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9PM
Admission $ 8
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Second Wednesday of every month


Sketch Block is a two hour with intermission comedy showcase of the best sketch troupes in NYC. It's also a show that gives opportunity to for new troupes trying to break into the comedy scene & old troupes that have gotten lost in the club circuit. SB is now working with sketch writing students, by giving them a chance to put up their material in front of a live audience.

The crew & I are very excited to announce this fall we will be launching a podcast for "Sketch Block". It will be an hour long with interviews with: sketch troupes, sketch writers, producers, comedic music acts, sketch writing teachers & much more. Part of the hour will have the crew & I discussing hot topics & our review on sketch troupes. There will also be "Sketch News" with information on: where to promote your work, spaces to rent, how to start a web series, what new troupes are out there, what troupes broke up & etc. The philosophy for our show has & always will be, "To give sketch comedy an opportunity to be seen", so now let them be heard. - KL Thomas

PAUL VALENTI (Creator and Executive Producer) moved to New York City in 2003 where he finished the two year Improv training program at Second City, NY. He was part of a two year run with improv troupe "Teen Movie High" performing with them in the Chicago Improv and Toronto Improv festival in 2007. Paul is part of the CHRIS and PAUL SHOW, winners of the 2010 INNY Award For Best Comedy Duo. They perform sketch festivals and colleges around the country.
KL THOMAS (Head Producer/ SM) is no stranger to comedy. Back home in CA, she was one of the original members of the award winning San Francisco sketch troupe, Ludlow & Canal. Here in NYC, she produces two successful sketch shows, Sketch Block and Rinse & Repeat. She has booked special guests for Penny's Open Mic and is an advisor for Red Tie Mafia. KL has collaborated and performed for sketch writers including Kevin Gilligan, Andrew Kimler & Adam Lash. KL has been featured in shows including The Black Boxes in the Corner, The Chris & Paul Show, Jay Franklin's Cinderella, Peter De Giglio’s The Skinny, NoBody's Token, Adam's Rib, Rachel & the Elf, I Got Your Monkey, Dream NYC, Beast Film's Charlie on Parole, At Least We're Not Mimes and Ludlow & Canal. Cuppie43productions@gmail.com
NISSE GREENBURG (Co-Producer/ASM) moved to New York after co-founding Omega Wolf Productions in Minneapolis to co-found and become the elf in Rachel and the Elf. Beyond performing sketch, he helps run Sketch Block with Horse Trade theater. He also produces and hosts Storytelling at Perch in Brooklyn and can be seen storytelling at nearly every venue for which that is available. To keep updated on his life of lazy performing, read his postmodernly named blog: http://whatitbebitches.wordpress.com/
ADAM LASH (Tech) is stand up comedian. His friendly, laid back style has made him a rising star in the New York City comedy scene, and has been seen on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, HBO, and Fox and Friends. He is also the Co-Producer, writer, and actor in the brand new hit web series Blood Light. He’s been referred to as “brilliant” and “smart” by his peers and fans alike. Adam’s creative mind and quick wit leaves audiences laughing and thinking at the same time. When he’s not on stage having the time of his life, Adam continues to try new ways to bend the world to his will. When it doesn’t work he’s busy writing his web series, novels, and sketches.
Rachel Cole (ASM/Marketing) is a comedian who also makes theatre and film here in NYC and elsewhere. Most notably she is Rachel, of the unhinged comedy duo Rachel and the Elf, with whom she has performed at such venues as The Tank, The Pit, Gotham Comedy Club, and Under Saint Marks. Her award-winning alter ego, Rachel Cole, Singer/Songwriter, has been featured in shows including Storytelling at Perch, PillowTalk, and Her Own Bedroom in Brooklyn. Rachel most recently finished up her latest film project, "Adam Underground," a short film which she wrote/directed. The film was produced by her production company, Workbench Productions, in collaboration with students at Newton North High School as part of the school's Artist in Residence program (wewilldoyourhomework.com). In a past life she has worked with the Sojourn Theater in Portland, OR and Omega Wolf Productions in Minneapolis, MN.
Photos courtesy of Louis J. McCall and Nisse Greenberg. Reprinted with permission.