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At this time, all Chicago and Los Angeles Live Application slots are filled. If you would like to be added to our waiting list, in case a slot does open up, or we’re able to add more time to the auditions, please e-mail us at info@sketchfestnyc.com. If that does happen, we will contact acts in the order requests were received.

You can also send in a paper application at any time, just download at this link:

http://sketchfestnyc.com/downloads/2011/sketchfest-app-2011.pdf

Early Deadline: In our hands February 28th
Late Deadline: In our hands March 15th

New York Live Application dates will be announced shortly. If you contacted us previously about a New York date, we will check back in with you via e-mail before the general announcement.

If you previously contacted us about Chicago or Los Angeles Live Applications, and have NOT heard back from us at this point, please let us know via e-mail, and we will do what we can to accommodate you.

SketchFest NYC is pleased to announce the dates and times for the Chicago Live Applications. They are:

Saturday, February 26th from 3PM-7PM @ ImprovOlympic Theater

All Live Application slots will be on a first come, first serve basis. If you are interested in a slot, please email info@sketchfestnyc.com. Include “Live Application – Chicago” in the subject line. You must secure an audition slot in advance – no on-site requests will be honored, as these slots will fill up quickly.

If you have already e-mailed about an audition slot, we will be contacting you shortly, in the order the requests were received.

These showcases are for groups that feel their show is best represented live, or don’t have the means to put together a suitable demo. You will need to bring a completed application, including all related materials, to the audition. You will be given an 8-minute slot with basic lights and sound if needed. No video will be available.

Live Application dates for New York will be announced shortly.

SketchFest NYC is pleased to announce the dates and times for the Los Angeles Live Applications. They are:

Saturday, February 19th from 10AM-2PM @ Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre LA

All Live Application slots will be on a first come, first serve basis. If you are interested in a slot, please email info@sketchfestnyc.com. Include “Live Application – Los Angeles” in the subject line. You must secure an audition slot in advance – no on-site requests will be honored, as these slots will fill up quickly.

If you have already e-mailed about an audition slot, we will be contacting you shortly, in the order the requests were received.

These showcases are for groups that feel their show is best represented live, or don’t have the means to put together a suitable demo. You will need to bring a completed application, including all related materials, to the audition. You will be given an 8-minute slot with basic lights and sound if needed. No video will be available.

Live Application dates for Chicago and New York will be announced shortly.

Want to apply to be part of the seventh anniversary of SketchFest NYC? Then download the application below:

Click Here To Download the 2011 SketchFest NYC Application

Once again, we will also be holding Live Applications in New York City, and for the first time, in Chicago and Los Angeles (Dates TBA). These showcases are for groups that feel their show is best represented live, or don’t have the means to put together a suitable demo. You will still need to bring a completed application, including all related materials, to the audition. Download the application linked above for more info.

If you have any questions at all about the application process, e-mail us at info@sketchfestnyc.com. We’ll see you in 2011!

Thanks to everybody who came to the 2010 Festival! Applications, and more info about our seventh year will be online in the next few weeks.

If you’d like to be added to our mailing list to find out when applications are up, please e-mail info@sketchfestnyc.com. Don’t worry, we never distribute or sell your e-mail, and you’ll only get infrequent messages from us. But they will be awesome messages.

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Dave and Ethan gave us a blueprint for how to double date them, but more importantly, we learned how to practice kissing/devouring a girl’s mouth on a kiwi.

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Germans showed us how important and erotic a Barq’s Break really can be in the office setting.

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Pangea 3000 gave us a glimpse of what baseball will be like in the future and did the longest most amazing slow-jerk thank you scene of the festival.

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Free Love Forum yearned to toss the devil from it’s home and showed just how harmful a passing salutation can be.

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Rue Brutalia hit the road in their pedophile-packed car and somehow showed us how to love again.

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Elephant Larry ate snack foods out of each other’s mouths.

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and MURDERFIST closed out the festival with a rail against jeans, a gratuitous amount of bodily fluids, and a packed crowd’s screaming cheers.

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Two Fun Men made ridiculous love together and taught us all to appreciate liquid beverages.

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New Exc!tement showed us how to eat carrots and taught us all what a “spider” is.

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2-Man No-Show helped us all re-live Jurassic Park.  There was also some mad chair humping.

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Long Pork gained a new group member from the Sketchfest NYC audience.

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Fearsome presents: Grease 3: Threase took us to Shmydell High where the T-Boners and the Pink Labias learn about racial profiling.

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Team Submarine showed us how to eat a whole unsliced pizza.

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Last Call Cleveland sang to us a Spanish love song where we learned to count to 10 in Spanish (but not eleven).

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Kimmy Gatewood: 3000 Miles to Figure It Out brought some hilarious romance to the festival.

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Dirty Jeans and Thunderchief showed us just how hard it is to get into a pair of Gloria Vanderbilt jeans.

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FUCT – the name may say it all.  But we will say this:  Nude dudes.

Day One of Three is in the history books. Here’s a bit of what went down:

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BoF showed us what is was to cry, and that Choose Your Own Adventure Sketch just may be the way we’re all headed.

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Harvard Sailing Team delivered the dancing goods and thanked us for a lovely evening.

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Audience of Two delved in to the secret lives of authors and we learned how Sam almost ran over John Stewart in his cab.

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Sidecar blew up the world and Justin drank like 30 beers.

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Livia Scott showed us a ton of characters and reminded us all that if you liked it then should have a chicken nugget.

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Mace Bacon left no doubt as to whether he was the worst guy ever or sort of a general bad guy.

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Tom Davis showed amazing old SNL clips and surprise guest Chevy Chase sat in to relay some thoughts on Tom’s impact on his career and the overall greatness of a man.

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Trizzle Threat dropped dopeness on Sketch Rocks…

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while Kimmy Gatewood espoused the pleasures of divorced dude sex…

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and Ellis & Park told us about the folksy adventures of Old Tom Cruise.

Photos by Tracy Wilson: twilsonphotography

The festival starts tonight.

Watch that first step. It’s a DOOZIE!

Come see our DOOZIE tonight.

Due to an unforeseen but now seen conflict, there has been a switchemup in the festival schedule. The Tom Davis show has been moved to Thursday at 10pm, swapping with Pangea 3000 who will occupy the open Saturday at 8pm spot. Tell your neighbors, friends, and countrymen and take caution when purchasing tickets as the change filters through our system.

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