Philly Sketchfest lineup announced
Now in it’s second year, the Philly Sketchfest will be held from December 3-5 at the Plays and Players Theatre (1714 Delancey Place). Since last year’s inaugural run, the fest has certainly grown, even inviting sketch groups from Chicago and New York to perform this time. The other new wrinkle this year, beyond that there is an extra day, is that there will be a different stand-up comic every night hosting the shows (last year Chip Chantry hosted all of the shows).
The complete lineup is below, minus the winner of the Helium competition being held on November 18th [show info]. But enough of my yakking, here we go!:
Thursday 12/03 8PM Show
Host: CHIP CHANTRY (Philadelphia)
HELIUM WINNER
BOY MEETS TRACTOR (Swarthmore University)
GENTLEMAN’S ROTARY AUXILIARY (New Jersey)
Thursday 12/03 10PM Show
Host: CHIP CHANTRY
FEEKO BROS. (Philadelphia)
Special Appearance by BING SUPERNOVA (Hollywood)
SIXTH BOROUGH (Philadelphia)
Friday 12/04 8PM Show
Host: STEVE GERBEN (Philadelphia)
THIS THING OF OURS (Philly/New York)
ANIMOSITY PIERRE (Philadelphia)
Friday 12/04 10PM Show
Host: STEVE GERBEN
CHRIS & PAUL SHOW (New York City)
SECRET PANTS (Philadelphia)
Saturday 12/05 8PM Show
Host: KENT HAINES (Philadelphia)
BETTER THAN THE MACHINE (New York City)
THE WAITSTAFF (Philadelphia)
Saturday 12/05 10PM Show
Host: KENT HAINES
THE COOL TABLE (Chicago)
MEG & ROB (Philadelphia)
In related news, producing partners for the fest, sketch group Animosity Pierre are continuing their Mexican Sock Puppet series. Here’s the second episode:
Comments
Pruneface
October 28th, 2009 at 3:46 pm
Why are the socks underwater? Socks can’t speak Mexican while they’re underwater. That kind of ruins the skit for me. I can’t even read the subtitles because I’m too busy thinking “Why are these socks underwater?”
Dave T.
October 29th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
You’re absolutely right. We’ll do a retraction immediately.
Que Q. Que
October 29th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
Muy bueno, mis amigos, muy buenos… ¿ahora, quizás si usted tenía un carácter canadiense que era también una marioneta del guante? Pienso que crearía una representación igual.
Brendan
October 29th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
Actually Doogie, I think the socks might not actually be underwater. They appear to actually be in front of a drawing of an actual underwater scene that actually took place somewhere else.