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Comedy Night at the Geary
Sunday, May 23
8 pm (doors and bars open at 7pm)
$28
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ACT One and Cobb's Comedy Club present The 9th Annual COMEDY NIGHT AT THE GEARY
A benefit for the ACT One scholarship fund
Featuring Totally False People, Kasper Hauser, and Jim Short. Hosted by Joe Klocek.
One Night Only! SUNDAY, MAY 23, 8PM (doors and bars open at 7pm)
Tickets: $28
Geary Theater, SF 415 Geary @ Mason
Tickets can be purchased online at www.act-sf.org or by phone through the A.C.T. Box Office, 415.749.2228.
Totally False People brought down the house at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen in March. A San Francisco based sketch comedy troupe, Totally False People has played the San Francisco Sketch Comedy Festival, Punch Line Comedy Club, Rooster T. Feathers, Tongue and Groove, the Delivery Room, the Mock Cafe, and Spanganga. They have also taken their show on the road to such diverse and exotic locations as Chico, Davis, Los Angeles, and Seattle.
Kasper Hauser, a hit four-man sketch comedy troupe from San Francisco, has performed its stage shows throughout the United States and in Canada and the United Kingdom, including an appearance at the Vancouver International Comedy Festival and an award-winning run at the 2002 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Jim Short was named a "Talk of the Fest" performer at the Montreal comedy festival in 2003. He has been seen on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" and Comedy Central's "Premium Blend."
Joe Klocek is host and co-creator of "GET IT!?" a stand up game show featured once a month at the Punch Line in San Francisco. Joe was a runner up in the 2003 San Francisco Comedy Competition, a finalist in the 2002 Comedy Central Laugh Riot contest, and has worked with, Dave Attell, Robin Williams, Greg Proops and Kevin Nealon.
ACT One is a group of theatergoers in their 20s and 30s who attend events designed to provide a unique, behind-the-scenes perspective on A.C.T. In addition, they lend support to the next generation of theatrical talent by raising scholarship funds for the Master of Fine Arts Program of A.C.T.'s world-renowned conservatory for actor training. Among the conservatory's most celebrated alumni are Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Benjamin Bratt, Danny Glover, and Winona Ryder.
To learn more about ACT One or get involved with the organization, please call 415.439.2402. To become a member, call 415.439.2308.
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The Geary Theater 415 Geary @ Mason San Francisco 415-749-2228 www.act-sf.org
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] 415-749-2228 www.act-sf.org
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