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THEATRE 99 AND CHARLESTON CITY PAPER
PRESENT
THE 7th ANNUAL CHARLESTON COMEDY FESTIVAL
JANUARY 20-23, 2010
Some of the country’s hottest improv, sketch, and stand-up artists will descend upon Charleston, S.C., for what has become the annual event you don’t want to miss! Produced by Theatre 99 (Charleston’s Home for Improv Comedy) and the Charleston City Paper (the premier source for news, arts, and entertainment), 38 shows will be performed in nine different venues in just four nights.
Several returning artists are slated to perform in the Charleston Comedy Festival 2010, including Cook County Social Club, an improv and sketch comedy group from Chicago that played to packed houses in 2009. Cook County will team up with The Dangerous Strangers of Cabaret Kiki, the band behind Charleston’s favorite burlesque show who will reunite for a one-night only performance.
Another festival favorite is Elephant Larry, an uproarious NYC sketch comedy troupe who debuted in Charleston at the Comedy Fest in 2006 and returned for that year’s Piccolo Fringe Festival in May. The Uprights Citizen Brigade Touring Company makes its semi-annual pilgrimage to town with Pangea 3000, a four-man sketch comedy group comprised of writers and contributors to The Onion, and Sidecar, a group that will perform a compilation of their greatest sketches.
Plenty of stand-up comedians from around the country will be taking the mic. Kenny Zimlinghaus, a former 96Wave deejay who is now on Cosmo Radio on XM and Sirius, will return to perform and emcee the annual Charleston Stand-Up Competition.
Venues for the festival this year include Theatre 99 (280 Meeting St. above the Bicycle Shoppe), The American Theater and Stars Bar (446 King St.), Charleston Ballet Theatre (477 King St.), Trio Club (139 Calhoun St.), the Music Farm (32 Ann St.), and Eye Level Art 103 Gallery (103 Spring St.). The festival has expanded to the suburbs with two new venues: the Charleston Pour House on James Island (1977 Maybank Hwy.) and Centre Pointe Bar & Grill in North Charleston (4950 Centre Pointe Dr.) This festival is the South’s premier comedy event and the only event of its kind in the Carolinas.Ticket prices range from $5 - $20 and are available at here or by calling Etix at 1-800-514-ETIX.*
Tickets will be sold at Theatre 99 (280 Meeting St.) the week of the festival from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m (cash or check only). If the show is not sold out, tickets will be available at the door starting one hour before showtime.