SketchFest Seattle

Only 3 more days of SketchFest!

2009-09-24T08:44:00.000-07:00

Only three more days of SketchFest 2009!

Info: www.sketchfest.com
Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/79438
800.838.3006

We have had a rip-roaring first few days of the fest, and the laughs roll on through Saturday with tons and tons of great comedy:

TONIGHT! (Thursday)
    7:30 - Local Sketch - Standup - International Comedy Theater
        Gude/Laurance (Seattle)
        CACTUS - the seduction... (Melbourne, Australia)
        Hosted by The People's Republic of Komedy
    9:30 - Local Sketch - International Stand Up
        Ubiquitous They (Seattle)
        History: Deleted Scenes & Extras (Toronto)
        Hosted by The People's Republic of Komedy

FRIDAY
    7:30 - National/International Sketch - Standup
        Morgan Brayton (Vancouver, BC)
        Uncalled For (Montreal)
        Standup from Duane Goad
    9:30 - National/International Sketch - Standup
    Becky and Noelle (NYC/Seattle)
        Hey You Millionaires (Chicago)
        Standup from Brad Upton

SATURDAY
    7:30 - National/International Sketch - Stand Up
      Slow Children Crossing (L.A.)
        Seeder and Lee (Chicago)
        Standup from Brad Upton
    9:30 - National/International Sketch - Stand Up
        The Riot Act (L.A./Seattle)
        Sidecar (NYC)
        Standup from Brad Upton
    11:00 - SketchFest Mash-Up - Video Contest Winners
        Showing of top 2 SketchFest Video Contest winners
        SketchFest Mash-Up

For full festival information,visit:www.sketchfest.com
For tickets, visit: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/79438

Or call:800.838.3006

'SketchFest: The Seattle Comedy Festival' opens Monday night

2009-09-20T11:45:00.000-07:00

SketchFest: The Seattle Comedy Festival
kicks off in high gear Monday night with jam-packed opening gala show
featuring sneak peak teasers from SketchFest acts, The SketchFest Video
Contest, and The Cody Rivers Show.

    There are still some seats left for the opening gala on Monday, Sept. 21 at 7:30. Tickets available at: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/79438 or 800.838.3006

There are 19 fantastic acts from around the world in festival shows
every night this week. For a full schedule and line-up, go to: www.sketchfest.org

Festival passes and shrinking ticket prices mean you can come to every
show for next to nothing. It's the entertainment deal of the century!

Special Events at SketchFest: The Seattle Comedy Festival

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(All special events are held at Theatre Off Jackson - 409 7th Ave South - Seattle)
SketchFest runs: Mon., Sept. 21 - Sat., Sept. 26
Details: www.sketchfest.org
Tickets: www.brownpapertickets.com, 800.838.3006

(Note: There is still space available in the All Women Sketch Comedy Intensive workshop - details below!)

The SketchFest Seattle Opening Night Kick-Off Gala
Monday, Sept. 21 @ 7:30
The 11th annual SketchFest lifts off with an action-packed night featuring the 2009 SketchFest Video Contest, teasers from SketchFest groups, and a set from the one-and-only Cody Rivers Show.

The SketchFest Forum on Professional Comedy: How to Make a Living in Comedy
Saturday, Sept. 26, Noon - 2:00pm
A panel discussion by local, national, and international comedy professionals on the ins-and-outs of creating and developing careers in comedy, facilitated by SketchFest's Artistic Director, Andrew Connor.
This is a free event that is open to the public. Panel participants will discuss a range of topics on making it happen in the comedy business, and will participate in a Q&A with the audience at the
end of the program.

The SketchFest Mash-Up
Saturday, Sept. 26, 11:00pm
It's like an All-Star game, a foreign exchange program, a triathalon, a mix-tape, and a quilting bee, all rolled into one. At the beginning of the festival we select a raft of courageous performers from among the participating groups and crush them into one megagroup that spends the whole week in lockdown, writing and rehearsing a brand new show of all original material that will be performed once, and once only. Witness this rare and electric collaboration between comedy luminaries from across the continent. Magic guaranteed.

The Women Only Sketch Comedy Intensive
Sept. 21 -26, 4:00 - 6:30
Hello ladies, sick of always playing the bitchy girlfriend, stupid mom, or dead hooker? Perhaps you'd like to write for yourself and others but haven't had the excuse? Well, here ya go...

Write and perform your own material with other funny women at Sketchfest Seattle's Women Only Sketch Comedy Intensive, a six-day series of two and a half-hour workshops held during SketchFest Seattle (Sept. 21-26), which will
culminate in an informal showing on the final Saturday of the fest (Sept. 26). All women are welcome, regardless of experience level in theater or comedy.

