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  • May 22, 2013 7:00 pmPHIT Sweeps Weeks
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  • May 23, 2013 8:00 pmPete Holmes
  • May 23, 2013 8:30 pmFigment Theater's The Vagabond Sessions
  • May 23, 2013 8:30 pmThe Flat Earth
  • May 23, 2013 10:00 pmA Few Answers Short
  • May 24, 2013 7:00 pmThe Comedy Works
  • May 24, 2013 7:30 pmPete Holmes
  • May 24, 2013 8:00 pmThe N Crowd
  • May 24, 2013 8:30 pmKing of Prussia Comedy Cabaret
  • May 24, 2013 8:30 pmThe Flat Earth
  • May 24, 2013 10:00 pmThe Grimacchio Variety Hour
  • May 24, 2013 10:00 pmPete Holmes
  • May 25, 2013 7:30 pmSarcasm Comedy Club
  • May 25, 2013 7:30 pmComedy Sportz Philadelphia
  • May 25, 2013 9:30 pmSarcasm Comedy Club
  • May 25, 2013 9:30 pmThe Comedy Works
  • May 25, 2013 10:00 pmComedy Sportz Philadelphia
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Philly Comedy Round-up, Vol. 34

By Aaron Hertzog, on February 13th, 2012

This Saturday, Comedians for a Cause will hold a Benefit Dustin Walls at Connie’s Ric Rac. The show will feature comedians  Joe Mayo, Mike Rainey, James Hesky, Tommy Pope, Dave Terruso, and Eric Todd and all proceeds will go to the family of Dustin, a local friend to many comics who recently passed away after a fight with cancer. Donations can also be made via Pay Pal to mrainey@gmail.com

There are multiple chances this week to get out and see some storytelling. On Tuesday Second Stories Presents: Dream Date (7:00pm, The Dive) will feature stories from Alanna Kennedy-Gorman, Alejandro Morales, Lia Brennan, Alex Gross, Hillary Rea, Larry Napolitano,and Jaime Fountaine. Wednesday’s Tell Me a Story: Yesterday (7:00pm, Shot Tower Coffee) will feature stories from Carolyn Busa, Martha Cooney, Jaime Fountaine, Alejandro Morales, Larry Napolitano, Dave Terruso, Becca Trabin, Todd Shaeffer.

This Wednesday Rooftop Comedy will come to Philadelphia’s Temple University to help pick the team of student comedians that will represent the Owls in this years’ National College Comedy Competition. The show will be at 8:00pm in The Owl Cove in Mitten Hall on Temple’s campus and will feature student comedians vying for a spot in the March 18th competition against Penn State at Helium Comedy Club.

On Friday, The Arts Parlor (1170 S. Broad St.) will host The Sideshow: Powerballin’ . The show will feature improv sets from Asteroid! Beirdo and a Powerball Team, where PHIT Training Center students can put their name in a hat for a chance to be picked to perform with a few improv veterans.

Rittenhouse Comedy will host Kryptonite For Your Relationship this Tuesday night at Noche. The Valentine’s Day show will feature sets from Lisa Yost, Shanell Travis, Sarah M., Steve Miller-Miller, Mary Radzinski, Paul Easton, Alex Pearlman, Conrad Roth, Reggie Conquest and will be hosted by Jack Martin.

Center City Comedy recently released this promo video featuring Carolyn Busa, H. Foley, Tom Cassidy, Chris Cotton and Conrad Roth. The video promotes their website and a mysterious hotline. What happens when you call? Give it a try and let us know.

 

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INTERVIEW: Joe Mayo on Comedians for a Cause

By Aaron Hertzog, on May 25th, 2011

Comedians Mike Rainey and Joe Mayo have been putting their talents to good use, starting the group Comedians for a Cause, booking comedy shows to raise money for various charities and people in need during the past few months. We caught up with Mayo to see what it’s all about.

How did the two of you guys start putting together shows as fundraisers?

We had been talking for well over a year now, and one night after I came from a funeral from a dear friend we went to one of Chip’s shows and wrote the gameplan on a bar napkin. After that we got our ass in gear and put on a show for Dustin Walls’ ball cancer.

Tell us a little about some of the shows you’ve already put on and have planned in the near future.

We have done I believe five to six shows already. Two for Dustin Walls’ Cancer, two for Autism, and one for my buddy’s son who passed at age 22. The next few shows we are planning are for Easter Seals, the National Kidney Foundation, another one for Dustin Walls, and the guy from Deftones who is real sick.

Are there any big picture ideas you have for grand fundraiser shows, for any specific causes?

Definitely, I would love to someday be putting on shows with national headliners support and big venues for anybody who needs our help. Nobody will be turned away.
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