December 31, 2010

WICF 2010 Headliner Jackie Kashian Fulfills Expectations on Nerdist Podcast
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Check out the latest Nerdist Podcast Nerdist Podcast #51, Comedians You Should Know. WICF 2010 Headliner Jackie Kashian is featured, along with Chris Fairbanks,...
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Submissions Deadline Extended! January 12th - Get On It!
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The show application and instructor application deadlines have been extended to January 12th! Here is a useful link for you to use in applying! Submissions are...
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December 28, 2010

Comedy Rivalry: Selena Coppock vs. Leah Dubie
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Stand-up comediennes Leah Dubie and Selena Coppock are returning to their hometown stomping grounds on Jan. 6, when they will co-headline the Mottley’s Comedy...
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December 27, 2010

OBV! on Funny or Die
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Cuddy and Goltermann, OBV! You guys remember the interview we did with Chris Cuddy of OBV!, right? Of course you do, right? Cool, I was just checking, I'm just...
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December 25, 2010

Happy Holidays from North Coast!
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Merry Christmas! In lieu of money, we're sending you this holiday rap from WICF's Rachel Rosenthal and North Coast :...
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December 23, 2010

Kristen Schaal and Kurt Braunohler to Join WICF 2011 Headliners!
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Kurt Braunohler and Kristen Schaal WICF is thrilled to announce that Kristen Schaal and Kurt Braunohler will be joining Jen Kirkman and Morgan Murphy for our...
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Maria Ciampa Bares All On Ready, Set…Wife! Podcast
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WICF Co-Producer Maria Ciampa can be heard in the most recent Ready, Set ... Wife! podcast. Hosted by Robyn Okrant and WICF 2009 performer Cathleen Carr, Ready,...
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December 20, 2010

Tuesday's the Last Day for Regular Submissions!
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After 11:59 p.m. (Eastern) Tuesday night, the price of show applications jumps from $30 to $40, and the price of instructor applications jumps from $10 to $15....
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December 17, 2010

Sassy Gay Friend Helping Bostonian Ladies at Christmastime
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I thought, maybe [write] a group therapy thing with different couples from Shakespeare, which made me think of who the therapist would be. I thought a sassy,...
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Amy Sedaris Will Make You, and Stephen Colbert, A Gift
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Sadly, that gift is not a "Strangers with Candy" reunion. Amy Sedaris was on "The Colbert Report" last night, promoting her book Simple Times: Crafts for Poor...
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December 14, 2010

WICF Gets Dazzled by Caitlin Tegart
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Be critical of your work, but confident in yourself. Know that you're funny. Fear of rejection is just rejecting yourself. I have a million of these fortune cookie...
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December 13, 2010

Stand-Up Workshop With Jeff Singer at WICF 2011
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WICF is presenting two opportunities to take Jeff Singer's acclaimed Step Up Your Stand Up workshop during the festival on Saturday, March 12th, from 10:30 a.m....
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December 3, 2010

Episode 7 of the WICF Comedy Podcast Awaits Your Ears
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WICF Co-Producers Michelle Barbera and Maria Ciampa interview Christine Cuddy and Megan Goltermann of the sketch comedy show OBV!, playing now at ImprovBoston,...
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December 2, 2010

Are Comedians Allowed to Be — Gasp! — Serious?
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By Liz McKeon, WICF Editor Steve Martin appeared, Monday night, as part of the lecture series at NY's 92nd Street Y. The moderator for the evening was New York...
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November 26, 2010

WICF’s Weekend Write-Up: Improvised Dickens and Native Humor
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In case you missed it, in your turkey and stuffing-induced haze, submissions for WICF 2011 opened yesterday ! You have until January 6th to get them in, so...
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November 25, 2010

Submissions are Open, Headliners Morgan Murphy and Jen Kirkman Have Been Announced - Happy Thanksgiving, Everybody!
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Happy Thanksgiving, everybody! In honor of the holiday, we're giving you the traditional Thanksgiving gift. Not used to Thanksgiving gifts, you say? Well, they're...
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November 24, 2010

Awesome Stuff: Tig Notaro's Untitled Comedy Tour Contest
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Hey blog-loving peeps, remember when we recommended Tig Notaro's Monday night show with Jen Kirkman? Well, our tweets about that post garnered us the following...
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November 22, 2010

Festival Co-Producer Michelle Barbera on the ImprovBoston Podcast, Along With OBV!
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Our wonderful and talented Co-Producer, Michelle Barbera, has been a guest host on the two most recent episodes of the ImprovBoston podcast. Michelle joins IB...
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November 19, 2010

WICF’s Weekend Write-Up: Make It Count, Next Weekend You’ll Probably Be Watching Burlesque with Incontinent Aunt Bertie
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Have you seen it yet? The new Harry Potter? Well don’t tell us what happens, Liz is trying to show her boyfriend all six of the previous movies before they go...
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November 12, 2010

WICF's Weekend Write-Up: Witty, with a Hint of Class
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Drumroll, please: dates and headliners are being published THIS VERY WEEK (ahead)! Aaaahhhhh! Commence screaming! Check out a video from Goltermann and Cuddy's...
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More Awesomeness, OBV!
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After the the wonderful response to last week's interview with Chris Cuddy about OBV!, her two-woman show with Megan Goltermann, we wanted to link you to some...
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November 5, 2010

WICF's Weekend Write-Up: Historically Funny
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Aah! It’s November! If you haven’t gotten lost in a corn maze and scared the crap out of your best friend/significant other/children yet, I advise you to do so...
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November 4, 2010

These Two Women are Comedy Gold, OBV!
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I'd very much like to be a pop star who is my own back-up dancer. That would blow people's minds. — Chris Cuddy WICF 2010 stand-out performers OBV!, Christine...
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