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Sketch Comedy in Philadelphia – May 16th through May 22nd

Post author By airpkbk
Post date May 16, 2016

Few things make us happier than seeing (or hearing) all the love Philadelphia’s sketch comedy community has been getting from national comedy festivals and this past weekend at Montreal Sketchfest 2016 The Flat Earth added a few more accolades performing in the closing night “Best of Fest” show and winning “Best Newcomer” (a.k.a. The Bag of Beer). Philly Sketchfest congratulates Jacquie Baker, Vincent DiCostanzo, Rich Lee, Adam Siry, Matthew Schmid, Molly Silverman and director, Paul Triggiani of The Flat Earth on all their accomplishments this year (including runners-up for Producer’s Pick at Toronto Sketchfest) and thanks you for putting Philadelphia in the conversation when it comes to sketch comedy.

Now please enjoy this week’s listings, with special attention for the May 20th Philly Sketchfest Presents Showcase at The Adrienne Theater Playground!

First at 8:30pm, it’s Adventure Friends with Baby Steps hosted by Tim Butterly of Comedy Central’s Delco Proper.

Then at 10:15pm, it’s the triumphant, one-night only, encore presentation of House of Solitude’s, “A Galaxy Uncherished” with special guests One Idiot from the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City, performing in their critically acclaimed, lost play from Tennessee Williams, “What The Horse Saw”.

More details plus everything else sketch in Philadelphia below…

Tags A Galaxy Uncherished, Aaron Burdette, Aaron Nevins, Adventure Friends, Alex Grubard, Allie Kokesh, Andalyn Young, Ashlee Rose Toll, Baby Steps, Brian Kelly, Caitlin Weigel, Caroline Cotter, Carrie McCrossen, Chip Chantry, Chris O’Connor, Christian Alsis, Claire Downs, Clay Hereth, Corin Wells, Courtney Painter, Dan Angelucci, Dan Vetrano, Daniel Corkery, David Ebert, Dog Mountain, Emily Hill, Frank Farrell, Harry Watermeier, house of solitude, Ian Fletcher, Jacquie Baker, Jake Mattera, Jim Grammond, Joe Bell, Joe Moore, Jon & Ian Have Something To Tell You, Jon Bershad, Jon Plester, Josh Jones, Julia Celley, Julia Hudson, Kate Banford, Kristy Goldy, Kristy Lopez-Bernal, Maggie Ross, Maggy Keegan, Matt Aukamp, Matthew Schmid, Megan Thibodeaux, Mike Butler, Molly Scullion, Murf Meyer, Myself Included, Nathan Min, Nina Sterner, Noah Forman, One Idiot, Patrick Reber, Paul Trigianni, People Places Stuff, Phone It In Film Festival, Quinton Alexander, RJ Payne, Robert O'Neil, Samantha Russell, Sketch Up or Shut Up, Steve Swan, The Incredible Shrinking Matt & Jacquie, Tim Butterly, Trevor Miles, UCB, Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, What The Horse Saw

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Sketch Comedy In Philadelphia – May 9th through May 15th

Post author By airpkbk
Post date May 10, 2016

No time for love today; only news about sketch comedy shows happening in Philadelphia. Big news of the week? There’s a new sketch group in town and their name is Nakatomi. Even bigger news of the week? That same brand new sketch group is making their debut this week opening for PHIT Sketch House Team, Dog Mountain. But the most big news this week? All of Nakatomi’s writers & performers are improvisors. According to Nakatomi’s Tom Hannigan, everyone in the group has “dabbled” in sketch comedy over the past year and collectively decided forming a group together would give them an opportunity to work out their sketch comedy-chops. We’re thrilled to hear it and excited to see it. What day? What time? Attire? It’s all below! You should really know that by now…

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Sketch Comedy in Philadelphia – January 4th through January 10th

Post author By airpkbk
Post date January 5, 2016

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2016! Yes, we are still celebrating because there is so much to be happy about. On New Year’s Day we opened up submissions and announced the dates of our upcoming 2016 Philly Sketchfest taking place from March 31st through April 3rd. You can submit here until we close out the submission process on January 31st. We’re also thankful to everyone who came out and enjoyed our January showcase featuring the American Breakfast Reunion Show with Your Mom and our 17 group sketch event, Sketch Hangover – The First Sketches of 2016. Our never-ending thanks to the performers who spent their New Year’s Day with us including, American Breakfast, Your Mom, Adventure Friends, Barbara Bush, Dog Mountain, High Dramma, HoagieFist, House of Solitude, ManiPedi, Mean Wendy Band, Patric Writes Sketches, The Burgundy Boys, The Flannel Chucks, The Flat Earth, The Incredible Shrinking Matt & Jacquie, The Prince, Until Pluto, and WGRA Radio Theatre. Let’s do it again next year! If you missed your first opportunity to see sketch comedy in 2016, you are in luck. There are no less than six sketch comedy shows occurring this week and we can’t wait to tell you about them…

