This week we wrap up 2011 with two days of Comedy!
Thursday at 10:30pm is Seattle’s only late night open mic dedicated to Stand-Up, Improv & Sketch Comedy: The Comedy Workshop!
Hosted by Actor/Comedian Rik Deskin!
Every week some of the area’s best and brightest, emerging and veteran Comedians perform 3-10 minutes of new material or rework existing material. Sometimes an Improv team will do a set. Some day a sketch comedy group will perform a new sketch. Some…day.
Sign-up is with Rik at http://www.facebook.com/rik.deskin until 10pm.
$5. FREE for SAG, AEA, AFTRA and Comedians.
https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/162169
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On Friday beginning at 2pm is Brown Bag Comedy!
Eclectic Theater Company presents our Planet’s only lunchtime performance!
30 minutes of Stand-up Comedy 2-2:30pm! Enough time for you to get from class or work, grab your brown bag or to-go lunch and enjoy some midday comedy and then get back to work or school!
Every Friday. Doors open at 1:30pm.
$5. FREE for SAG, AEA, AFTRA and Comedians.
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/142945
Featured Comedians:
December 30: Ed Hill & Kristina McMillen!
About Ed Hill:
Originally from Taiwan, Ed is an emerging young comic who moved to Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada 18 years ago, thinking he was on vacation at his father’s discretion.
Ed has performed all over Western Canada and is a regular guest at his home club, Lafflines Comedy Club. He has appeared at The Louie Anderson Theater in Las Vegas, The Comedy Store and Laugh Factory in LA, and Bite TV’s “Stand Up & Bite Me” program. He was also featured on Sirius XM Radio’s Canada’s Next Top Comic, the NC Arts Comedy Festival, Dallas Comedy Festival, Boston Comedy Festival, World Series of Comedy, Laughing Skull Comedy Festival, the Vancouver Global Comedy Festival and many more.
Ed has worked with comics such as Louie Anderson, Kyle Cease, Bret Ernst, Ruben Paul, Azhar Usman, Joe Wong and musical acts such as Jurassic 5, Jin, Dan the Automator, and many other talented individuals.
In addition to his comedy, Ed has a M.Ed in Counselling Psychology. He is also a professional DJ, a music producer, the founder of Open Mic for Autism, a concert pianist, a prolific writer, and an avid graphic artist.
Ed is still currently on vacation with his potato-like dog.
www.kingedhill.com
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At 8pm is Seattle’s only Sketch Comedy open mic: Anti-Allergy Nose Spray!
Hosted by Actor/Comedian Rik Deskin!
Anti-Allergy Nose Spray is a Sketch Comedy Open Mic. Anyone can submit a sketch and perform it at this show.
Sketches will be picked on a first come first served basis. The show will run as long as sketches are presented but not longer than 1 hour. 8PM-9PM on Friday Evening (through December 30, 2011 and then weekly on various nights).
Hosts include Rik Deskin and other Guest Hosts from Seattle’s Comedy scene! Plus Palmolive is the House Band!
ANTI-ALLERGY NOSE SPRAY! “RULES”
-It’s open to all performers. Sign-up begins now until 30 minutes before the show on Facebook with Rik Deskin: http://www.facebook.com/rik.deskin
-Make sure your sketch is between 3 to 5 minutes long (meaning approx. 3 to 5 pages long). It will NOT be accepted if it’s more than the allotted time limit.
-You can submit multiple sketches. Let’s just be considerate so everyone gets to go on stage. We want to play fair so anyone who wants to put up a sketch will get the chance to do so with at least one sketch.
-Don’t forget to cast your sketch before you come to The AANS. You supply your own performers.
-And yes, to participate, it will cost you NOTHING!!! It’s FREE!!!!
FREE to watch also!
https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/197826
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Finally at 9:30pm is Comedy from
JERRY PERCIO with Ed Hill!
Jerry Percio is a comedian, actor, writer and award winning novelty song writer who has been featured on Comedy Central, TNT, NBC, The Lifetime Network and in ad campaigns for Diet Coke and Pepsi, as well as numerous local commercials. Some of his work can be heard regularly on the All-Comedy Radio Channel and Dr. Demento’s syndicated program. He has written for Jay Leno, Rick Dees and others. He is an incredible mimic whose voices are referred to as re-creations rather than impressions. When asked if he is funny and talented his reply is, “I haven’t had a job since March of ’84….I must be doing something right.”
