Articles About comedy

• ‘Bigger and Better’ sketch comedy at the Foundry Theater

  By Lauren ShowsJuly 18, 2024

  

  “Bigger and Better” — the third sketch comedy show produced by local duo Elliot Cromer and Adam Zaremsky, and the second accompanied by band The Boogie Bros — will elicit laughs from audiences Thursday–Saturday, July 18–20.

• Seniors say ‘yes, and…’ to life

  By Reilly DixonMarch 20, 2024

  

  Through exercises that build confidence, foster humility and sharpen wit, village resident and lifelong improv actor Justin Howard is teaching local seniors how to say “yes, and …” to life.

• Fest in show

  By YS News StaffNovember 2, 2023

  

  The festival, which ran Oct. 6–8, featured a number of screenings and Q&A discussions, including with filmmakers Steven Bognar, Stephen Michael Simon and Steve Zahn and actor and comedian Fred Armisen.

• Chuckleheads

  By Reilly DixonApril 6, 2023

  

  A cabal of area comedians descended on the Peach’s Grill stage for a comedy show on — funnily enough — April Fool’s Day, last Saturday, April 1.

• E&A’s Big Dumb Show to debut this weekend

  By Reilly DixonAugust 12, 2022

  

  The sketch comedy production, “E&A’s Big Dumb Show,” is open to audiences at the YS Arts Council building on Friday, Aug. 12, at 8 p.m., twice on Saturday, Aug. 13, at 2 and 8 p.m., and again the following weekend, on Friday, Aug. 26, at 8 p.m., and finally on Saturday, Aug. 27, at both 2 and 8 p.m.

• Comedian Donnell Rawlings to host local events

  By Jessica ThomasMay 26, 2022

  

  The four-day series, dubbed “Donnell Land,” will include shows at Wiley’s Comedy Club in Dayton, kayaking down the Little Miami, and a kickball game in Gaunt Park.

• Dave Chappelle seeks four more Wirrig shows

  By Carol SimmonsSeptember 22, 2021

  

  A request concerning locally based comedian Dave Chappelle was among several zoning-related matters discussed during the most recent meeting of the Miami Township Trustees on Wednesday, Sept. 8.

• Chappelle’s final ‘Summer Camp’ shows canceled

  By Carol SimmonsSeptember 25, 2020

  

  Possible exposure” to COVID-19 by someone in his “inner circle” has led comedian and Yellow Springs resident Dave Chappelle to bring an earlier than anticipated end to his summer-long series of shows at a rural property just north of the village.

• Brothers to present film — Political satire propels ‘Oath’

  By Lauren ShowsOctober 25, 2018

  

  On the day after Thanksgiving — Black Friday — all Americans have been asked to sign a pledge of loyalty to the United States. This is the central conceit of “The Oath,” a dark comedy/horror/political satire film starring Ike and Jon Barinholtz, and written and directed by Ike.