Catskills Comedy Festival: Comedy Panel – Crossing the line (Can Comedy go too far?)
- Sat, Oct 17
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Run Time: 60 min.
Does comedy have boundaries? Can comedians go TOO far? Where is the line between comedy, protest. opinion and free speech? Join moderator Sarah Austin Jenness (The Moth) as she sits down with comedy professionals to ponder these deep and important comedy questions. Panelists include: John Hill (Bravo, SiriusXM), Lauren Kincheloe (Stand-up Instructor), Eddie Brill (Letterman)
Sarah Austin Jenness joined the staff at The Moth in 2005, and as Executive Producer, she has worked with hundreds of people to craft and hone their personal stories. She is one of the hosts of the Peabody Award-winning The Moth Radio Hour, and launched The Moth’s Global Community Program — coaching storytelling workshops in the US and Africa to highlight world issues including family homelessness and public health. Moth stories she has directed in the past decade have been told during the UN General Assembly and as far afield as the Kenya National Theatre. She believes stories have power and can change the world by creating connection.
John Hill (Broadway: Hairspray, The Boy From Oz) has cohosted Andy Cohen Live every weekday morning on SiriusXM for over a decade. He also hosts his own live radio show The John Hill Show every Tuesday. TV audiences know him from his work as a producer on Watch What Happens Live, Project Runway, and Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List. Past solo work includes Wellness Check, Hate Actually, John Yun, and Skinny Corpse. John was in residency in NYC at The Green Room 42 and toured the US.
Lauren Kincheloe – After goofing off on stage in New York City and Los Angeles for 20 years, Lauren Kincheloe moved to Kingston and started Squalid Gold Comedy School. For five years now she has been cultivating the local comedy community by coaching, teaching workshops, and producing shows that feature her awesome students.
Eddie Brill is a writer, actor, producer and stand-up comedian. He spend years as the warm-up comic/ Standup Comedy Coordinator for The David Letterman Show. Eddie was the architect and former creative director of the Great American Comedy Festival. Eddie is on the board of advisors for TCCFEST.
AGES 13+
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