I just got an e-mail from a friend who said she's bringing six friends with her the Festival. Because if you're going to spend all night laughing, why not do it with six (or twelve or twenty) of your closest friends?
Of course that means, you want to make sure and get tickets early so that you can all sit together. So go ahead and call Actors' Cabaret at 541/683-4368 between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday or log onto http://www.actorscabaret.org/tickets.php (from there go to Online Ticket Purchase Page in the first paragraph and scroll down to Pacific NW Women's Comedy Festival.
I'm really excited about the line-up of comedians for both days -- in fact, I'm thinking about doing ab crunches (not Nestle's crunches -- I already do those) every day up until the Festival so that my stomach is strong enough to take all the laughing.
Friday night's event features some of Eugene, Corvallis & Portland's best. Melody Dodd killed at The McDonald Theater at the Chuckles for Charity benefit for Save the Pets in August. Sarah Ulerick, aka, Old Queen Bananita Sluginsky, is the talk not only of Eugene, but of Harvard, where she left them in stitches at her last reunion (which proves that Ivy Leaguers do have a sense of humor, for those of you who were wondering.) Ashly Reiss is a regular featured performer at Diablo's and she promises not to cyber stalk you after the show.
Virginia Jones and I were part of the sold-out Mother's Day performance at Three Rivers Casino in May. Virginia was a finalist in the 2007 Portland Comedy Competition, The Portland Mercury's PIZZAZZ Comedy Talent Show, and the Portland Comedy Knockout. I'm fresh from my first one-hour stand-up show for 200 women in Sisters. Veronica Heath, was our first featured comedian, so scroll down to see more about how funny she is! The Free Range Chix can not only make you laugh, but they can really sing -- the way you think you can sing when you're in the shower, but later find out is not the way you actually sing. And Potpie Theater, well, you can read about them in the last post. They were so hysterical at our Festival last year, they're keynoting Friday night.
After the Friday night show, you can meet and greet and laugh with all of these wonderful comedians, as well as the eight women who will be performing on Saturday, from 10 p.m. until midnight. If you're looking for a great gift for a girlfriend, spouse, partner, co-worker, mom, or former political candidate, a ticket to our Booze & Schmooze is only $25.
Saturday night's line-up features one more Eugenian plus seven Seattle women who are coming all the way to Eugene for the Festival! Sebrina Doyle-Schultz, a regular at Eugene Celebration and the Cottage Grove Elks' Club, will lead off the evening. Amy Alpine, who is both a sexologist and a comic, prides herself on rarely getting the two confused. She is the former producer of Standing Room Only, a TV comedy talk show. Robin Fairbanks was featured on this site earlier -- scroll down to see her write-up (look hard, she's tiny). Bryley Hull writes, does improv and spends time with family... and not just to get new material. She has performed all over Seattle.
JeanAnn O'Brien is a big force in the Seattle comedy scene, but if the new diet works, that won't be true much longer. She is the founder of the Divine Order of the Ha Ha Sisterhood and has played in comedy clubs and for conferences, luncheons and retereats al around the country. Suzanne Park was a finalist in the Oxygen Network's Girls Behaving Badly talent search. In 2005, she was the winner of the Seattle Sierra Mist Comedy Competition, and in 2007, a semi-finalist in NBC's Stand-Up for Diversity Showcase. Lizzy Pilcher has performed all over the Pacific Northwest, including the Seattle Comedy Underground, Tacoma Comedy Underground, Giggles Comedy Club, and Yuk Yuk's in Vancouver, B.C. Alysia Wood was selected by Campus Activities Magazine as a Hot Comedian of 2009. She appeared on Bob & Tom, Comedy Time, and in bankruptcy court.
I don't know about you, but I'm laughing already. And let's face it, you'll never get another chance to see this many great women comedians in one space on one weekend. So treat yourself and your best friends. You'll be so glad you did.
As we count down the weeks
until the election and watch our 401K plans turn into 200.5 K plans (that’s a
math joke, which I warn comics about ALL THE TIME, but do I listen?), there’s
only one thing that keeps me smiling – getting ready for the Pacific NW Women’s
Comedy Festival!
