First Annual Los Angeles Comedy Festival (May 10-20, 07)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Lawrin Goulston Salazar (323) 806-9974
Email: [email protected]
1st Annual Los Angeles Comedy Festival
Begins May 10, 2007
The place for all things funny
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A new festival embracing all forms of comedy from the producer of
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The Annual LA Fest of Sketch Comedy (LAFS)
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11-night Comedic Feast!
May 10 through May 20, 2007
(Los Angeles, CA) (April, 2007)… Executive Producer Lawrin Goulston Salazar proudly announces the launching of The Annual Los Angeles Comedy Festival, coming to the McCadden Place Theatre in Hollywood from May 10 to 20, 2007. Tickets are $12 for all performances. Festival passes are available.
The Birth of a Festival
Lawrin Goulston Salazar has successfully produced all five of The Annual LA Fest of Sketch Comedy (LAFS). She had long envisioned starting a second, sister festival that embraced all forms of comedy. Beamed Goulston Salazar:
“I felt the time was right to start this festival. My sketch comedy festival has grown into the second-largest festival of its kind, with many groups going onto network development deals. One, Summer of Tears, went on to win the Jury Award at the US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen this year.”
“Over the years, I’ve had many standup comedians and improv performers approach me wanting to be part of LAFS. It never made sense to me that LA, with all of its talent and industry, didn’t have a comedy festival. So I plunged in.”
“I received an avalanche of submissions from around the country. Los Angeles is in for a comedic feast!”
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101 Performers
Among the participating 101 talented performers from around the country are:
Joey Medina standup (Morning Invasion, Latino Radio 96.3, The Original Latin Kings of Comedy)
Kyle Cease standup (Comedy Central Presents)
Cocoa Brown standup (Washington DC, Comedian of the Year, Comedy TKO Champion, It’s Showtime at the Apollo)
The Greg Wilson standup (Comics Unleashed)
Victor Varnado standup (cover story this week’s Village Voice, MVP Montreal Just for Laughs Festival)
Suzanne Whang standup (Winner, NY Comedy Festival, Winner Las Vegas Comedy Festival, host, House Hunters)
Jeff Norris standup (Tropicana, Las Vegas)
Jamie Pierce standup (Top Ten National Finalist, New York Underground Comedy Festival)
Jason Stuart standup (My Wife and Kids, Montreal Comedy Festival)
Competitve Awesome sketch comedy (creators, Monster Office)
Chicago City Limits improv (20+ year improv veterans from NYC)
Shakespeare Unscripted improv (First Place, World Cup Improv, San Francisco)
Coventry & Kaluza clown duo (Best Act, American Circus Festival, 2005, 2006)
Matt Kaye’s Kamikaze improv (Voted one of top 5 shows to see in Chicago)
Keilley & Roeters sketch comedy (Top Ten Comedy Shows of 2006, Now Magazine, Toronto)
Participants are from: Boston, Chicago, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New Jersey, New York City, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Seattle ….
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Categories
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Standups Matt Champagne |
Sketch Comedy: All that Naz |
Improv:
Solo: Comedy to Music: Clowns: |
LOS ANGELES COMEDY FESTIVAL runs every evening May 10 – May 20. All performances are at the McCadden Place Theatre at 1157 N. McCadden Place in Hollywood at 8 PM and 9:30 PM, with an additional 11 PM show on Friday and Saturday (see full schedule). Tickets are $12 per performance, with festival passes also available (5 shows for $50, 10 shows for $90, non-transferable). Parking is available at 1149 N. McCadden Place in addition to ample street parking.
For information, call (323) 463-2942 or RESERVE ONLINE:
www.lacomedyfest.com.
Get more information online at: www.lacomedyfest.com
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1st ANNUAL LOS ANGELES COMEDY FESTIVAL – SCHEDULE
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Thursday, May 10 9:30
Friday, May 11 9:30 11:00
Saturday, May 12 9:30
11:00 |
Sunday, May 13 8:30
Monday, May 14 9:30
Tuesday, May 15 9:30
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Wednesday, May 16 9:30 Thursday, May 17 9:30
Friday, May 18 9:30
11:00 |
Saturday, May 19 9:30 11:00
Sunday, May 20 8:30 |
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