Posts Tagged ‘oriental theater’

Stand-up spotlight: Heather Snow

Wednesday, August 1st, 2012

Meet HEATHER SNOW. She’ll try to incorporate some yoga moves into her act! We hope.

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Heather is a Denver based comic who is best known for producing Ladies Laugh-In at Beauty Bar (A Showcase made up of mostly women and a token dude or two), two-time winner of Best of Westword. Drawing from personal experiences, she gives a dry, cynical twist to being a single, young professional.

Laugh Track: How long have you been a stand-up comic?

Heather: A little over two years. My first time on stage was when I was practicing what I called “Productive Drinking” at an Open Mic Night. I was only allowed to drink if there was an activity. I got onstage drunk, and told all of my grandfather’s old jokes. “Got yer nose!”

What other comics will you be watching during the festival?

Jay Washington. He tells me that he’s really good at Yoga. (more…)

Shorts spotlight: The Sparkling

Monday, July 30th, 2012

What is THE SPARKLING? Why it’s M Night Shyamalan’s new movie of course.

Synopsis: Puppets Harry and Luther somehow land jobs as caretakers to the legendary Stanley Hotel.  Upon arrival Luther is immediately overtaken by an evil spirit, while Harry learns about his new found gift of telepathy.  Adventure, excitement, and outrageous nudity awaits the pair around every corner!  Who will outlast who in this thrill-a-minute parody based on a famous Colorado legend.

Director: Artfacestudios

Laugh Track: How much time and energy did you spend making it?

Artfacestudios: “The Sparkling” was filmed on location at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park. Some scenes were finished in our green screen room if they needed touching up or another layer of video. We spent one sleepless night rampaging through the hotel unsupervised with puppets and a bunch of liquor. Several hours were spent at the bar. Upon receiving the invite to “go ahead and cross any lines that keep you out, and have fun” from the owner and bartender we continued our evening in a drunken rage throughout the entire hotel… I would imagine we created several of the “unexplained” sounds the ghost tour might have heard.

Was it worth it? (more…)

Shorts spotlight: The Date

Sunday, July 29th, 2012

What’s funnier than romance antics? We present THE DATE

Synopsis: When Ben Roy sets up his roommate, Rob Gleeson on a blind date with his friend, Rob quickly discovers that true feelings sometimes make themselves known in unusual ways.

Director: Ben Simkins

Laugh Track: How much time and energy did you spend making the movie?

Ben: Two days of shooting and three days to coax Ben Roy out of the car and on to set once in full makeup.

Do you think it was worth all that time/energy?

This was my first directing a narrative short so the pure fact that it didn’t resemble a Cleveland steamer tangled up in former presidential hopeful, Pat Buchanan’s chest-hair… yeah, I’d call that a win.

No, honestly. Was it?

Do you really want me to cry?! (more…)

Stand-up spotlight: Christie Buchele

Saturday, July 28th, 2012

Meet CHRISTIE BUCHELE. She’s not afraid of going places.

Christie Buchele is from Denver, Colorado and has been doing comedy for 2 1/2 years. Denver joke life is amazing! Thank god I’m crippled so it gives me the material to be a part of it.

Laugh Track: How long have you been a stand-up comic?

Christie: 2 1/2 Years

What other comics will you be watching during the festival?

I am excited to see the people coming in from out of town

If you could give yourself advice when you first started out, what would it be? (more…)

Stand-up spotlight: Bobby Crane

Friday, July 27th, 2012

One of Denver’s regulars is coming out to play…meet BOBBY CRANE!

Bobby Crane got his start in comedy by doing John Lithgow impersonations for his great aunts bingo club after seeing a particulary inspiring episode of Third Rock From The Sun. He doesn’t believe in 3-D movies and he has an irrational fear of lightbulbs. Look for him every Wednesday at your local post office where he volunteers to lick patrons envelopes for them at a minimal fee.

See Bobby plus other comics at @ Click here to buy tickets.