Featuring Comedian Ed Hill!
Hosted by Rik Deskin!
Produced by Eclectic Theater Company.
Friday, December 30, 2011 at 9:30pm
Odd Duck Studio
$15 Advance Tickets. $20 at the door.
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/217926
About Jerry Percio:
Jerry Percio, a versatile comedian, easily moves
his stage show from stand-up monology to musical
parodies without missing a beat. Jerry was the first
published white rap artist in the U.S. With a
voracious appetite for information, Jerry is the first
one to say that he will never run out of material for
his act. For all he needs to do is read the paper a
watch the news and the material just falls into place
from the crazy things people do every day. Jerry just doesn’t do impressions of some of his favorite actors and cartoon characters, he does ”recreations”.
Native of Cleveland, Ohio, Uncle Jer is one of the top parody, novelty, singer and songwriters in the country. His creations have been played on Dr. Demento’s syndicated radio program and Rick Dees’ Weekly Top 40.
Impressions and harp are among many of his talents. Jerry has produced 8 CD’s of live performances and music. He holds a BS degree in Accounting and a Masters degree in Sociology, which comes in handy in this trade since it’s the study of group behavior.
About Ed Hill:
Originally from Taiwan, Ed is an emerging young comic who moved to Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada 18 years ago, thinking he was on vacation at his father’s discretion.
Ed has performed all over Western Canada and is a regular guest at his home club, Lafflines Comedy Club. He has appeared at The Louie Anderson Theater in Las Vegas, The Comedy Store and Laugh Factory in LA, and Bite TV’s “Stand Up & Bite Me” program. He was also featured on Sirius XM Radio’s Canada’s Next Top Comic, the NC Arts Comedy Festival, Dallas Comedy Festival, Boston Comedy Festival, World Series of Comedy, Laughing Skull Comedy Festival, the Vancouver Global Comedy Festival and many more.
Ed has worked with comics such as Louie Anderson, Kyle Cease, Bret Ernst, Ruben Paul, Azhar Usman, Joe Wong and musical acts such as Jurassic 5, Jin, Dan the Automator, and many other talented individuals.
In addition to his comedy, Ed has a M.Ed in Counselling Psychology. He is also a professional DJ, a music producer, the founder of Open Mic for Autism, a concert pianist, a prolific writer, and an avid graphic artist.
Ed is still currently on vacation with his potato-like dog.
www.kingedhill.com
About Rik Deskin:
Rik just finished working on a new play called SEPTEMBER SKIES and Season 1 of the new web-series, LOOK UP IN THE SKY. He also appears regularly as the Host of THE COMEDY WORKSHOP and ANTI-ALLERGY NOSE SPRAY at the Odd Duck Studio. Rik has also He was recently heard throughout WA State in a HEALTH & SAFETY SPOT for Labor Neighbor Radio. Recent films include QUEEN OF WANDS, SAUSAGE FEST, and recent plays include MACBETH, THE LITTLE DEATH, AS YOU LIKE IT, GLORY, GLORY, VANISH. He produced and acted in OBSESSION, a short film being that was featured in this year’s Garden State Film Festival. Rik can also be seen in SNOW DAY, BLOODY SNOW DAY now available on DVD at www.gadzookfilms.com. He attended Cornish College of the Arts from 1997-2001 and graduated with a BFA in Acting.
Rik has worked nationally with The National Theatre For Children and Open Door Theatre; regionally in the Seattle area with Centerstage, Renton Civic Theatre, LIVE GIRLS!, ArtsWest, Stepping Stone Productions, Theater Schmeater. Rik is the Artistic Director of Eclectic Theater Company. Some Film appearances include THE STANDARD (which won Best Director at the Phoenix Film Festival), SNOW DAY, BLOODY SNOW DAY; and more. Member of SAG, AEA & AFTRA.
http://www.sag.org/iactor/RikDeskin
