After nearly selling out in January, Retro Comedy Night! is back with its whacky mélange of standup, improv and sketch comedy inspired by the 1970s and 1980s. Join us as we time-travel to our formative decades with stand-up Erik Koconis, the 2-year-old improv troupe Homegrown Electric Circus – and a surprise retro sitcom performed live […]
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Two years is a long time, when you think about it. Consider it in terms of serious relationships or complete sobriety or egg salad. So it’s impressive that a group of individuals who met through ComedySportz workshops are still together performing their own brand of comedy improv on a regular basis for two years running.You
Some of the best shows I’ve seen I’ve walked into blindly – not knowing much, if anything, about the story, not having read reviews, not hearing about it from friends who had already seen it. I know people who decidedly prefer ignorance about movies or plays before they go because they enjoy the element of
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Milwaukee Comedy doesn’t just love comedy, we help bring it to the stage – literally! Over three days, Milwaukee Comedy Founder Matt Kemple, with help from Chicago based Bye Bye Liver producers Matt Mattingly and Byron Hatfield and local talent Nate Press build a new stage in the ComedySportz Garage. “I noticed the [ComedySportz] garage
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Homegrown is back with some hilarious yule-tide laughs – improv comedy style! The night will get you in the holiday spirit with high quality laughs at Black Friday prices. Homegrown Electric Circus Presents: A Homegrown Christmas is happening this weekend at ComedySportz for only $5. This group of funny makers don’t wear dreamy red sweaters
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Not only is Milwaukee comedy growing, but the diversity of acts is broader than ever. Improv group Homegrown Electric Circus jokes about it in promoting its latest show, Friday, Sept. 2. Offering to change up its format, Homegrown Electric Circus suggests several alternative approaches, only to realize that each is represented by an existing group.
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The MilwaukeeComedy community is supportive. Local comedians frequently turn out and even pitch in at each other’s events. As Jenna Kashou reports at InsideMilwaukee.com, Milwaukee comedy groups have performed fund raisers for this weekend’s Milwaukee Comedy Festival. They also have kind things to say, including: “The comedy festival has been a true blessing for Milwaukee
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One of the home-grown comedy teams performing among the 25 groups and 15 stand-ups at the Milwaukee Comedy Festival is Homegrown Electric Circus. The ensemble of Scott Heaton, Josh Barto, Mike Walker, Jazmin Vollmar, and Evan Koepnick had been together only five months before appearing in the 2010 festival. “We were still figuring out not
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Trying to capitalize on a form of fundraising synonymous with France’s favorite comedian, the folks from Worst Case Scenario are staging a faux telethon for the Milwaukee Comedy Festival. The Milwaukee-based comedy group is performing a series of scenes, games and bits along with actors from The Midnight Show, Meanwhile Improv Troupe and Homegrown Electric
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,