Throughout the workshop participants will write, direct, and act in their own sketches - short, funny, rehearsed
pieces in which you craft interesting, entertaining and (hopefully) humorous stories. Feel free to bring in previous writing to work with.

Thisis not necessarily about making "women's comedy", it is about women making comedy. Who knows, maybe you'll meet your own sketch group and save the state of sketch from the Whitest Kids U Know?! Or at least have a new sketch in which you do not play Cheerleader with Dildo...unless of course that's what you want.

This workshop is facilitated by sketch comedian and performing artist, Becky Poole, who has toured internationally with critically acclaimed all female sketch comedy groups MEAT (NYC) and Becky & Noelle (Seattle/NYC).

Women Only Sketch Comedy Intensive Details:

* Classes will be daily during the festival (Mon. - Sat., Sept. 21-26), 4:00-6:30 on Mon.-Fri., Informal performance of work from 5:00-6:30 on Sat.

* All classes held at the festival site, Theatre Off Jackson 409 7th Ave. South

*Workshop fee is $160 per participant (minimum of five participants, maximum of ten). Payment is due to secure a spot in the workshop. Each participant is also given two free tickets to SketchFest Seattle.

If you are interested in participating in the Women Only Sketch Comedy Intensive please send an email to: info [at] sketchfest [dot] org

2009 SketchFest Line-up Announced

2009-09-08T14:08:00.000-07:00

SketchFest: The Seattle Comedy Festival
Sept. 21-26

After months of deliberation it has finally arrived:

The 2009 Schedule & Performers Line-up for SketchFest: The Seattle Comedy Festival

Once again featuring the best groups from Seattle, the Pacific Northwest, across the U.S. and Canada, and around the World, SketchFest is packing 20 great sketch, stand-up and improv shows in to five days, from Monday, Sept. 21 through Sat., Sept. 26.

All the gory details are at: www.sketchfest.org
Details about all groups can be found at: http://sketchfest.org/performers.html

Here is this years schedule and line-up:
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SketchFest: The Seattle Comedy Festival - 2009 Schedule

Monday, September 21st
7:30    SketchFest's Opening Night Gala - Featuring SketchFest performer teasers, the 2009 SketchFest Video Contest, and The Cody Rivers Show

Tuesday, September 22nd
7:30    Local Sketch
    Pork Filled Players (Seattle)
    Generation Friends (Olympia)
    The Entertainment Show (Seattle)
    Hosted by: The Chocolate Prophet from History: Deleted Scenes and Extras

Wednesday, September 23rd
7:30    Local Sketch
    Killer Donut (Seattle)
    The DK and Morgan Show (Bellingham)
    Charles (Seattle)
    Hosted by: Jonno Katz from CACTUS - the seduction ...

Thursday, September 24th
7:30    Local Sketch - Local Stand-Up - International Comedy Theater
    Gude/Laurance (Seattle)
    CACTUS - the seduction ... (Melbourne, Australia)
    Hosted by The People's Republic of Komedy

9:30    Local Sketch - Local Stand-Up - International Stand-Up
    Ubiquitous They (Seattle)
    'History: Deleted Scenes & Extras' (Toronto)
    Hosted by The People's Republic of Komedy

Friday, September 25th
7:30    National/International Sketch - Local Stand-Up
    Morgan Brayton (Vancouver)
    Uncalled For (Montreal)
    Local Stand-up

9:30    National/International Sketch - Local Stand-Up
    Becky and Noelle (NYC/Seattle)
    Hey You Millionaires (Chicago)
    Local Stand-up

Saturday, September 26th
Noon    The SketchFest Forum on Professional Comedy

7:30    National/International Sketch - Local Stand-Up
    Slow Children Crossing (L.A.)
    Seeder and Lee (Chicago)
    Local Stand-up

9:30    National/International Sketch - Local Stand-Up
    The Riot Act (L.A./Seattle)
    Sidecar (NYC)
    Local Stand-up

11:00    SketchFest Mash-Up - Video Contest Winner
    Showing of top 3 SketchFest Video Contest winners
    SketchFest Mash-Up (see 'Special Events' for details)

The SketchFest Video Contest Ends Soon!

2009-08-21T12:55:00.001-07:00

Okay, that was last year's promo but just the same, you've got a little over a WEEK to get us your funny 3-5 minute videos! We'll stop taking submissions by the end of Monday, August 29th, so send those links to contest (at) sketchfest (dot) org!

Selected videos will be shown live at this year's SketchFest and voted on by our audience!

Grand Prize winner will receive $100 and the adoration of THOUSANDS!*

*Due to maximum occupancy restrictions, "thousands" may legally refer to "dozens."

