Creative Loafing’s Best of Atlanta 2008
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Creative Loafing is polling for Reader Choices for Best Comedy Club and Best Improv Troupe |
AOL City’s Best 2008
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AOL is taking votes for Atlanta’s best comedy club Guess who is in the lead! |
JaCKPie Harold Night
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July 2008 SATURDAYS AT 9:30 PM Doors open at 9:00 PM Long-form improv comedy & spontaneous theatre $7 ($5 with student ID) |
Sideshow
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July 2008 FRIDAYS at Midnight Multi-media high-wire improv $7 ($5 with student ID) |
Two Girls Three Eyes
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July 2008 FRIDAYS AT 9:30 PM Doors open at 9:00 PM Improv comedy with heart $7 ($5 with student id) |
Under-promoted Comedy Show
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July 2008 THURSDAYS AT 10:30 PM Stand-up comedy hosted by The Mechanic, Barry Wright $5 at the door BYOB |
Cineprov!
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July 2008 FRIDAYS AT 8:30 PM Doors open at 8:00 PM $10 at the door ($5 with student id) |
Saturday Stand-up
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July 26th 2008 SATURDAY AT 8:00 PM Professionally immature stand-up comedy hosted by Matt Wolff $10 at the door BYOB |
Ninja and JaCK and Babies mit Bearden
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July 26th 2008 SATURDAY at 8:00 PM $7 gets you in for the 8:00 show plus the 9:30 Harold show!
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Industry Night Stand-up
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July 2008 TUESDAYS AT 10:00 PM Professionally immature stand-up comedy hosted by Matt Wolff $5 at the door BYOB |
Richard Kickers
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July 2008 TUESDAYS AT 8:30 PM Doors open at 8:00 PM $5 at the door BYOB |
An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein
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8:30 PM July 31, August 1, 7, 8, 14, 15 6:30 PM Sunday performance on August 17
Collection of ten imaginative stories ranges widely in the darkly comic world of Shel Silverstein. Nothing is as it seems and the most innocent conversation can turn menacing in an instant. For Mature Audiences only. $10. Written by Shel Silverstein Directed by Sally Ann Cone Presented by Coup de Theatre |
Mix Tape
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July 19th 2008 SATURDAY AT 8:00 PM One-man improv performance by Jim Karwisch of The JaCKPie Theatre Workshop. $7 gets you in for the 8:00 show plus the 9:30 Harold show! |
Boondoggle: The Magic show for People who Can’t Stand Magic
Saturday June 28
Relapse Theatre and Mick Stone present:
Boondoggle: The Magic show for People who Can’t Stand Magic
8pm (doors open at 7:30)
$10
Advance ticket sales available online via PayPal.
Relapse Prom 2008
Friday, June 27th, 8:00 pm. Downstairs.
Improv and Stand-up Mixer. Meet and Mingle with all of the troupes performing at Relapse Theatre. Performances by The JaCKPie Theatre Workshop, Cineprov, Sideshow, Two Girls Three Eyes, and stand-up comics from Industry Night and the Under-Promoted Comedy Show throughout the evening. BYOB. Doors open at 8:00. See full program below.
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Program:
8:00 PM Before Party, photos, and voting for Prom Court!
9:15 PM 1st Half: Stand-up comics and improv “mini-shows” by Cineprov, Mr. Friskets, 2 Girls 3 Eyes.
10:00 PM Prom Court Presentation
Intermission
10:30 PM 2nd Half: Stand-up comics, Coup de Theatre vignette, mini Sideshow and Jackpie shows
11:30 PM After Party!
Richard Kickers
TUESDAYS AT 8:30 PM
Doors open at 8:00 PM
$5 at the door
Industry Night Stand-up
Professionally immature stand-up comedy hosted by Matt Wolff
TUESDAYS AT 10:00 PM
$5 at the door
(comics get in for free)
BYOB
Under-promoted Comedy Show
June 2008
Stand-up comedy show hosted by The Mechanic, Barry Wright
THURSDAY AT 10:30 PM
$7 at the door
$5 with student ID
BYOB
Old church a shrine for local comics
Photos and excerpts from Atlanta Journal-Constitution, June 26th, 2008. Full text at:
http://www.ajc.com/print/content/printedition/2008/06/26/relapsetheatrecl.html
LAB FOR LAUGHS
Kindness required: Venue owner sets up confab for different kinds of entertainers.
Barry “The Mechanic” Wright entertains between comedians during the weekly Under-Promoted Comedy Show at the Relapse Theatre recently.
But even this easygoing guy’s feathers can get ruffled. A few years ago he scolded a stand-up comic after the performer yelled at the audience when they didn’t laugh at his jokes.
“I found him in the parking lot after the show and I said, ‘That’s your one time [to disrespect the audience]. You’re an entertainer and on stage, you have to handle it,’ ” Wood recalls.
Bob Wood created the Relapse Comedy Theatre, a converted church, to give comics, actors and others a place to perform.
The colorful Bohemian-style theater, located in a converted church on 14th Street, holds improv and stand-up shows several nights a week. In addition to scheduled shows, local comedians drop in to perform impromptu material.
