all we’ve got the celebration of family, friends and gluttony known as Thanksgiving, the start of Christmas sales, the cool temperatures that help me save on my power bill but…
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I first saw Cam perform as part of the support ensemble of “Carson Pinch Will Die” at Toronto Sketchfest but I don’t think I actually had a conversation with him until later that year when he and Carson performed as…
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Dots are a brand of gumdrops produced by the Tootsie corporation of the Third Circle of Hell. They are crafted out of the putrefied pool formed from the collected congealed souls of the Gluttonous. They are vegan-friendly. They are my…
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Both uses of the word “work” in the title of this article have quotation marks around them because what qualifies as actual, important, too legit to quit work (with no quotations) is very much in the soul of the laborer. …
Continue readingThis is part two of our late September festival journey you can find part one here. Day Two of our weekend adventure began with my alarm waking me up at 6 in the morning. I’ve got weird internal gripes about…
Continue readingEveryday life often feels dull after attending a comedy festival. If you had fun at the comedy festival, then it feels extra dull. The days after our late September adventure in which we hit both the Inaugural Atlanta Sketchfest and…
Continue readingI have pinpointed my least favorite span of moments which I nevertheless continue to ring myself through on the reg’ and it’s the time period between the call time for a show and the performance itself. It’s a strangely piquant…
Continue readingAll the world’s a tiny comedy club in a part of town with so-so foot traffic. All the men and women in the world are types of comedy sketches. The lights come up, the sketches involve varying amounts of movement…
Continue readingThis past weekend (9/8/19) we were part of the 8th Annual Norfolk Comedy festival in Norfolk Virginia. In years prior this was an invitation only festival, which means they didn’t accept submissions from the general public and programmed the fest…
Continue readingWhat is best in life? It is, according to Conan the Barbarian after he decided to multiclass with a level of comedian: “to crush my audience with laughter, to see the frustrating banality of everyday life driven before me, and…
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