Milwaukee Sketch & Improv Fest Goes National
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2nd Annual Milwaukee Sketch & Improv Festival
The Milwaukee Sketch & Improv Festival, a two day celebration focused on promoting sketch and improv comedy in Milwaukee, will take place on August 10 and 11th, 2007 at the historic Times Cinema. Six shows will offer audiences 12 different professional sketch comedy and improvisation groups from all over the country. Shows will take place Friday and Saturday 8pm, 10pm, and Midnight.
Founded in 2006, the first installment was an opportunity to focus on the local comedy and sketch teams in and around Milwaukee, emphasizing new and original work, as well as local talents. The goal was to give all the comedy groups in town an opportunity to work together in a new way, and the first year brought 9 local sketch comedy and improvisation groups together for the first time. The teams that shared the stage for the first time have gone on to collaborate on shows, fostered new teams, and have had successful performances all over Milwaukee.
Two events make this festival truly unique, the Friday Night Improv Jam and the Saturday Night Video Jam. These midnight shows will offer Milwaukee never before seen entertainment at a reduced ticket price. The Friday Night Improv Jam is an opportunity for all performers to meet and interact with one another. Participants will be placed with people from different groups to perform short-form improv sketches. This is a fun way for performers to work with others from all parts of the nation. The Saturday Night Video Jam is a showcase of recorded sketches and clips, giving the various groups involved in the festival an opportunity to show off an additional aspect of their talents. The Saturday Night Video Jam promises to bring audiences new and innovative work never before seen in Milwaukee.
This year, the event will be an even bigger and better festival. There will be groups performing from all over the Mid-West and as far away as Oregon, making The Milwaukee Sketch & Improv Festival a true national event! With three shows a night, each packed with different teams from a variety of locations, the whole weekend will be a mix of hilarious improvisation and the best of the best in sketch comedy.
Posted by streetteam on 07/06 at 09:44 PM