Adam Newman and Company
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August 28th 2008 THURSDAY at 8:00 Adam Newman and comics from Comedy Central, MTV, and College Humor will be performing. Only $5 (and get in free for the 10:30 stand-up show!) Checkout some of Adam’s video clips at |
Under-promoted Comedy Show
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August 2008 THURSDAYS AT 10:30 PM Stand-up comedy hosted by The Mechanic, Barry Wright $5 at the door |
2 Girls 3 Eyes
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August 2008 FRIDAYS AT 9:30 PM Doors open at 9:00 PM Improv comedy with heart $7 ($5 with student id) |
Sideshow
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August 2008 FRIDAYS at Midnight Multi-media high-wire improv $7 ($5 with student ID) |
Cineprov!
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August 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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August 30th 2008 SATURDAY AT 9:00 PM A special night of professionally immature stand-up comedy hosted by the well dressed Jon Williams. Featuring college boy Kellan Meador, bi-polar Billy Anderson, magic music man Keenan Burton, and the Manhattan project Katie Olsen $10 at the door |
JaCKPie Harold Night
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August 2008 SATURDAYS AT 9:30 PM Doors open at 9:00 PM Long-form improv comedy & spontaneous theatre $7 ($5 with student ID) Aug 2: Free Kittens, Canvas All Stars; Babies mit Bearden Aug 9: Lady Parts, A Baby Named Rage; Einstein Meets Elvis Aug 16: Free Kittens, Four Ate Five; Babies mit Bearden 11pm afterparty Show with Einstein Meets Elvis Aug 23: Guttersmack!, Canvas All Stars; Einstein Meets Elvis Aug 30: Ninja & Jack, Canvas All Stars; Einstein Meets Elvis |
Boondoggle: The Magic show for People who Can’t Stand Magic
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September 6th 2008 SATURDAY AT 8:00 PM
Relapse Theatre and Mick Stone present: Boondoggle: The Magic show for People who Can’t Stand Magic 8 pm (doors open at 7:30) $10 Advance ticket sales available online via PayPal.
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Syrens of the South
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August 23, 2008 SATURDAY The Syrens one-year anniversary burlesque, vaudeville and variety show. Performances by Vagina Jenkins, Hepcat Mike, Tim Monteith, Reneá Le Roux, Veronica Lashe and Talloolah Love and many more! The MC’s for the evening are the fabulous Sabrina Pandora and the self acclaimed worst comic in Atlanta, John Carney. This is a star studded cast that you Student Showcase at 7:00 PM $5 Anniversary show at 9:00 PM $15 ($5 off with Student or Military id)
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Richard Kickers
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August 2008 TUESDAYS AT 8:30 PM Doors open at 8:00 PM $5 at the door
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Mix Tape and Student Mix
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August 23rd 2008 SATURDAY AT 8:00 PM One-man improv performance by Jim Karwisch, plus students from the JaCKPie Theatre Workshop $7 gets you in for the 8:00 show plus the 9:30 Harold show! |
Industry Night Stand-up
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August 2008 TUESDAYS AT 10:00 PM Professionally immature stand-up comedy hosted by Matt Wolff $5 at the door |
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 |
The Big Show
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August 16th 2008 SATURDAY AT 8:00 PM Standup comedy with Tanner Inman and Jim Lehner $10 at the door |
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 |
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 |
Free JaCKPie show featuring John Dixon
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July 26th 2008 SATURDAY AT 8:00 PM FREE! FREE! FREE Lots of guest stars, alumni and students! Six Ten Spare!
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Richard Kickers
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July 2008 TUESDAYS AT 8:30 PM Doors open at 8:00 PM $5 at the door |
Professionally Immature Stand-up
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July 26th 2008 SATURDAY AT 9:30 PM Hosted by Matt Wolff and featuring Kellan Meador, Trey Dunn, Anthony Todaro, Billy Anderson, Connor Barrett, and Keenan Burton. $10 ($7 with student ID) |
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) |
AOL 2008 City’s Best Comedy Club!
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July 2008 Relapse Theatre is Atlanta’s Best Comedy Club! |
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) |
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) |
Mix Tape and Student Show
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July 19th 2008 SATURDAY AT 8:00 PM One-man improv performance by Jim Karwisch, plus students from the JaCKPie Theatre Workshop $7 gets you in for the 8:00 show plus the 9:30 Harold show! |
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 |
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 July 10th is the last day to vote Results available September 24th |
Lady Parts and Guttersmack
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June 28th 2008 SATURDAY AT 8:00 PM Lady Parts and Guttersmack. Improv comedy at its best. Come for the 8:00 show and get in free for the 9:30 Harold. $7 at the door |
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. Doors open at 8:00. See full program below.
Dress to Impress!
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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)
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
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
May 2008
Syrens of the South and Relapse Theatre, in conjunction with VONschmalhausen and Immature Entertainment, presents “The Evolution of Burlesque meets the Devolution of Comedy”. An evening of amazing burlesque dancing and comedy acts throughout the ages, starring SOS ladies Veronica Lashe and Talloolah Love, and ATL’s favorites comedians including Brian Bannon with MC HepCat Mike! $15 Vip Tickets, $10 General Admission
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)
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
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)
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
Lady Parts and Guttersmack
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April 26th 2008 SATURDAY AT 8:00 PM Lady Parts and Guttersmack. Improv comedy at its best. Come for the 8:00 show and get in free for the 9:30 Harold. $7 at the door |
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
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)
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