Wood has created a haven for local comics. The former co-artistic director for Whole World Theatre says he wants to support Atlanta’s comedy scene by serving the public and artists.
“The better we each do, then the better we all do,” he says. “I wanted to build a place that was all about being nice to people. It’s been an experiment to see if being nice could be a viable business model.”
On any given day, visitors will see that each area of the multi-level building is akin to a different channel on a TV dial. On the main level, actors rehearse plays in the former sanctuary. Upstairs, improvisational workshops are held in makeshift classrooms. Down in the basement, comics perform for late-night crowds. Others congregate in the lobby lounge, their comfy second home.
The lobby lounge…Relapse has become a second home for some comedians.
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MEDIUM IMPROV
Wood says the comedy theater has combined long and short form improvisation to create “medium improv.” During shows troupes of four to eight members feed off each other spontaneously starting with a simple audience suggestion. Purgatory was the theme of a recent fast-paced, zany performance by the Richard Kickers improv troupe. Set in the “waiting room of the world” the troupe shifted into different storylines and occasionally made each other laugh —- a badge of honor for a comic instigator.
“It’s the underground for comedy,” says Anthony Rice. The improv and stand-up performer with Blacktop Circus occasionally performs during Industry Night stand-up on Tuesday nights.
“Bob is really good with working with artists. His only condition is that when you make it big, just come back and show love,” Rice says.
Jim Karwisch, a performer with JackPie Theatre Workshop, calls Relapse a revolutionary idea.
“There’s nothing like this anywhere,” he says. “It’s a giant beating heart. Relapse is all these different communities of artists working in a way Atlanta has never seen before.”
By Adrianne M. Murchison
Photos by Allen Sullivan
Full text at:
http://www.ajc.com/print/content/printedition/2008/06/26/relapsetheatrecl.html
JaCKPie Harold Night
SATURDAYS AT 9:30 PM
Doors open at 9:00 PM
$7 at the door
$5 with student ID
Sideshow
FRIDAYS AT 11:59 PM
Doors open at 11:30 PM
$7 at the door
$5 with student ID
Improvisers Jillian Fratkin, Chris Nik, Derek Mize, and Damian Dunn
Cineprov!
FRIDAYS AT 8:30 PM
Doors open at 8:00 PM
$10 at the door
($5 with student id)
AOL City’s Best 2008
AOL is taking votes now for Atlanta’s best comedy club.
Vote every day until July 10th!
Two Girls, Three Eyes
Starting June 13th 2008
FRIDAYS AT 9:30 PM
Doors open at 9:00 PM
$7 at the door
$5 with student ID
Bob Wood hosts the cast of Jon Barish, Brad Binkley, Shellie Schmals, Kristy Oliver, Troy Halverson, and Charles Islas
T.B.D. Players
FINAL SHOW!
FRIDAY JUNE 6TH AT 9:30 PM
Doors open at 9:00 PM
$7 at the door
$5 with student ID
Mix Tape And Babies Mit Bearden
SATURDAY May 31th AT 8:00 PM
Come out to support Relapse and to enjoy some never-before-seen performances! JaCKPie founder Jim Karwisch debuts his one-man show! See it now because who knows when it will return. Then help Babies mit Bearden get tuned-up before heading to the Chicago Improv Festival.
Admission is $10
All door proceeds go directly to the Relapse Theater Renovation Fund.
Doors open at 7:30 PM
The Evolution of Burlesque meets the Devolution of Comedy
Sideshow
FRIDAYS AT 11:59 PM
Doors open at 11:30 PM
$7 at the door
$5 with student ID
T.B.D. Players
FRIDAYS AT 9:30 PM
Doors open at 9:00 PM
$7 at the door
$5 with student ID
Cineprov!
FRIDAYS AT 8:30 PM
Doors open at 8:00 PM
$10 at the door
($5 with student id)
Maria Bamford and Company
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
10:30PM - 12:30AM
05/22 Update: Alas, Maria was a no-show but we had fun without her
Tuesday’s comedians Keenan Burton and Connor Barrett saw the very hilarious and famous comedian Maria Bamford who said that she’d come see some of Atlanta’s local comedians perform on Wednesday. The only problem? There’s usually no comedy on Wednesdays. But there is now! That’s right, special Wednesday show at Relapse. This is one night only and Maria Bamford WILL be there (unless she decides not to come, but it should be good anyway). Company comedians will include Billy Anderson, Matt Pharr, Karen Hilton, Dan Weeks, Jon Williams, Connor Barrett, Keenan Burton, and Trey Dunn and your professional immature host Matthew Wolff. Please come out and show Maria some love. She is the shit. No joke. Free show!
Student Mix And Babies Mit Bearden
SATURDAY May 17th AT 8:00 PM
Jackpie will showcase some new performances, and help Babies mit Bearden get tuned-up before heading to the Chicago Improv Festival. Please come out to support Relapse and to enjoy some never-before-seen performances!
Admission is $10, and showtime is 8 PM. All door proceeds go directly to the Relapse Theater Renovation Fund.