Tags Adventure Friends, Alex Coffey, Andrew Nealis, Barbara Bush, Bill Reick, Brought To You By, Casey Hogan, Chip Chantry, Chis O'Connor, Chris Gory, Chris McGrail, Darryl Charles, Dave Metter, Dog Mountain, Dr. Timaree Leigh, Dru Kramcsak, DTF, DTF : The Darryl & Timaree Fun Hour, Greg Maughan, High Dramma, HoagieFist, Hoffman, house of solitude, Jack O'Keeffe, Jackie Benhayon, Jacquie Baker, James Knight, Jimmy Wyatt, Jon Plester, Julia Celley, Kev Ketner, Kristofer Hodge, Maggy Keegan, ManiPedi, Matt Aukamp, Matthew Schmid, Mean Wendy Band, Melissa Kane, Michael Rainey, Molly Silverman (The Flat Earth), Monologues, Neil Bardhan, On Increasing Immigration, Pat Reber, Patric Writes Sketches, Peter Szekeres, Quinton Alexander, Randi Warhol, Robert Nelson, Sarah Bell, Sarah Carter, Sheila Master, Steve Gerben, The Burgundy Boys, The Flannel Chucks, The Flat Earth, The Incredible Shrinking Matt & Jacquie, Tim Butterly, Timaree Leigh, Trevor Miles, Yvonne Anderson

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Sketch Comedy in Philadelphia – December 21st through December 27th

Post author By airpkbk
Post date December 22, 2015

Before we start, we wanted to thank Jake Mattera, Alex Pearlman, The Wire Mothers, Cynthia Marie, Until Pluto and House of Solitude for an awesome and entertaining night of sketch as part of our Philly Sketchfest Presents December showcase last Friday. Please make sure to check out all these wonderful groups on social media to be updated on all their upcoming shows and video releases. In fact, our friends in House of Solitude are performing a set of sketch as part of this week’s only sketch show on December 23rd – Secret Pants’ 6th Annual Holiday Variety Show Spectacular at Johnny Brenda’s entitled, ‘Should I Sleigh Or Should I Go’ – and next week as part of Philly Sketchfest Presents, ‘Sketch Hangover’, a sketch comedy revue featuring 17 sketch groups performing their first sketches of the New Year 2016 on January 1st. But this week, it’s all about Secret Pants and their annual holiday variety show…

Tags Barbara Bush, Chip Chantry, Chucky McMelonmeyer, Darryl Charles, Dr. Timaree Leigh, DTF : The Darryl & Timaree Fun Hour, house of solitude, Johnny Brendas, Lebon Lebon, Randi Warhol, Scarlet Checkers, Secret Pants, Should I Sleigh Or Should I Go, Steve Swan

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Sketch Comedy in Philadelphia – October 19th through October 25th

Post author By airpkbk
Post date October 21, 2015

Dog Mountain with special guests, Your Mom
Philly Improv Theater – 2030 Sansom Street (2nd Floor)
Thursday, October 22nd – 9pm / Tix – $8 Advance & $10 Door
Friday, October 23rd – 9pm / Tix – $10 Advance & $12 Door
Dog Mountain closes out their latest show, ‘No Cussin’ on the Mountain’. This run is bittersweet as it marks the final show the group will have with original member, Rob Baniewicz, who is moving New York City to pursue his dream career as an Elmo impersonator in Times Square. Okay, that’s not totally correct.

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Sketch Comedy in Philadelphia – October 12th through October 18th

Post author By airpkbk
Post date October 14, 2015

NYC Sketchfest at The PIT is this weekend and as we mentioned last week, Philadelphia will be represented by a plethora of groups. This week, musical sketch group Mean Wendy Band gets ready for their two shows at NYC Sketchfest with a local performance at Philly Improv Theater (PHIT) with musical improv duo, Cat & Vegas and the Temple of Boom. Not to be outdone, musical sketch/90’s alt-rock cover band The Flannel Chucks are also back on stage. PLUS, a brand new show from PHIT Sketch House Team Dog Mountain with guests Adventure Friends, Sweetish at The Sideshow, and an opportunity for anyone to get their material on stage at Sketch Up or Shut Up.