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School’s out for summer, but there’s something to be said for studying ahead and lifelong learning, and besides, the latest class offered by Turf Theater looks fun. “Rules of Improv” will be taught by Dave Nelsen, a longtime veteran of ComedySportz who grew up in the short-form improv theater’s high school league then worked his […]

Families are rife with intimate sometimes incompatible relationships among individuals who didn’t choose to be together. And because we all have – or have been had by – families, we can relate to the endless possibilities of comedy that live in those social units. So this month broadminded, the Milwaukee-based all-female sketch comedy group, is

Caste of Killers Comedy Collective is getting the audience involved in cutting up clothing at its next High Brow Comedy Show.The Milwaukee standup troupe is having a contest described thusly on its website: “our theme will be dirty, sexy t-shirts. Take an old t-shirt and some scissors and turn it into something that would never

Coming this weekend on the Milwaukee Comedy scene: “Adding Machine – A Musical,” with original music by Milwaukee native Joshua Schmidt (Read the review from ThirdCoast Digest.). 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 8 through Saturday, June 11; 2 p.m., Sunday, June 12, Skylight Opera Theatre. Tickets: $22.50-$65. “Dearly Departed,” (Read about it on ElmGroveNow.com.) Various times,

Milwaukee has become a destination lately for stand up performances by cast members of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.” (See our previous report if you don’t believe me.) Now the Riverside Theater says Jon Stewart himself is scheduling an appearance in Cream City. His show is 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 1. Tickets

Thanks to some heroic last-second generosity, the Milwaukee Comedy Festival met its fundraising goal of $2,500 by June 1 to help cover costs of expanding its sixth annual event, scheduled for Aug. 4-7. Some 41 donors pledged $2,645 to the festival, which also is in the process of seeking non-profit status so it can continue

If you’re into stuff like fresh air and sunshine, get your fill on Saturday because you’ll want to spend a few precious hours indoors Sunday afternoon. That’s when Round 2 of the ComedySportz Rec League playoffs are scheduled.A record 14 teams in the league have narrowed down to six, which will compete in short-form improv

Meteorological summer began June 1.So on the first weekend of summer, here’s an option from the Milwaukee comedy scene: Jason Russell is appearing at Jokerz Comedy Club, 11400 W. Silver Spring Rd.From the web: “A product of a biracial family, he felt the sting of intolerance and bigotry while learning much about his own self

So this pledge drive has been running for a couple of months to raise money for the Milwaukee Comedy Festival. The deadline for pledges is June 1. That’s next week.And the drive is still short of its goal of $2,500. The way it works: Unless the goal is met, nobody’s pledge is collected. It’s an

Caste of Killers Comedy Collective, a year-old Milwaukee-based standup troupe, announces two more regular open mic sessions.Already, COK – as they like to call themselves – runs Killer Open Mic, with registration at 8:30 p.m. and shows starting at 9 p.m., on the second and fourth Thursday of every month at Art Bar Riverwest, 722