For full rules ofr submissions and further information, visit www.sketchfest.org/contest.html

Women Only Sketch Comedy Intensive at SketchFest Seattle

2009-08-17T13:21:00.000-07:00

Hello ladies,

Sick of always playing the bitchy girlfriend, stupid mom, or dead hooker? Perhaps you'd like to write for yourself and others but haven't had the excuse? Well, here ya go...

Write and perform your own material with other funny women at Sketchfest Seattle's Women Only Sketch Comedy Intensive, a six-day series of two and a half-hour workshops held during SketchFest Seattle (Sept. 21-26), which will culminate in a performance on the final Saturday of the fest (Sept. 26). All women are welcome, regardless of experience level in theater or comedy.

Throughout the workshop participants will write, direct, and act in their own sketches - short, funny, rehearsed pieces in which you craft interesting, entertaining and (hopefully) humorous stories. Feel free to bring in previous writing to work with.

This is not necessarily about making "women's comedy", it is about women making comedy. Who knows, maybe you'll meet your own sketch group and save the state of sketch from the Whitest Kids U Know?! Or at least have a new sketch in which you do not play Cheerleader with Dildo...unless of course that's what you want.

This workshop is facilitated by sketch comedian and performing artist, Becky Poole, who has toured internationally with critically acclaimed all female sketch comedy groups MEAT (NYC) and Becky & Noelle (Seattle/NYC).

Women Only Sketch Comedy Intensive Details:

* Classes will be daily during the festival (Mon. - Sat., Sept. 21-26), 4:00-6:30
* All classes held at the festival site, Theatre Off Jackson 409 7th Ave. South
* The six-day session will culminate with an informal performance of participants' work on the final night of class: Saturday
* Workshop fee is $160 per participant (minimum of five participants, maximum of ten). Payment is due to secure a spot in the workshop. Each participant is also given two free tickets to SketchFest Seattle.

* If you are interested in participating in Seattle SketchShop please send an email to: info @ sketchfest.org

SketchFest Annual Fundraiser - save the date!

2009-07-23T13:18:00.000-07:00

Save the date for the annual SketchFest Seattle Comedy Festival fundraiser! There will be tasty treats, unique prizes, and lots of laughs!

Thursday, August 13

Event starts at 7:30 p.m.

Theatre Off Jackson at 409 7th Ave. S

Admission $30

We hope to see you there. Stay tuned for more information on this super-fun event!

SketchFest Seattle Comedy Festival Application Deadline

2009-07-13T09:57:00.000-07:00

Dear Comedians: Our deadline is fast approaching. Applications for this year's SketchFest Seattle Comedy Festival must be postmarked by Fri., Jul. 24.

Please visit www.sketchfest.org for the application and all the saucy details.

SketchFest NYC is in TWO WEEKS!

2009-05-30T11:27:00.000-07:00

If you (heart) New York, AND you (heart) sketch, you'll (heart) SketchFest NYC!

Tickets are now on sale for the Fifth Anniversary of SketchFest NYC, which is only two weeks away:

Individual Tickets: $10

Nightly Passes: $40

Full Festival Passes: $100

Stand-by tickets for individual shows can be purchased by UCB students (with ID) for $5.

A Full SketchFest Pass allows you to see all the shows in the Festival throughout the weekend.

Nightly Festival Passes allow you to see all the SketchFest shows on a given night.

To purchase all tickets and passes online, head over to: http://newyork.ucbtheatre.com/sketchfest/

Questions? Call 212-366-9176

Applications and New Summer Workshop!

2009-05-17T14:58:00.000-07:00

Two exciting announcements:

1) SketchFest Seattle is offering a 5-week sketch writing workshop this summer, taught by the one-and-only Mike Mathieu of The Cody Rivers Show. This is an excellent chance to elevate your comedy-writing skills to the next level, or learn what it takes to get started, with one of the best sketch writers around. All levels are welcome. Do it! You know you want to...

See below for details on how to sign-up.

2) Applications are now available for the 2009 SketchFest Seattle Comedy Festival. We are once again searching the

globe to bring the best comedy to Seattle. This year's festival will be Sept. 21-26 at the illustrious Theatre Off Jackson.

Details below.

As always, check out www.sketchfest.org for the latest.

Love you all,

SketchFest Seattle

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(1) 5-WEEK SUMMER

SKETCH COMEDY-WRITING WORKSHOP:

Seattle SketchShop

Sketch writer, director, and half of the internationally acclaimed duo The Cody Rivers Show, Mike Mathieu, will lead a five-week course in sketch comedy writing, culminating in an informal performance of new work.

