May 2011

Sunday afternoon. Middle of May. Thinking leisurely day off and nicer weather, right? Think again. Try challenging your mind in a classroom and learning a game called “Freeze.”Turf Theater is offering a two-hour class on the improvisational comedy game. That’s the one where a scene is building, someone yells, “Freeze,” all the actors stop where […]

Here’s something.Scoot’s Schticks Teen Comedy Club (Scoot’s Schticks. Betcha can’t say it three times fast.) is scheduling what’s billed as its “last show” at 6 p.m., Friday, May 27, at the Martin Luther King Community Center, 1531 W. Vliet St.Scoot’s Schticks is a troupe of high school comedians practicing standup, short- and long-form improvisational comedy

The fantastic ladies of Broadminded want you to know how important it is to support the local comedy scene. Check out this video! Special thanks to Adam Gilmore! Did you know the Comedy Festival needs your support more than ever?  Click here to make a difference! 

The comedy scene has been growing, and with so many incredible improv teams regularly performing all over the city, what better way to celebrate than with another Cage Match!  The first Cage Match, a fundraiser for the Milwaukee Comedy Festival, was a hilarious improv face-off between Meanwhile Improv and the winners, The Midnight Show. The second round – this Thursday, May 12th

What street brawls are to prize fighting, the Rec League is to ComedySportz. It’s a rawer, more developmental version of the short-form improvisational comedy that professional ComedySportz teams have been exhibiting for 27 years.I told you before about the free ComedySportz rec sessions open to the public most Sunday afternoons. Next Thursday, is something special.Rec

Love of Laughter, a Toastmasters club based in Waukesha, is hosting a standup comedy contest Thursday evening, May 5, at the Milwaukee Yacht Club, 1700 N. Lincoln Memorial Drive.The contest is an audition for talent to play at the comedy stage at the Wisconsin State Fair.Yacht club contestants will be placed in one of four

Don’t let the pizza throw you, Villa D’Carlo Restaurant, 5140 S. 6th Ave., Kenosha, also serves up hot, spicy comedy. The joint is hosting a standup showcase starting at 10 p.m., Friday, May 6.On the menu: Chicago-based Jesse Baltes Jason Hillman, from Milwaukee’s Caste of Killers Mario Robinson, also from Caste of Killers, and resident

Milwaukee Comedy Festival Co-Producer Patrick Schmitz put together a great “behind the scenes” look at the goings on during Wisconsin’s largest comedy event!  It’s a fun photo montage, and at 8 minutes you might think it’s a little long, but in reality it’s only a snapshot of the 30+ hours of shows and events!  Check out all