Every year, ComedySportz participates in the Philadelphia Improv Festival performing a special show. Last year, we had a blast performing our Battle of the Network Starz. This year, we are taking on The Bard himself with ComedySportz Philly presents: Shakespeare. From star-crossed lovers to nobility, fools to witches, some of your favorite ComedySportz Philly performers will transport you back to the Elizabethan Era. Shakespeare was never so funny! Come check us out on Friday, October 2 in the 9:30pm block of shows. Also in that block, the ComedySportz national All-Star show! That’s right, performers from across the country are coming together to perform a special All-Star show! Come see both shows for only $10. Purchase tickets here.
This month, we sat down with ComedySportz player, artist and host of The Sunny Side Up Show on PBS KIDS Sprout Sean Roach.
1. Your name and nickname: Sean “murder she…” Roach
2. Your player #: 72
3. Year you joined CSz: 2007
4. High School attended: North Penn High School
5. College attended: Millersville University – BFA in fine art painting. I also took acting classes at Temple University.
6. Favorite CSz game: Dating Game or Arms Expert or Day in the Life. Oh heck, I can’t pick just one.
7. Favorite memory involving a fan: Watching a fan volunteer for slow-mo and seeing him completely accept the game. The fan wasn’t necessarily a “funny guy,” but because he was open and willing he was the funniest thing we saw all night.
8. Memorable show moment: Playing Day in the Life for what we thought was two guys getting married and having their bachelor party together.
9. Interesting fact (or 2) about yourself: I do a kids television show. Also, I was commissioned to build a life size Mr. Peanut for Planters’ 100th anniversary. If you are in Atlantic City, be sure to check it out.
10. Voted Most Likely To… become really famous or disappear into the wilderness one day.
Thanks to Emily S. for this great review of ComedySportz Philly on Yelp!
She wrote:
“ComedySportz is a lot of fun. It’s improv, so it’s always different; you can go again and again (which I have) and enjoy a fresh, completely new show each time. And there’s nothing like seeing your own suggestion acted out on stage, usually to hilarious effect.
It’s a “family show” (the referee describes it that way, complete with air quotes, when laying down the rules at the beginning of each show), and there are often kids as young as ten in the audience. But don’t let that discourage you from going: I’ve found that the “clean” nature of the humor actually ends up making it much, much funnier. Mediocre comedians, improv and otherwise, often rely on dirty jokes for cheap laughs and shock value; ComedySportz, by choosing to avoid that route, produces truly, brilliantly funny material.
ComedySportz is pretty much the only venue I can think of where the audiences are regularly composed of a happy mixture of tenth birthday celebrants, old couples, young couples, families, groups of teenagers, middle-aged professionals, etc. I’m afraid this description makes it sounds nauseatingly wholesome, but it’s not. It sure ain’t Disney. It’s just really, really funny. Going to ComedySportz and laughing hard for a couple of hours will be the most enjoyable ab workout you’ve ever had.”