With 4+ years and 150+ sketches of experience, Mathieu has learned a few lessons about comedy writing that elevate material above the formulaic norm.

In this workshop, participants will learn how to brainstorm, write, perform, and tweak a scene while anticipating an audience's needs.

Participants are invited (but not required) to bring any new or in-progress scripts for critique, and will be expected to attend every class, generate new ideas, rewrite, and have a good time.

Seattle SketchShop Details:

Classes will be on Tuesday nights, 6pm-9pm, from June
30th through July 28th, at The Seattle Center
The five-week session will culminate with an informal performance of participants' work on the final night of class
Workshop fee is $160 per participant (minimum of five participants, maximum of twelve). Payment is due to secure a spot in the workshop
If you are interested in participating in Seattle SketchShop please send an email to: info @ sketchfest.org

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(2) SKETCHFEST SEATTLE APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN

Applications are now available for the 2009 SketchFest Seattle Comedy Festival. The deadline is July 1, 2009. Go to www.sketchfest.org for more information and to download an application.

The SketchFest Seattle Comedy Festival is indeed a sketch-oriented comedy festival, but we are also open-minded, and we are seeking innovative comedy of all kinds from around the world. This year we will be accepting applications from any genre of comedy (sketch, improv, stand-up, theater, music) as long as it bears at least some resemblance to sketch (for example: traditional stand-up and improv shows are probably not appropriate, but a stand-up set based on characters and scenes or an experimental hyrbrid improv/sketch show might be). So, if what you got is at all sketch-y, bring it on!

Info: www.sketchfest.org

SpamORama: Pork-Filled Players, Burlesque, and Ubiquitous They!

2009-04-03T13:05:00.000-07:00

Asian American sketch comedians The Pork Filled Players add a dash of burlesque to a special prime time edition of Late Nite Spam-O-Rama, the monthly comedy/music cabaret!

A trio of Seattle burlesque legends - Emperor Fabulous, Atlanta Summer, and Whisper - join PFP and sketch comedy favorite, Ubiquitous They.

Spam*O*Rama

April 11, Saturday, at 8 pm

Theatre Off Jackson

409 7th Ave S. in Seattle's International District

Tickets are still $6 and are available at Brown Paper Tickets
( 1-800-838-3006).

For more information, email oink@porkfilled.com

SketchFest NYC - Application Deadline This Week!

2009-03-23T09:27:00.000-07:00

Hi Sketch Fans,

Just a reminder, ALL applications for SketchFest NYC's 5th Anniversary must be in-hand by the end of the day on Friday, March 27th! All groups or individuals, American or International, live or filmed sketch comedy shows are encouraged to apply:

Late Deadline: In hands by Friday, March 27th ($40 application fee)

Head over to www.SketchFestNYC.com, and download an application now!

Week of Fun!

2009-01-22T13:29:00.000-08:00

The third annual Week of Fun gets started tonight with:

Cracked Up
Featuring Stranger Gong Show winner Solomon Georgio! (Capitol Club, 414 E Pine St (206) 325-2149 8 pm, all ages, free)

Then continues tomorrow night with something are calling SKETCHBALL!
Featuring the sketch comedy duo “The Cory and Doug Show” followed by the “The Super Mega Art Show”.

(Live Girls Theater, 2220 NW Market, 9pm, all ages, $5)

AWARDS!

2009-01-13T11:18:00.000-08:00

The good folks over at CLOG! The Seattle Comedy Blog, recently hosted their first ever Seattle Comedy Awards. The nominees and winners are listed below. Congrats to all!

Best ongoing Alternative Comedy Show
Nominees:
Dart-Mondo (producer: Dartanion London), The Entertainment Show (producer: Travis Vogt & Kevin Clarke), Laff Hole (producer: People's Republic of Komedy)

Winner:
Laff Hole

Best onetime Alternative Comedy Show
Nominees:
Comedy Trainwreck (producer: Corbett Cummins), Rendezvous Election Show (producer: Paul Merrill), Sub Pop 20th Anniversary Comedy Show (producer: Sub Pop)

Winner:
Comedy Trainwreck

Best Host
Nominees:
Brian Boshes, Danielle Radford, Jackson Lowe

Winner:
Brian Boshes

Best "Old" Comic
Nominees:
Brad Upton, Heneghen, Kermet Apio

Winner:
Kermet Apio

Best "Young" Comic
Nominees:
Danniel Linn, Kitty Poole, Ryan Cuddihy

Winner:
Ryan Cuddihy

Outstanding Achievement: Overall Promotion
Nominees:
Next Monsters of Comedy, Pagliacci Pizza Monthly Comedy show, Ron Reid

