The 2011 WitOut Awards

By Aaron Hertzog, on October 28th, 2011

We here at WitOut have decided to put together a year-end awards ceremony to celebrate comedy in Philadelphia. After some debate, we have decided to leave the voting up to the comedians of our fair city to make these a purely For Us By Us effort. The process starts now with a nominations round. Performers and show promoters are encouraged to click on the following links and nominate up to three choices for each of the awards categories. Simply fill out the box with your choices and put your name in parentheses (so we can make sure people only nomiate once.) Nominations will close one week from today on Friday, Novmeber 4th, then we will announce the official nominees for each category and open up the voting for the awards. Sound good? Ok. Let the nominations process begin!

NOTE: If your name is not put in parenthesis at the end of your nominations – we will not count your nominations. We need to make sure that people are only nominating once, and this is how we are doing it. Thank you.

Best Sketch Group

Best Improv Group (four or more members)

Best Improv Group (one to three members)

Best New Group (formed in 2011 and features at least one new performer)

Best Stand-Up Comedian

Best Regular Show - Recurring monthly, weekly, or semi-regularly.

Best Show Run - Show with a short or defined run (ex: twenty-four, Meg & Rob’s Last Year, etc.)

Best One Time Show - Either a special event (roast, competition, etc) or a specific “episode” of a recurring show ie: “The Theme Show Presents: Law and Order.”

Best Host - Best host (or co-hosts) of a regular show or open mic

Best Podcast

Noah Houlihan

October 29, 2011 at 3:07 pm

What? No award for best crowd work?

Bradley Beck

October 30, 2011 at 5:54 pm

What about best new stand-up? There’s a bunch of guys and gals that got their start this year worth considering. . .

WitOut

October 30, 2011 at 5:55 pm

We thought about adding a best new stand-up category but decided it’s too hard to narrow down what would exactly qualify someone as a “new” stand-up. Too many variables to potentially argue.

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Alex Grubard

October 31, 2011 at 3:51 pm

Also, they don’t deserve it. Only one stand-up deserves to be recognized and she probably won’t be.

Joe

October 31, 2011 at 4:58 pm

Why Alex, did you forget her name?

Pearlman

November 2, 2011 at 1:36 am

Grubard, John Nunn isn’t a lady.