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Philly Sketchfest Presents the Welcome Zine
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To give recommendations for our visiting performers and audience members, Matt Schmid (of The Incredible Shrinking Matt & Jacquie) and Aubrie Williams (of Bomb Bomb Bombshells) created a digital zine with favorites and suggestions from Philly-based performers. Thanks to Sarah Carter for creating a flip book version. Have a look below!
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Workshop with The Chris & Paul Show!
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Before seeing The Chris & Paul Show perform at Philly Sketchfest on Saturday, June 8, at 8:30, why not learn some of their tricks of the trade? Taught by international sketch comedy award winners Chris O’Neill & Paul Valenti of “The Chris and Paul Show,” is a physical comedy workshop for performers of any skill…
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The 20th Anniversary of Secret Pants
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Philly Sketchfest is honored and pleased to be presenting the 20th Anniversary of Secret Pants on June 7 at 830pm at the MacGuffin Stage at the Adrienne. Secret Pants’ influence on sketch comedy in Philadelphia is immeasurable with members teaching classes, producing shows, directing other teams, and mentoring new writers and performers. They have not…
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Festival Passes on sale now
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You can now buy your passes to see all of the festival’s live shows and the Sketch Comedy Film Festival for only $100, which is over a 55% savings. If you can only join us for an evening, purchase a Night Pass, and see all three shows in one night. Night Passes are available for…
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New My First Sketch with Yena Frick
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Latest episode of My First Sketch featuring Yena Frick of Forevermore Sketch from Baltimore, MD! Forevermore Sketch will be performing on Philly Sketchfest Presents at Skinner Studio at Plays and Players on March 22 at 8pm. You can get your tickets here. Have a listen wherever you get podcasts or right below here:
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My First Sketch is back! With Ben Maher!
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The 2024 season of My First Sketch has started! With Episode 200! With special guest, one of the co-founders of Philly Sketchfest, Ben Maher! Tune in wherever you get your podcasts. Or right here:
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Cutthroat Sketch is casting!
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Cutthroat Sketch, our monthly show of sketch comedy and sabotage, is casting writers and performers. The next shows will take place February 1, March 7, and April 4, all at Sawubona Creativity Project. Two teams get randomly assigned together and given about a month’s time to write and perform a 15-minute sketch comedy set, revolving…
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Philly Sketchfest 2024 is Coming!
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We promise this time. Philly Sketchfest will be happening in May and June 2024, returning to one of our old homes. Submission information will be coming in February. New graphics and website will be coming soon too.
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Sketchubator Live!
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On Sunday, February 19, at 2pm at Tattooed Mom at 5th and South Sts, Sketchubator, our sketch comedy open mic, goes from Zoom to live and in person. If you want to sign up in advance, go here.
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2022 Sketch Comedy Film Festival
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On Sunday, October 23 at 7:30pm EDT, join Philly Sketchfest for another virtual year of our annual Sketch Comedy Film Festival! Debuting live on Facebook Premiere, the fest will feature 2 blocks of sketch videos from some incredibly talented local and national sketch comedians. Our 2022 Festival will feature an assortment of fresh comedic voices…