2012 Application Deadline EXTENDED!

An amazing and wonderful thing has happened! After much deliberation (and some semi-ethical bribery) the powers that be have granted an extension to the application deadline for SketchFest Seattle 2012! FINAL date for applications is now June 13th at Midnight which means you have an entire month to get your very best material together. We can't wait to see some of sketch comedy's most hilarious groups represented, including our very own Seattle sketch scene. With two out-of-town and one local showcase, and a laughtastic Film Festival there are plenty of ways for you to share your talents with the crowd. We can't Read more

SketchFriends: Meet Charles

I had the extreme pleasure of asking the comedy duo Charles (Charlie Stockman and Chuck Armstrong) a few questions about their experience in the world of sketch comedy. These were their responses, in all their glory: I have to ask, when and how did your love of all things funny begin? Charlie: I’ve always enjoyed the reward of making people laugh. I think most of us do. Comedians just need that reward in more regular doses. More specifically, when I started writing for the Stanford Chaparral in college was when I really started taking comedy seriously. Chuck: I had a teacher, Jeannine Read more

Mash-Up 2012: The Debreifenning!

Can you believe it!?  They started Friday night having not even met, and by Sunday they put on an awesome full-length sketch show!  But, like a solar eclipse, the big bang, or a rabid bear having high tea with a twelve foot tall anthropomorphic rubik's cube, this is an event that can only be seen once in a long while!  If you were lucky enough to have been in the audience that night, consider yourself the recipient of one of the universe's greatest gifts!  The sketches illuminated some of the human experience's most poignant moments: the harrowing reality of frontline oral care with a Combat Dentist, Read more

Festival Submissions are LIVE!

Submissions for the annual Seattle Sketch Comedy Festival are now live! We are waiting with bated breath to see what kind of wonderful feats of comedic genius you have in store for the Emerald City. Visit the application page to submit and if you have any questions, please feel free to contact us! Here's to another great year of hilarious antics in support of the fine art of sketch comedy. Applications close on JUNE 13th at MIDNIGHT, so be sure to get your very best material together in time for the Read more