Event Listing - Theater

Thu Jan 11, 2007 - Sun Jan 28, 2007

The 6th Annual

SF Sketch Fest 2007

Location	Date and Time
San Francisco Locations
Eureka Theatre 215 Jackson Street San Francisco, CA 94111-1805 cross street: Battery, near Embarcadero Bart district: Downtown/Financial District	Fri Jan 12, 2007 (8pm: Rob Corddry in Naked Babies; 10:30pm: Rob Corddry in Naked Babies/ Pretty Pretty Pony) Sat Jan 13, 2007 (1pm: Michael Showalter Screenwriting Workshop; 8pm: Todd Barry & Jon Benjamin in Red Wine Boys; 10:30pm Invite Them Up with Eugene Mirman, Bobby Tisdale, Todd Barry, Jon Benjamin, Morgan Murphy and A.D. Miles) Sun Jan 14, 2007 (8pm: Match Game Live with David Cross, Maria Bamford, Doug Benson, Paul F. Tompkins, Scott Aukerman, B.J. Porter and host Jimmy Pardo) Tue Jan 16, 2007 (8pm: The Benson Interruption with Paul F. Tompkins, Todd Glass, Arj Barker, Chris Hardwick and Morgan Murphy) Wed Jan 17, 2007 (8pm: Kasper Hauser/ Team Submarine/ Diani & Devine) Show All Dates Hide All Dates Thu Jan 18, 2007 (8pm: Brent Weinbach/ Sunshine Fortress/ Fried Green Durbins/ Sketch Armstrong/ Becky & Noelle hosted by Jason Downs) Fri Jan 19, 2007 (8pm: Kasper Hauser/ Elephant Larry; 10:30pm: Will Franken/ Jack Shack) Sat Jan 20, 2007 (1pm: Kasper Hauser Sketch Writing Workshop; 8pm: Will Franken/ Sandy Takes A Break; 10:30pm: Uphill Both Ways/ Jack Shack) Sun Jan 21, 2007 (8pm: Kasper Hauser/ The Bicycle Men) Mon Jan 22, 2007 (8pm: Killing My Lobster/ Troop!) Tue Jan 23, 2007 (8pm: Filmed Sketch Night with The Barrel Brothers and Tony Hale) Wed Jan 24, 2007 (8pm: Emerging Night: Richter Scale/ Rice and Beans/ Free Hooch/ Drennon Davis/ Local Heroes/ hosted by Moshe Kasher) Thu Jan 25, 2007 (8pm: Olde English/ The Printers’ Daughters/ Sean Conroy) Fri Jan 26, 2007 (8pm & 10:30pm: UCB ASSSSCAT - Matt Besser, Ian Roberts, Matt Walsh, Sean Conroy with guest monologist Bob Odenkirk/ Straitjacket) Sat Jan 27, 2007 (1pm: Matt Walsh UCB Improv Master Class, 8pm: The Bruce McCulloch Project/ The 30 Cent Players, 10:30pm: The Bruce McCulloch Project/ Canadian Content)
Mighty 119 Utah Street San Francisco, CA 94103 map cross street: 15th Street district: Potrero Hill	Sun Jan 28, 2007 (8pm: Closing Night Music and Comedy with Bruce McCulloch/ Craig Northey/ Hard ‘n Phirm/ Dragon Boy Suede)
Palace of Fine Arts 3301 Lyon Street San Francisco, CA 94123 map cross street: Lyon @ Francisco district: Marina/Cow Hollow	Mon Jan 22, 2007 (8pm: SF Sketchfest Tribute - Paul Reubens in conversation with Ben Fong-Torres)
Cobb's Comedy Club 915 Columbus Avenue San Francisco, CA 94133 map district: North Beach/Telegraph Hill	Mon Jan 15, 2007 (8pm: Comedy Death-Ray: David Cross, Maria Bamford, Paul F. Tompkins, Doug Benson, Todd Glass, Hard ‘n Phirm, Jimmy Pardo hosted by The Fun Bunch) Wed Jan 17, 2007 (8pm: RiffTrax Live with Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett from Mystery Science Theatre 3000) Wed Jan 24, 2007 (8pm: A Tribute to Mitch Hedberg)
The Dark Room Theatre 2263 Mission Street San Francisco, CA 94110 map cross street: between 18th & 19th district: Mission	Fri Jan 12, 2007 (10pm: Latino Comedy Project/ Sean Kelly/ Mike Spiegelman) Fri Jan 19, 2007 (10pm: Tossing Alice/ Fried Green Durbins/Sketch Armstrong/ Becky & Noelle) Fri Jan 26, 2007 (10pm: Uphill Both Ways/ Tossing Alice/ The Printers’ Daughters)
Purple Onion 140 Columbus Avenue San Francisco, CA 94133 map district: North Beach/Telegraph Hill	Fri Jan 12, 2007 (8pm: Will Franken with Jacob Sirof and Sherry Sirof) Fri Jan 19, 2007 (8pm: SF Sketchfest Gets Political - Will Durst/ James Adomian/ Paul Gilmartin) Sat Jan 20, 2007 (8pm: SF Sketchfest Gets Political - Will Durst/ James Adomian/ Paul Gilmartin)
Amoeba Music 1855 Haight Street San Francisco, CA 94117 map cross street: Stanyan district: Haight (Upper)	Sun Jan 21, 2007 (3pm-5pm; Paul Reubens DVD Signing (aka Pee-Wee Herman)) - Please note that this is a LIMITED signing; a number will be issued to each customer upon purchase of DVD(s) to ensure their place in line,
Mezzanine 444 Jessie Street San Francisco, CA 94103 map cross street: between 5th & 6th, between Mission & Market district: SoMa	Thu Jan 11, 2007 (8pm: Opening Night Show and Party: Stella with Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter and David Wain)
Punch Line Comedy Club 444 Battery Street San Francisco, CA 94111 map cross street: Clay & Washington district: Embarcadero	Sun Jan 14, 2007 (8pm: SF Sketchfest Stands Up: Todd Barry, Morgan Murphy, Chris Hardwick, Bobby Tisdale, Eddie Geller and host Joe Klocek)
Mill Valley Locations
142 Throckmorton Theatre 142 Throckmorton Avenue Mill Valley, CA 94941 map cross street: Madrona St. district: Mill Valley	Sat Jan 13, 2007 (8pm: Rob Corddry in Naked Babies/ Latino Comedy Project) Tue Jan 16, 2007 (8pm: Mark Pitta & Friends: Diani & Devine/ Team Submarine) Tue Jan 23, 2007 (8pm: Mark Pitta & Friends: Will Franken/ Olde English/ Troop!)
San Rafael Locations
Smith Rafael Film Center 1118 4th Street San Rafael, CA 94901 map cross street: A Street district: San Rafael	Tue Jan 16, 2007 (7:30pm: RiffTrax Live with Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett from Mystery Science Theatre 3000)