Doors open at 7:30 PM
Industry Night Stand-up
Professionally immature stand-up comedy hosted by Matt Wolff
TUESDAYS AT 10:00 PM
$5 at the door
(comics get in for free)
BYOB
Richard Kickers
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TUESDAYS AT 8:30 PM
Doors open at 8:00 PM
$5 at the door
JaCKPie Harold Night
SATURDAYS AT 9:30 PM
Doors open at 9:00 PM
$7 at the door
$5 with student ID
Auditions
Saturday, May 3rd, 7-9 pm, in the Cinema.
Coup de Theatre will be holding auditions May 3, 7pm to 9pm. for An Adult Evening With Shel Silverstein. More info at cdtatlanta.org
Under-promoted Comedy Show
Stand-up comedy show hosted by
The Mechanic, Barry Wright
THURSDAY AT 10:30 PM
$7 at the door
$5 with student ID
BYOB
Industry Night Stand-up
Professionally immature stand-up comedy hosted by Matt Wolff
TUESDAYS AT 10:00 PM
$5 at the door
(comics get in for free)
BYOB
Richard Kickers
TUESDAYS AT 8:30 PM
Doors open at 8:00 PM
$5 at the door
JaCKPie
SATURDAYS AT 9:30 PM
Doors open at 9:00 PM
$7 at the door
$5 with student ID
Hold Me!
THURSDAY AND SATURDAYS AT 8:30 PM
April 17, 19, 24, 26
SUNDAYS AT 6:30 PM
April 20, 27
$10 at the door
Sideshow
FRIDAYS AT 11:59 PM
Doors open at 11:30 PM
$7 at the door
$5 with student ID
T.B.D. Players
FRIDAYS AT 9:30 PM
Doors open at 9:00 PM
$7 at the door
$5 with student ID
Cineprov!
FRIDAYS AT 8:30 PM
Doors open at 8:00 PM
$10 at the door
Under-promoted Comedy Show
Stand-up comedy show hosted by
The Mechanic, Barry Wright
THURSDAY AT 10:30 PM
$7 at the door
$5 with student ID
BYOB
Divided Like a Saint’s
T.B.D. Players
FRIDAYS AT 9:30 PM
Doors open at 9:00 PM
$7 at the door
$5 with student ID
Cineprov!
FRIDAYS AT 8:30 PM
Doors open at 8:00 PM
$10 at the door
($5 with student id)
Under-promoted Comedy Show
Stand-up comedy show hosted by
The Mechanic, Barry Wright
THURSDAY AT 10:30 PM
$7 at the door
$5 with student ID
BYOB
Industry Night Stand-up
Professionally immature stand-up comedy hosted by Matt Wolff
TUESDAYS AT 10:00 PM
$5 at the door
(comics get in for free)
BYOB
Sideshow
FRIDAYS AT 11:59 PM
Doors open at 11:30 PM
$7 at the door
$5 with student ID
Richard Kickers
TUESDAYS AT 8:30 PM
Doors open at 8:00 PM
$5 at the door
Mr. Noheart’s UnValentines Day
We would like to thank everyone who made this year’s show so much fun and such an amazing event. The Relapse Theater provided a lot of laughs and Luigi, Slow Motion Crash, Sunday Drive Bye, Leadcar Holiday, and The Sane provided some great music. I’ve updated our downloads section with some great media from the show.
Click on the downloads link in the navigation bar for Mr. Noheart’s Compilation Mix. This year’s artists have each donated a MP3 to the release, but it will only be available until February 25th, so get these great songs while you can.
Special thanks to Dave Knaub for the amazing decorations!
Pocket Protectors & Other Fashion Statements
The 3rd Annual Comedy Show sponsored by the MIT Alumni Club of Atlanta will be held from 8:30-10:00pm on Saturday, February 16th. In addition to hilarious comedy from a number of local Atlanta comedians. Our headline act will be Tracy Tedesco of the Urban Cougar Comedy Tour and we will be giving out fabulous prizes for the best Nerd Joke of the evening.
More information is available at the event website: www.drpetecomedy.com/mit
Pete Ludovice (pete@drpetecomedy.com)
(404) 894-1835
The Lost Comics
Off The Cobb
Richard Kickers
TUESDAYS AT 8:30 PM
Doors open at 8:00 PM
$5 at the door
T.B.D. Players
FRIDAYS AT 9:30 PM
Doors open at 9:00 PM
$7 at the door
$5 with student ID
Cineprov!
FRIDAYS AT 8:30 PM
Doors open at 8:00 PM
$10 at the door
($5 with student id)
Under-promoted Comedy Show
Stand-up comedy show hosted by
The Mechanic, Barry Wright
THURSDAY AT 10:30 PM
$7 at the door
$5 with student ID
BYOB
Industry Night Stand-up
Professionally immature stand-up comedy hosted by Matt Wolff
TUESDAYS AT 10:00 PM
$5 at the door
(comics get in for free)
BYOB
Sideshow
FRIDAYS AT 11:59 PM
Doors open at 11:30 PM
$7 at the door
$5 with student ID
Trey Dunn
May 29th 2008
April 12th 2008
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