Winner:
Pagliacci Pizza Monthly Comedy Show

Best "Long Format" Comic
Nominees:
Derek Sheen, Geoff Brousseau, Joey Vespaziani

Winner:
Derek Sheen

Best "Short Format" Comic
Nominees:
Jesse Case, Ross Parsons, Xung Lam

Winner:
Jesse Case

Best off-stage Announcer
Nominees:
Carl Warmenhoven, Chas Roberts, Kevin Hyder

Winner:
Carl Warmenhoven

Emerging Comic Award
Nominees:
Brett Hamil, Nicole Lucas, Solomon Georgio

Winner:
Solomon Georgio

Best Improv Comedy Group
Nominees:
Blood Squad, Dart-Mondo, Jet City Improv

Winner:
Blood Squad

Best Sketch Comedy Group (All 2008 SketchFest Seattle performers!!!!)
Nominees:
Charles, Travis and Kevin (Clarke the Vogt Productions), Ubiquitous They

Winner:
Travis and Kevin (The Entertainment Show/Clarke the Vogt Productions)

Outstanding Achievement: Flyer/Poster Design
Nominees:
Solomon Georgio, Alex Thomas, Ross Parsons

Winner:
Solomon Georgio

Best Musical Comedy Act (Solo or Group)
Nominees:
Becky Poole, Justin Rupple, Reggie Watts

Winner:
Reggie Watts

Best Comedy Writer
Nominees:
Emmett Montgomery, Jeremy Whitman, Paul Merrill

Winner:
Paul Merrill

Best Website
Nominees:
Billy Wayne Davis (billywaynedavis.com), “The Seattle Comedy Blog aka Clog!" (SeattleComedyBlog.com), Sean Ottey (seanottey.com)

Winner:
“The Seattle Comedy Blog aka Clog!" (SeattleComedyBlog.com)

Favorite Character
Nominees:
Sylvester McStain (Paul Merrill), Dan Moore, Jeannett DelMonte (Amanda Lee Williams)

Winner:
Jeanette DelMonte (Amanda Lee Williams)

Best Short Comedic Film
Nominees:
Everything’s Andy (Clarke the Vogt Productions), Manoj (Hari Kondabolu), T Rex Attorney at Law (Pastey Boy)

Winner:
Everything’s Andy

Favorite PBR
Nominees:
Billy Wayne's Living Room Adventure, PBR Party with Kevin and Travis, The Future with Dan Carroll

Winner:
The Future with Dan Carroll

Best Performance in a PBR or Dewars ad
Nominees:
Andy Peters in Everything's Andy, Billy Wayne Davis in Living Room Adventure
Dan Carroll in The Future, Kevin Clarke and Travis Vogt in PBR Party

Winner:
Andy Peters in Everything’s Andy

Male Standup Comedian of the Year
Nominees:
Andrew Sleighter, Billy Wayne Davis, Emmett Montgomery

Winner:
Billy Wayne Davis

Female Standup Comedian of the Year
Nominees:
Jessica Strauss, Lizzy Pilcher, Nicole Lucas

Winner:
Jessica Strauss

Tim and Eric, Japanese Clowns and More!

2009-01-10T14:31:00.000-08:00

Do you love sketch comedy, but hate knowing what the hell's going on? Well, this Monday, SketchFest Seattle and Showbox SoDo will be bringing you Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, Adult Swim's surreal and abrasively funny late night sketch show on Cartoon Network.

Congratulations to all our winners of the Tim and Eric contest who won free tickets to the show just by emailing us! Great Job, indeed!

To recieve announcements about future events and contests, sign up for the SketchFest Seattle email list? I mean, come on, what's one more email list?

Monday January 12th

Showbox SoDo - 1700 1st Avenue South

Adult Swim Presents: TIM AND ERIC AWESOME SHOW, GREAT JOB! TOUR 2009

$25.00 ADV/DOS at Ticketmaster

Doors at 8pm - All Ages

For more information, visit www.showboxonline.com

And as long as we're celebrating weird, this February Sketchfest will be hosting Tokyo comedy duo Shoshinz!

Check out this absurdist comedy team, along side Seattle favorites Ubiquitous They and The People's Republic of Komedy.

SHOSHINZ

in "We Love You Too"

with Ubiquitous They and The People's Republic of Komedy

Fri. & Sat., Feb. 13 & 14 @ 8:00

Rendezvous’ Jewel Box Theatre ~ $12

2322 2nd Ave, in Seattle’s Belltown

But that's not quite all! February will also bring The Best of SketchFest Seattle, brought to you by SketchFest and Infinity Live Productions.

