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Join us for our first ever inaugural festival kick-off Variety show!
This unforgettable opening night show features a taste of what the festival has to offer: Stand-up, musical improv, sketch, alternative comedy and more! performed by comedy legends and soon to be legends. Show includes: Eddie Brill, Ophira Eisenberg, Pierre the Mime, Dan Madonia, Jason Kravits, Brian Balthazar, Stephanie Ibarra & Anna Torzullo. and Jameer Pond.
Ages 17+
Enter the Third Dimension
Hosted by Stephanie Ibarra & Anna Torzullo
Featuring:Indigo Asim. Vince Sise, Michelle Gold and Callie Webb
Enter the Third Dimension is a blend of stand-up and sketch comedy that will allow you to gain access to the 3D world with the help of 6 Brooklyn-based comics. (You may think you already live in the 3D world but they will open your mind to a higher way of being and it’ll be funny).
Ages 21+
Shoulder shakes turn into hip shakes at our kick off dance party!
DJ Michael V from Primal Disco is coming with his own rule of three’s! Disco, house music, and old school pop remixes, to keep the joy pumping through the weekend.
Come dance, celebrate and rub shoulders with your favorite comics and friends.
Food and Drink available for purchase.
Ages 21+
DOOR $15
On the Fly Story Slam - Youth Performance!
On the Fly Story Slam has worked with local youth to turn their personal experiences into story-telling experiences. Come and see some of our local kids get up and tell their stories live on stage!
This is an all ages event.
IMPROV BLASTOFF!
Join award-winning training center Hudson Valley Improv owners, Samantha Jones and Michael Withall, in this ninety-minute improv class which will blast you into the improv universe. Space is limited.
Ages 18+
Each performer will have 3 minutes to do their stand up routine.
Got stage fright? Run out of jokes? Not to worry, we have a joke bucket and several books of jokes on hand!
Sign up to perform at the Kids Comedy Open Mic by emailing Joustcafe@gmail.com with subject line “kids open mic”.
This open mic will be extra special, featuring live music and inter-set tunes by Tinted Green, our all kids house rock band!
AGES 7-14
Ophira Eisenberg (NPR’s “Ask Me Another”, The Moth, Comedy Central, HBO)) sits down with panel of comedians to talk about the present state of comedy and what’s funny in 2024. Guests include: Eddie Brill (The Late Show with David Letterman), Sarah Austin Jenness (Executive Producer of The Moth), and Jason Kravits (Curb your Enthusiasm) and Tony V (Late Night w/Conan O'Brien).
Ages 13+
Enjoy some of our favorite local comedians as Dan Madonia (High Times) hosts:
Andy McDermott
Michael Agunbiade
Elizabeth Becs
Grady Dixson
Reccomended for Ages 17+
Take one part Hudson Valley, and one part NYC, mix together on a Catskill stage and BOOM. you get a improv doubleheader!
Duchovny - This group of elite New York maniacs is comprised of veteran improvisers, actors, and comedians who you’ve probably seen in TV, and movies.
Hudson Valley Improv -Hudson Valley Improv is the area's premier improv troupe. This award-winning improv training center has produced some of the region's funniest, fastest and entertaining improvisers.
Ages 17+
Talk to the Curator
Funny Knot is an art exhibition curated by artist Michael Rodriguez .
The exhibition opens on Catskill First Friday, October 4th and will be open during the Catskills Comedy Festival.
All of the artists in this exhibition demonstrate both an overt and a subtle and at times not so subtle use of wit and humor with an undercurrent of formal, social and political subversion.
Participating Artists: Bill Adams, Germaine Brooks ,Justin Cooper, Jason Fox, Mary Louise Geering, Jim Holl, Ari Richter, Rudy Royval, and Susan Wides.
This event is for all ages.
The Inaugural Festival Headliner Event features legendary comedian Bobcat Goldthwait with special guest Tony V.
Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait first appeared on the David Letterman Show at the age of 20 and has an ongoing career as a writer, director, actor, voice actor, and stand-up. As a comedian,Bobcat has starred in numerous HBO/Showtime specials, performed in venues worldwide, and even went on tour as an opening act for the band Nirvana. Well-known for his roles in “Scrooged” with Bill Murray and as Zed in the “Police Academy”franchise, Goldthwait has become a well-respected Award-Winning Director, too.
Ages 17+
The lights come up, the music starts, and Jason Kravits walks on stage with… nothing. No script, no songs, no story. Just his agile mind, a killer band, and a fishbowl full of audience suggestions. Over the course of an exhilarating hour, he keeps you on the edge of your seat, using these suggestions to create an entire life story in song, with every bit of it — including every lyric and melody — made up on the spot! OFF the TOP! is a jaw-dropping mix of music, comedy, improv, cabaret, and Vegas, all stirred together into a deliciously intoxicating cocktail of fun! Featuring Phil Orr on Piano and Sean Dixon on Drums .
With special guest Brian Balthazar.
Ages 17+
Peter Peter Presents: “A SCHTICKY SITUATION” With your host: Sir Richard Castle.
Comedy you can't squeeze into a box! A cast of well seasoned, delicious oddballs yanked from the stages of burlesque nightclubs, international circus, and other planets, brought right to you. Fasten your seatbelt, it’s gonna be a weird and wonderfully funny ride!
Featuring: Evil Hate Monkey, Djahari Clark, Peter Peter, Amy G and Zahra Hashemian.
AGES 21+
After a long day of comedy, join us on the dance floor for some after show partying!
FEATURING: DJ Michael V from Primal Disco
Food and beverage available for purchase.
Ages 21+
DOOR $15
Peter Daniel Straus (The Man Behind Pierre the Mime) Teaches:
(A CRASH COURSE IN PHYSICAL COMEDY)
We’ll explore the basics of turbo-charging your body for comedy purposes.
AGES 13-17
Space is limited., everyone interested is encouraged to register by clicking on the link below.
Spice up your bloody Mary with a good old fashioned Drag Trivia Brunch hosted by local drag faves Sis Jenner and Epi Penn.
Epiphany Penn and Sis Jenner have questions! Trivia questions. Join the Hudson Valleys 2nd and 3rd oldest living drag queens for an afternoon of trivia, laughter, and so much tomfoolery that you’re guaranteed to flip your wig
Brunch Includes:
(coffee/tea)
Basket of baked goodies for the tables (cookies,muffins,cornbread)
1st course choice of:
Little gem salad
Caesar salad
2nd course choice of:
Grilled pesto chicken pasta/roasted zucchini/ spinach/ cavatappi pasta
Prime rib sliders/arugula/horseradish cream/caramelized onions/brioche bun/au jus
Cinnamon French toast stratta with citrus cream cheese
Eggs poached in a mild spiced tomato sauce with shisito peppers, onions and garlic/ grilled bread
Tickets include brunch and the show!
TICKETS $55
LIMITED SEATING RESERVATIONS NEEDED:
Call or text 518-947-1587
Email: audrey@stewarthouse.com
Grab a pint of local cider and gather ‘round as local historian Jonathan Palmer takes us through the history of the Catskills. Bring your questions!
Food and beverages available for purchase
Calling all comedians! We are closing out the festival with a killer open mic show!
Show Up Go Up Open Mic Variety Show. "The Most Misunderstood Show in Comedy." LOTS of ways to get onstage: The Bucket of Destiny! Bucket of Bar Tabs! The infamous Joke Challenge! Best Text! Create A Segment! Last Joke! & More!
This is your chance to take the stage and show festival audiences what you got! Erik Marino (SNL, Weeds) brings his famous open mic event to The Catskills Comedy Festival. This isn’t your ordinary open mic, Erik keeps the show movin with interviews, comedy material swaps and other unexpected twists and turns.
Everyone is encouraged g to sign up in advance by emailing: Erikmarino71@gmail.com
Ages 21+ event
