Thanks to all the comedians who performed at Sled Island 2008!
* Live Improv w/ Pat Kelly & Peter Oldring
* UCBcomedy.com Presents: The Puppet Talk Show w/ Seth Morris
* UCBcomedy.com Presents: Stand Up w/ Eddie Pepitone and Sean Conroy
LIVE IMPROV W/ PAT KELLY & PETER OLDRING
Wednesday, June 25th @ 7pm (1st show) and 9pm (2nd show)
Pumphouse Theatre (Small) (2140 Pumphouse Avenue SW)
$7 per show
Description coming soon.
UCBCOMEDY.COM PRESENTS: HORATIO SANZ & THE KINGS OF IMPROV (BRIAN HUSKEY, JOHN BOWIE, SETH MORRIS, JASON MANTZOUKAS)
Thursday, June 26th @ 9pm
Plaza Theatre (1133 Kensington Road NW)
$20 advance/$25 door
Saturday, June 28th @ 7pm (1st show) and 9pm (2nd show)
Pumphouse Theatre (Main) (2140 Pumphouse Avenue SW)
$25 advance/$30 door per show
You’ve seen him on TV - now see Horatio and his friends live on stage in one of the funniest and craziest improv shows out there. If you liked him on SNL, check out this show to get an uncensored taste of the comic sensibility that you know and love.
Individual Performer Bios:
Horatio Sanz
A native of Chicago, Horatio Sanz is best known for his eight seasons on Saturday Night Live. Sanz co-starred with Cuba Gooding Jr. in the feature film "Boat Trip," and has also starred in the comedy "Tomcats" and was featured in the hit movie "Road Trip." He has also appeared on NBC's "Ed" opposite Chris Parnell. Prior to SNL, Sanz was a writer and performer at theaters including the Court Theater and Chicago's famed Second City. He is also one of the founding members of The Upright Citizens Brigade.
Brian Huskey
Brian has performed on VH1's Best Week Ever and Free Radio, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, the Upright Citizens Brigade television show. He has appeared in such films as Superbad, Semi-Pro, and Starship Dave and has written for Comedy Central's Crossballs, PRI's Fair Game, as well as being a commentator, and has penned two films for Paramount Pictures. And yes, he is the Sonic Guy from Sonic Burger, the one who sits in the car with his wife and seems to only eat Sonic Drive In food.
http://www.monsterinawheelchair.com/
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/d1c0fac183
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/62bed80dd7
John Bowie
John Bowie is a member of The Naked Babies and regularly performs at the UCB's Los Angeles and New York theaters. Since moving to Hollywood in 2002, he has been a series regular on NBC's shortlived but critically ignored A.U.S.A., as well as appearing on CSI:NY, Reno 911!, Joan of Arcadia, Charmed, Las Vegas and a bunch of commercials. His film work includes Road Trip and the cult hit What the Bleep Do We Know?
http://www.funnyordie.com/johnrossbowie
Seth Morris
Is a stand-up, sketch and improv comedian from San Francisco and the former Artistic Director of the UCB Los Angeles Theater. He is a founding member of the sketch group The Naked Babies. Seth appeared in the long-running Off-Broadway production of The Marijuanalogues and on television including Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Comedy Central's Upright Citizens Brigade, Chappelle's Show, Curb Your Enthusiasm and Reno 911!.
http://www.funnyordie.com/seth
http://youtube.com/watch?v=vPGlvQlwGCU
Jason Mantzoukas
Is a regular performer at The Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in New York and Los Angeles. He has appeared on the Comedy Central television series Upright Citizens Brigade and is a regular on VH1's Best Week Ever and A2Z. Other credits include The Jeannie Tate Show, Terrorists and most recently Tina Fey and Amy Poehler's new comedy Baby Mama.
http://www.funnyordie.com/jasonmantzoukas
UCBCOMEDY.COM PRESENTS: THE PUPPET TALK SHOW – THE SLED ISLAND SPECTACULAR (W/ SETH MORRIS)
Wednesday, June 25th @ 7pm
Pumphouse Theatre (Main) (2140 Pumphouse Avenue SW)
$25 advance/$30 door
Join the UCB Theatre's Seth Morris (Curb Your Enthusiasm) and friends as they host a real live talk show, with real live puppets. Usually featuring super duper special guests from TV and the movies like _____, this Special Sled Island Spectacular edition will feature guests from TV & Movies & BANDS who will perform live and be transformed into their puppet selves right before your eyes. Come one, come all! This show has to be seen to be believed!
UCBCOMEDY.COM PRESENTS: STAND UP W/ EDDIE PEPITONE AND SEAN CONROY
Wednesday, June 25th @ 9pm
Pumphouse Theatre (Main) (2140 Pumphouse Avenue SW)
$25 advance/$30 door
Thursday, June 26th @ 11pm
Plaza Theatre (1133 Kensington Road NW)
$20 advance/$25 door
Individual performer bios:
Eddie Pepitone
As a comedy staple in NYC, he appeared regularly on The Conan O'Brien show. His TV appearances include Chappelle's Show, Crossballs on Comedy Central, Jimmy Kimmel, King of Queens, Last Comic Standing, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and the Greg Behrendt Show. Also a great serious actor he has appeared on Law and Order: Criminal Intent, Deadline, The Beat and Now and Again. On the Silver Screen Eddie is all over the hit movie Old School. Pepitone is a great standup who now plys his trade in Los Angeles at the UCB Theatre in LA, the Hollywood Improv and various other venues around town.
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=68864041
http://www.effinfunny.com/eddiepepitone/
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/febac3d6c4
Sean Conroy
is a ten year veteran improv and sketch perfomer with the UCB Theatre. He has performed stand-up comedy on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Comedy Central's Premium Blend and Late Friday on NBC. His one-man show, Taught, was selected for the 2001 HBO U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado. He has written for the Comedy Central show Shorties Watching Shorties as well as Comedy Central's Crossballs. He has appeared in the feature films Happy Hour, Martin and Orloff, The Untitled Onion Sketch Movie and Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story. Sean is also a founding member of the famed longform improv group, The Swarm"
UCB TOUR INFO
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