The past ten years of SketchFest Seattle have offered a plethora of fantastic sketch groups from Seattle and beyond. For one night only, SketchFest is thrilled to present some of the biggest hit shows from the past several years in one night, an evening of top-notch sketch juiciness not to be missed. Hosted by one of New York’s hottest up-and-coming stand-up comedians, David Cope (formerly of Seattle).

Sidecar (NYC): This New York sketch trio has it all: looks, smarts, charm, humility. What remains to be seen is whether they are actually funny. Oh no wait, they are. Like, 'good-looking, smarty-pants, charming and humble sketch show that weaves a bunch of crazy stories and characters together brilliantly' kind of funny. Sigh. They win again...

Becky and Noelle (NYC/Seattle): Becky Poole and Noelle Romano are crazy. They are also brilliant. This pattern has recurred in history many times, but never to such hilarious effect. If you can explain it with words I'll give you a dollar.

All American Push Up Party (Seattle): The demented and unspeakably charismatic Dusty Warren performs a character-based solo show that will leave you alternately slack-jawed and convulsive. Good luck.

The Best of SketchFest Seattle

One night only!

Saturday, Feb. 21 8:00pm ~ $15

Annex Theatre, 1100 E. Pike St. (at 11th Ave.)

For more information: www.infinityliveproductions.com

Advance tickets available through Brown Paper Tickets

Blogging is HARD!

2008-11-25T09:01:00.000-08:00

It's been two and a half months since SketchFest 2008 went dark, and man has it been quiet around here.

Well, we've managed to raise ourselves out of our comedy hangover long enough to let you know about some Decemberesque shows about to hit this sleepy burg.

JOEL McHALE
Sarcastic host of E!'s (Is that math? How the hell do you punctuate that?) The Soup, and alum of Seattle's Almost Live brings his stand up show Thanks for My Pool to the Moore Theater this weekend.

The Moore Theatre
Fri & Sat, November 28 - 29 @ 8pm

THE DINA MARTINA CHRISMAS SPECIAL

I plug this every year, and not without good reason. Dina's bizzar, frenzied one woman (?) cabaret is like a hot buttered rum on a cold winter night. And by that I mean it sounds really good, but by the time it comes, you're like "WTF is this?"

Nov. 28th - Dec. 31st.
At Re-bar, 1114 Howell St. (at Boren Ave.)
Door opens @ 7pm / Show starts @ 8pm

THE PAJAMA MEN

Are they sketch? Are they improv? Are they Theater? Who are you? How did get into my office? Help!

This comedy duo brings thier internationally acclaimed, high-energy and ... weird show Verses vs. Verses to the Annex Theater this December. A comedy must-see!

Thursdays - Saturdays, Dec. 4-20 8:00pm
Annex Theatre, 1100 E. Pike St. (at 11th Ave.)
$12 Thursdays, $18 Fridays & Saturdays
For more information: www.infinityliveproductions.com
Advance tickets available through Brown Paper Tickets.

Opening Gala and Video Contest Winners!

2008-09-25T01:12:00.000-07:00

The opening Gala couldn't have gone better!

The night hosted by People's Republic of Komedy's Kevin Hyder began with Hyder's unconsciously conscientious brand of stand-up, followed by short teasers of the festival's acts, including Slow Children Crossing's team of women scientists investigating the mystery of pickle-jar opening, Assaulted Fish's cultist youth group cookie drive, and a hat made of ham (courtesy of The Birthday Boys).

Next, the SketchFest 2008 Video contest had the audience rolling in the aisles. After a quick audience vote, we found our winners! See below for the top three video, or click here to view all the finalists!

The show closed with a set by SketchFest favorites The Cody Rivers Show.

Thanks to everyone - performers, volunteers, audience and staff who made this great night of comedy happen. But don't bail out yet - there's still a lot of fest to see!

The SketchFest 2008 Video Contest Winners:

HONORABLE MENTION (third place)

BEVOLICHER by TROOP!, Los Angeles, CA

SECOND PLACE WINNER

He Said it First by The Public Service Administration, Los Angeles, CA

GRAND PRIZE WINNER

HERPEX by BriTANick, New York, NY

SketchFest Seattle 2008!!!

2008-09-23T09:08:00.000-07:00

The opening gala on Wednesday, September 24th is almost sold out. Get those tickets now!

The 10th Annual SketchFest Seattle!