November 14 & 15th
isn’t that far away, so it’s a good idea to go ahead and reserve your tickets online
at http://www.actorscabaret.org/tickets.php or by calling 541/688-1674. The
shows run from 7-10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday at the Actors Cabaret of Eugene. Tickets are $25 each night (two completely different shows with
different women comics) and an additional $25 if you want to participate in the
Booze & Schmooze with the comedians from 10-midnight.
The roster is filling out
nicely. To date, we have onboard: Amy Alpine (Seattle), Melody Dodd (Eugene), Robin
Fairbanks (Seattle), The Free Range Chix (Corvallis), Veronica Heath
(Portland), Leigh Anne Jasheway-Bryant (Eugene), Virginia Jones (Portland), Newman
(Eugene), JeanAnn O’Brien (Seattle), Suzanne Park (Seattle), Lizzy Pilcher
(Seattle), Potpie Theater (Eugene), and Sarah Ulerick (Eugene).
So let me take this
opportunity to introduce you to another one of our performers up close and
personal.
A San Francisco
The Height of
Comedy is 4' 11"
Standing a whopping
4'11".... Robin Fairbanks is no lightweigh
t as she takes audiences on a fun-filled
introspective journey into her somewhat twisted, dysfunctional world.
You're in for one hilarious romp through life, all through the eyes of a woman
who truly understands that, Life is short.
Robin's wide appeal
can be attributed to her fresh, clean, mature wit, which gained her notoriety
in the Northwest as one of Seattle's best up-and-coming comedians.
Fondly known as, The
Jingle Lady, Robin honed her writing skills as part of a creative team
specializing in creating Musical Jingles and Radio/TV Commercials for Keynote
Productions in Ohio, and for JingleBank, a division of TM Century in Dallas,
TX.
Robin co-founded The Material Girls and The Divine Order of the Ha Ha Sisterhood shows in Seattle in 2003 to
give up-and-coming female comics a place to hone their skills under the
mentorship of professional working comics with audiences who craved their brand
of humor. Starting with just 10 female comics, currently over 30 comics
are in rotation and continue to break attendance records 5 yrs later. Visit:
www.hahasisterhood.com JeanAnn O'Brien is now Sole Producer and Robin produces,
The Material Girls but appears in both shows.
Catch Robin, along with more than a dozen of the Pacific NW's funniest women, at the Pacific NW Women's Comedy Festival, Nov. 14 & 15th. For info and tickets e-mail lajfun@accidentalcomic.com or scroll down to the first entry in this blog.
The NW Women's Comedy Festival -- formerly, The Oregon Women's Comedy Festival -- is bigger, better, funnier, and even tastes better than the last two years. Just take our word for it.
We've got acts from all over the Pacific Northwest -- more funny women than you can shake a bra at, including Virginia Jones (in picture), Leigh Anne Jasheway-Bryant (Festival organizer and former SLUG Queen), Veronica Heath, Rylee Newton (with a Comedy Central Act under her belt), Newman, Potpie Theater, The Free Range Chix, Lizzy Pilcher, JeanAnn O'Brien (AND MORE TO COME!)
The Festival is Nov. 14th & 15th. Two entirely different shows so we can fit all these women in! And, on Nov. 14th, following the show, you can purchase tickets to our Booze & Schmooze, and hang with funny women you want to be like when you refuse to grow up.
Tickets are $25 to each event and may be purchased by calling 541/683-4368 or logging onto http://www.actorscabaret.org/tickets.php. There are limited tickets, so buy soon and buy often!
If you want a taste of some of our comedians, log onto these sites:
Virginia Jones http://www.badinia.com/
Rylee Newton http://www.comedycentral.com/comedians/browse/n/rylee_newton.jhtml
Leigh Anne http://www.accidentalcomic.com
Pot Pie Theater http://www.myspace.com/potpietheater
For more info, call The Comedy Workout at 541/688-1674 or e-mail lajfun@accidentalcomic.com.
We are a part of GRRRLZ Rock!
