Funny or Not?
Under The Gun Theater and Zanies Comedy Club present the 9th Annual Snubfest Comedy Festival June 9-12 at 8:30pm at Zanies in Chicago. Tickets are now on sale for all events: storytelling, solo character performance, sketch and stand-up.
Snubfest showcases comedians who have been rejected from a festival or stage in the last 12 months and have decided to put themselves on the line for a panel of industry judges to win performance slots on local and national stages. Snubfest since January 2005 has been connecting industry professionals with overlooked talent and bolsters an impressive resume of Alumni including TJ Miller (Comedy Central’s Mash Up) , Vanessa Bayer (SNL), Nick Vatterott (Jimmy Fallon), Lauren Lapkus (Orange is the New Black) Cameron Esposito (Late Night with Craig Ferguson) and Jacob Willams (America’s Got Talent Finalist) just to name a few.
MONDAY JUNE 9TH: STORYTELLING
8:30pm. $20
Judges: Monte LaMonte, Shannon Cason, and Justin Kaufmann
Host: Sean Flannery (winner of Snubfest 2007)
Prize: Winner featured on WBEZ’s Afternoon Shift
Talent: Stephanie Douglass, G.P.A., John Leadley, Deanna Moffitt, Mary Lorenz, Pathrick J. Salem, Mike Gilford, Erin Lane, Alicia Swiz, Dave Stinton, Paul Whitehouse
TUESDAY JUNE 10TH: SOLO CHARACTER PERFORMANCE
8:30pm. $20
Judges: Matt Barbera, (more tba)
Host: TBA
Prize: Performance at Magnet Theater NYC
Talent: Jen Bosworth, Eric Oren, Erin Kay Van Pay, Caryn Ruby, Andy Bohannon Orscheln, Walt Delaney, Michael Lehrer, Paul Thomas, Stacey Smith, Miguel Lepe Jr., Stephanie Renee Kauffman, Sherra Lasley, Patrick Rowland
WEDNESDAY JUNE 11TH: SKETCH
8:30pm. $20
Judges: TBD
Host: TBD
Prize: Performance slot in NY Sketch Comedy Festival at The PIT NY
Talent: Margolis and Reisman, Manic Episode, Carmaine, Oh Theodora, Crassus, Abbaria, Pretty/Windy, Focus on the Ham, Shock T’s, Pinque Pony, Rabbit Rabbit, Gayco
THURSDAY, JUNE 12TH: STAND-UP
8:30pm. $20
Judges: Rep from Comedy Bar Chicago, Rep from Laugh Factory Chicago, and tbd
Host: Danny Kallas (winner Snubfest 2009)
Prize: performance slots at Laugh Factory and Comedy Bar
Talent: Rob Speer, Cody Melcher, Matthew H Chadourne, Dan Perlman, Byron Stamps, Eileen Tull, Nigel Ng, Josh Johnson, Bram Funk, Dan Peff, Sam Norton, Curtis Cook, Lucky Luciano, Andrea Cordts, Robby Cole
Line up subject to change, please check www.snubfest.com for current line up and artists bio.