September 24-27

SketchFest Seattle is back once again to thrill audiences with the best comedy from Seattle and across North America with dozens of top-notch performances packed into one amazing weekend.
This year's SketchFest offers:

An opening night gala featuring The People's Republic of Komedy, The SketchFest Video Contest, and The Cody Rivers Show
Performances from 17 different groups from across North America
Special midnight shows (3pm Beijing Time, Found Magazine Live, and The Sketch Death Match)
The SketchFest Forum on Professional Comedy (free!)
An Incredible Shrinking Ticket price that allows you to see all the shows you want to on the cheap

For more information, visit: www.sketchfest.org.

Advanced tickets are available through Brown Paper Tickets, by phone: 800.838.3006, or online at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/41747.
All shows are at the one-and-only Theatre Off Jackson, located at 409 7th Ave. South, in Seattle's International District.

In the Art Zone

2008-09-11T09:03:00.000-07:00

Tonight, the Seattle Channel's Art Zone, hosted by Almost Live! alumnus Nancy Guppy, will feature segments from SketchFest acts The Pork Filled Players, The People's Republic of Komedy and a few words from our Managing Director Val Bush.

If you aren't able to catch the show tonight at 8:00 on cable channel 21, the show repeat on Friday and Saturday, then will stream from their website.

And don't forget to pick up this month's issue of Seattle Metropolitan Magazine to read their interview with SketchFest Artistic Director Andrew Connor!

The Julie Goldman Offensive - $5 off!

2008-09-05T14:45:00.000-07:00

Friends of SketchFest invite you to see The Julie Goldman Offensive: A Solo Show in One Rant for a bargain price! See details below.

THE JULIE GOLDMAN OFFENSIVE:

A SOLO SHOW IN ONE RANT
September 11-14
Theatre Off-Jackson, 409 7th Ave S.

in Seattle's International District
8:00 pm Thursday-Saturday, 7:00pm Sunday
Thu $15.00 / Fri-Sun $20.00

4 NIGHTS ONLY! Tongueinchic Productions and Theatre Off-Jackson present New York comic dervish JULIE GOLDMAN. Described as a "kick ass comic" (New York Press) and "charmingly deviant" (Village Voice), Goldman is outrageous, fearless, righteous, uncensored, and openly Lez. She is a cast member of the "Big Gay Sketch Show" and the star of the "Julie Goldman Celesbian Interviews" on LOGO. She has also been featured on Comedy Central's "Live at Gotham" and she most recently received the 2008 NewNowNext: Brink of Fame Comic Award in NYC.

"Julie Goldman deals with the art of stand-up like she's got nothing to lose....she is very now and an absolute must see." ~ NY Press

SPECIAL SKETCHFEST DISCOUNT! Order your tix online, and get $5 off!

(Enter discount code BARBARELLA).
Tickets: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/40255 or 1-800-838-3006

For more info, contact www.theatreoffjackson.org or lisa@heylisa.com

Ad Watch: #Something-er-other

2008-09-04T21:41:00.000-07:00

Every so often we'll see a SketchFest alum, seemingly at random on the idiot box. They've hocked V8, Kias, Pepsi, and now, a potential coronary that Burger King is calling the Cheesy Bacon Tendercrisp.

Jay Dugre of L.A. comedy group and long-time SketchFest friends TROOP! follows up his much lauded appearance as "Dead Cop" in the recent horror film Prom Night, with this frequently-aired jem that temps you with that most appetite-whetting of topics: beastitality!

It's saucy in more ways than one!

Super-secret semi-possible comedy show (maybe)

2008-08-27T19:47:00.000-07:00

Word is going around that some of the stand-up acts attending Bumbershoot this weekend will be doing a pre-festival show at Ballard's Live Girls! Theater as a part of The People's Republic of Komedy's Lo-Ball series, but (due to the same non-compete clause in their contract that's almost lost SketchFest acts the last few years), they're not allowed to advertise it.

But they're doing it anyway!

Click here to check out the Bumbershoot line-up and pray that your favorites are among those who show up!

Lo-Ball
Friday, August 29th
Live Girls! Theater
2220 NW Market st. (lower level)
Doors at 10:30 p.m.
$5 cover.

SketchFest Video Contest - Five Days to Enter!!

2008-08-25T09:01:00.000-07:00

Time is running short for submission to the 2008 SketchFest Video Contest! You now have only until this Saturday, August 30th to send us your hilarious video sketches! Selected videos will go on to premiere in front of a live SketchFest audience, and two finalists will win cash prizes as voted by the audience itself!

So fire up your camera, open your copy of Flash, download Machinima - anything goes!

Click here for more information on guidelines and how to enter.

Good luck!

The SketchFest 2008 Line-Up

2008-08-22T16:54:00.000-07:00

This is our 10th Festival, people, and do we have a schedule for you! Seventeen groups from seven cities, the 2008 SketchFest Video Contest, the Sketch Comedy Death Match, nationally-renowned acts FOUND Magazine and The Sound of Young America, and our biggest local showing in years thanks to our new mentoring program! This promised to be a big year.