Stand-up spotlight: Mara Wiles

Friday, July 27th, 2012

Meet one of our local comics, MARA WILES!

Mara Wiles is a comic based out of Denver, Colorado. She performs regularly at the famous Comedy Works Denver and is a member of the Impulse Theater improv troupe, the longest running show in Denver. Mara recently won best comic at the Laugh Tracks Comedy Festival and is a founding member of LadyFace, Denver’s first all female sketch group. When she isn’t telling jokes she is usually pretending to get into yoga or reading Real Simple magazine.

Laugh Track: How long have you been a stand-up comic?

Mara: I have been doing stand up for 3 years. I have been performing on this crazy stage called life for 27.

What other comics will you be watching during the festival?

Everybody! My Denver counter parts are always great for a laugh. I am also looking forward to watching comics I have never seen so I can steal all of their secrets. (more…)

Stand-up spotlight: Chris Miller

Thursday, July 26th, 2012

Born in the jungles. Raised by wolves. Meet !

Bio: I was born, went to school, and then I started doing comedy after I sold my company. Now I do it more than I used do it, and it makes me happy. I hope to someday be a film maker and or producer.

Laugh Track: How long have you been a stand-up comic?

Chris: one year and 8 months

What other comics will you be watching during the festival?

I am a fan of the FGC – Nate Lund, Sam Tallent, Bobby Crizane.. Chris Charp is one of my favs, he makes me belly laugh. Ben Roy, ACH. (more…)

Stand-up spotlight: Andy Sell

Thursday, July 26th, 2012

Hey everybody meet !

Andy Sell was born in Iowa, went to high school in Colorado, college in Santa Fe and currently resides in Los Angeles where he hosts the best open mic ever at Silverlake Lounge every Sunday and can be found every other night aggressively hugging comics outside of bars. He transitioned to comedy from the cutthroat and glamorous world of spoken word poetry. Andy likes beer, horror movies, early 00s screamo, and watching kittens torture insects in the way that death playfully stalks all of us. Andy recently performed three nights at the Hollywood Fringe Fest, one of which actually went pretty well. Anybody else really lose it during the Roseanne series finale?

To see Andy plus other funny people, go to @ Click here to buy tickets.

Stand-up spotlight: Amy Miller

Thursday, July 26th, 2012

Today we’re meeting AMY MILLER!

Amy Miller has been instrumental in producing independent comedy in the San Francisco Bay Area. A kind of homeroom mom, she likes to plan shit and boss people around and tell jokes in an orderly fashion and make sure IS EVERYBODY HAVING A GOOD TIME?! Amy’s a Bay Area native, a classical soprano/ occasional pop punk back-up singer, a fancy business lady and a lead producer in Sylvan Productions. As seen at the Noise Pop Festival, Five Funny Females, the SF Punchline, Cobb’s Comedy Club and as a regular headliner at The Purple Onion, Amy is not only a San Francisco favorite, but a fast rising star in the comedy world.

Laugh Track: How long have you been a stand-up comic?

Amy: 2 years

What other comics will you be watching during the festival?

The Grawlix boys and Abbey Jordan (more…)

Shorts spotlight: The Night of the Falling Star

Wednesday, July 25th, 2012

The filmmaker built a space station to make this one…helmets off to that!

Synopsis: Captain Oldelaf is an astronaut in a mission around the Earth whose plans are turned upside down by an unexpected cosmic encounter…

Lost in deep space, he will have to deploy all his ingenuity and dig deep in his bag of tricks to come back home to his loved ones.

Director: Jean-Marc Deltorn

Laugh Track: How much time and energy did you spend making the movie?

Jean-Marc: Hard to put a number on this one, but try convincing your wife/husband/partner that building a space station in the living room of your 2 bedroom flat is really a great idea… and living in it for the next two months will be such fun!… Well, that’s about how much energy/commitment that little movie required!

Do you think it was worth all that time/energy?

If living in a space station for 2 month isn’t, what is?… Honestly, some people are paying crazy money for that. (more…)