Description

It's that time of the year again! Check out times and players and catch one of the best comedy festivals on the West coast!

SF Sketchfest will celebrate its sixth anniversary this January as it presents 18 days of sketch, improv, stand-up and experimental comedy. Festival co-founders David Owen, Cole Stratton and Janet Varney have secured an impressive lineup, ranging from a Tribute to Paul Reubens to an appearance by RiffTrax, the guys behind Mystery Science Theatre 3000.

The festival kicks off on January 11 at Mezzanine with Stella, the comedy group consisting of Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter and David Wain. The trio helped to create the sketch comedy group The State, which received a cult following during and after its television run on MTV in the mid 90s. Black moved on to co-create the Comedy Central series Viva Variety, and Showalter and Wain co-wrote and co-produced (and Wain directed) the cult favorite Wet Hot American Summer (2001). In 2005, the trio created the Comedy Central series Stella, to great critical acclaim.

Mr. Show's David Cross and Bob Odenkirk, who were honored last year with a tribute, return to SF Sketchfest this year in different capacities. Cross will appear on January 14 at the Eureka Theatre in Match Game Live (a live performance of the classic game show, hosted by Jimmy Pardo with Maria Bamford, Todd Glass, Doug Benson, Paul F. Tompkins and the Fun Bunch); and on January 15 at Cobb's Comedy Club in Comedy Death-Ray (a unique blend of stand-up comedy, characters and sketch with Bamford, Tompkins, Glass, Pardo and Hard 'n' Phirm). On January 26 at the Eureka, Odenkirk will be the guest monologist in Upright Citizens Brigade: A.S.S.S.S.C.A.T featuring UCB members Matt Besser, Ian Roberts and Matt Walsh and Mad TV's Andrew Daly.

Fans are in for a special treat this year as the festival presents The SF Sketchfest Tribute: Paul Reubens on January 22 at the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre. Reubens, best known for his character "Pee-wee Herman," will sit down for a spirited conversation with renowned journalist Ben Fong-Torres.

More about the three Festival Directors:

David Owen co-founded SF Sketchfest in 2001 with Cole Stratton and Janet Varney. Along with Stratton, Varney and Gabriel Diani, he was a founding member of the comedy group Totally False People, which performed at SF Sketchfest, The HBO Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, SketchFest Seattle, Cobb’s Comedy Club, The Punch Line and Improv Olympic West. He wrote, co-directed and co-starred in the feature film Stuck, which is distributed by Film Threat, and has worked with the Mill Valley Film Festival, the Stanford Jazz Festival and the Purple Onion, presenting such shows as Zach Galifianakis, Todd Barry, Judah Friedlander, Matt Besser and the legendary Mort Sahl. He is on the Board of Directors for Comedy Day in Golden Gate Park and he lives in San Francisco.

Cole Stratton is currently "paying his dues" in Los Angeles, where he enjoys losing parts to minorly more successful actors such as Barry Levinson's nephew. Due to planet alignment, he has appeared on TV's Nash Bridges, re-enacted on America's Most Wanted, played with puppies and Betty White on the Animal Planet original The Retrievers, and thrown-down like the sarcastic white boy he is on Wilmer Valderrama's Yo Momma. He recently finished a lead in the indie comedy Callback opposite Kevin Farley, and has also appeared in the films Around the Fire and Dead Man on Campus. In addition to co-founding SF Sketchfest, he also co-founded the Bay Area sketch collective Totally False People (who performed at the 2004 HBO U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado), and LA's improvising Pretty, Pretty Pony.

Janet Varney works as both a producer and actor in Los Angeles. In addition to co-founding SF Sketchfest and the sketch troupe Totally False People, she also co-founded the LA-based improv group Pretty, Pretty Pony (with fellow producer Cole Stratton) and is one-half of the acoustic/electric guitar duo, Fempyre, which spreads the message of satirically misinformed feminism throughout Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York's comedy stages. After performing at back-to-back HBO/Aspen Comedy Festivals, in 2004 and 2005, she appeared on such shows as Fox's Free Ride, Norm MacDonald's sketch show Back to Norm, and the upcoming Comedy Central series Halfway Home. She recently completed a role in the feature film American Fork (from the producers of Napoleon Dynamite) and is enjoying her second year as host of TBS's Dinner and a Movie.