The Groups:

All American Push Up Party (Seattle, WA)
Thursday Sept. 25th @ 9:00 & Friday Sept. 26th @ 10:30

Angel Yau (Los Angeles, CA)

Thursday Sept. 25th @ 7:30 & Saturday Sept. 27th @ 9:00

Assaulted Fish (Vancouver, BC)

Thursday Sept. 25th @ Midnight, as part of 3pm Beijing Time

The Birthday Boys (Los Angeles, CA)

Friday Sept. 26th @ 9:00 & Saturday Sept. 27th @ 6:00

Charles (Seattle, WA)
Thursday Sept. 25th @ 7:30 & Saturday Sept. 27th @ 9:00

The Cody Rivers Show (Bellingham, WA)

Wednesday Sept. 24th @ 7:30 as part of the Opening Night Gala

The Cory and Doug Show (Seattle, WA)

Friday Sept. 26th @ 7:30 & Saturday Sept. 27th @ 10:30

The Entertainment Show (Seattle, WA)
Thursday Sept. 25th @ 7:30 & Saturday Sept. 27th @ 9:00

Found Magazine (Ann Arbor, MI)

Friday Sept. 26th @ Midnight

Hey You Millionaires (Chicago, IL)

Friday Sept. 26th @ 7:30 & Saturday Sept. 27th @ 10:30

The People's Republic of Komedy (Seattle, WA)
Thursday Sept. 25th @ 10:30 & Saturday Sept. 27th @ 7:30

The Pork Filled Players (Seattle, WA)

Thursday Sept. 25th @ Midnight, as part of 3pm Beijing Time

Sidecar (New York, NY)

Thursday Sept. 25th @ 10:30 & Saturday Sept. 27th @ 7:30

Slow Children Crossing (Los Angeles, CA)

Thursday Sept. 25th @ 9:00 & Friday Sept. 26th @ 10:30

The Sound of Young America (Los Angeles, CA)

Saturday Sept. 27th @ 3:00

Ubiquitous They (Seattle, WA)
Thursday Sept. 25th @ 10:30 & Saturday Sept. 27th @ 7:30

Unexpected Productions (Seattle, WA)

Friday Sept. 26th @ 9:00 & Saturday Sept. 27th @ 6:00

For the full schedule of shows, performer bios, special events and ticket information, visit us at www.sketchfest.org!

Danger, Sam Jackson!

2008-08-10T15:31:00.000-07:00

It was shocking enough when news that comedian Bernie Mac had died of complications from pneumonia Saturday morning, but when I'd heard that actor, music legend and Bernie's co-star in the upcoming film Soul Men, Isaac Hayes was found dead at his home this morning, things got kind of "sad-weird".

Mac was a stand-up comedian and member of the Original Kings of Comedy known for his approachable, avuncular personality, and wide-eyed "what's wrong with you people?!" observational humor whether on stage, television or film.

Isaac Hayes was a legend in his own time and really needs no introduction. Already an Oscar-winning soul musician and composer, by the 1990s, he gained a new generation of fans when we was cast as "Chef" in Comedy Central's South Park.

My advice to Mac and Hayes' Soul Men co-star Samuel L. Jackson: try to take it easy this week. Say, when was your last physical?

SketchFest Seattle

Only 3 more days of SketchFest!

'SketchFest: The Seattle Comedy Festival' opens Monday night

Special Events at SketchFest: The Seattle Comedy Festival

2009 SketchFest Line-up Announced

The SketchFest Video Contest Ends Soon!

Women Only Sketch Comedy Intensive at SketchFest Seattle

SketchFest Annual Fundraiser - save the date!

SketchFest Seattle Comedy Festival Application Deadline

SketchFest NYC is in TWO WEEKS!

Applications and New Summer Workshop!

Spam*O*Rama: Pork-Filled Players, Burlesque, and Ubiquitous They!

SketchFest NYC - Application Deadline This Week!

Week of Fun!

AWARDS!

Tim and Eric, Japanese Clowns and More!

Blogging is HARD!

Opening Gala and Video Contest Winners!

SketchFest Seattle 2008!!!

In the Art Zone

The Julie Goldman Offensive - $5 off!

Ad Watch: #Something-er-other

Super-secret semi-possible comedy show (maybe)

SketchFest Video Contest - Five Days to Enter!!

The SketchFest 2008 Line-Up

Danger, Sam Jackson!

SpamORama: Pork-Filled Players, Burlesque, and Ubiquitous They!