What’s happening in the world of comedy – regionally and nationally.
Spring is in the air! The birds are chirping, the sun is shining, and the sketch comedians are planning their annual migration to the Pacific Northwest for SketchFest 2016! The ORIGINAL sketch comedy festival is now accepting submissions from performers around the globe to come visit the Emerald City for a weekend…
You’re funny. You’ve got great ideas. So what’s stopping YOU from writing the next Parks and Recreation, Friends, or Silicon Valley? Now you can learn the art of pilot writing from screenwriter and script doctor Ben Axelrad through his workshop, The Four Masters. When: Sunday, April 24 12p-4p Where: The…
We’re just over a month away from the big kickoff for SketchFest! We hope you’re as psyched as we are, because this year’s festival is going to be bonkers. So without further ado, here are the links for all your ticket-snagging needs: SketchFest Headlining Shows (Annex Theatre) TICKET LINK 9/25 @…
We’ve teased the headlines. We’ve revealed the feature acts. Now it’s time to give you the goods on when and where you can see all these great groups! Here’s the schedule for this year’s fest! The Big Kickoff! Who: Specific Northwest When: Sunday, 9/13 @ 7p Where: The Pocket Theater Local…
We already kicked things off with our 2015 Headliners. Now we’re proud to announce this year’s roster of local performers, selected by lottery and ready to rock your socks off this September!
We locked ourselves in a theatre, pored over myriad video submissions from around the country, and finally released the traditional puff of white smoke. The message was clear: SketchFest Headliners have been selected!
Okay, okay! Enough with the angry, typo-riddled emails! We’ve heard your pleas, we’ve seen the smoke from your MacBooks desperately rendering video, and we’ve listened: We’re extending the submission deadline to Friday, June 12, at midnight. For real though, it’s closed for good after that. We’ve got to start picking…
Today’s the day! If you haven’t applied for SketchFest (happening September 17-26) yet, you have until midnight tonight to do it. So go do it! Apply! Right now! Go! We’ve already had some fantastic acts submitted from around Seattle and across the country, but we’re masochists who like having to…
This Friday marks Seattle comedy fans’ second favorite time of the year: the annual SketchFest Fund Fight takes Annex Theatre by storm! If you’re not in the know, the Fund Fight is our only fundraising venture of the year so we go all out on the funny. Mark your calendars…
That’s right! The time has come once again for the world’s ORIGINAL Sketch Comedy Festival to throw open its doors and invite you to submit! Hit up our Application Page and get started! We hold ourselves to one standard: putting out the most hilarious, laugh-packed mix of local and touring…
