Storyliars, Christine Cuddy and Pig: A Restaurant Making Headlines, Taking Names

By WICF Editor Liz McKeon, with help from all of the producers.


More WICF performers and friends were featured in the news yesterday!

Congrats to Walter Cornelius, Rob Crean, Harry Gordon, Matt Donaher, Patrick Barrett and all the other Storyliars performers on the feature in The Boston Globe!

Chris Cuddy was the focus of an awesome write-up on Wicked Local yesterday, plus she's looking beatifically pastoral in the accompanying, quarter-page photo, so you should definitely tell her how funny AND pretty she is when you see her perform on the opening night of WICF 2012.

Finally, Pig: A Restaurant was featured on Eater:Boston. Yum.

8th Podcast Episode Up: Harry Gordon and MC Mr. Napkins

Michelle and Maria interview comedian Harry Gordon about his show, Harry Gordon Roasts America: Political Polemic, and about that thing he found in his pants. Plus music from the debut album from rising rap star, MC Mr. Napkins (aka Zach Sherwin), and an interview with Henrietta.

Download it directly here, get it for iTunes here, and check out all of the WICF podcasts here.

Festival Co-Producer Michelle Barbera on the ImprovBoston Podcast, Along With OBV!

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 cast member and OBV! creator Christine Cuddy (see our interview with her here), IB Artistic Director Will Luera, and IB castmember Harry Gordon (interviewed in the most recent WICF podcast here) in discussing the history of women in comedy, Lucille Ball's impact on the genre, and Michelle's predilection for superhero running costumes.

Michelle and the other hosts, plus special guest Megan Goltermann of OBV!, discuss their female comedy influences in the third episode of the podcast. (In an absolute fangirl moment, I was thrilled to hear that Megan has been taking her comedy cues from Tracey Ullman, because when I'm on stage, what's usually running through my head is, "What would Megan Goltermann do?" - Liz) Steve Delfino joins the crew in the fourth episode to talk about IB's monthly Queer Qomedy Night.

Download the ImprovBoston podcasts, featuring Michelle, here!

All In The Family

December 14th's ImprovBoston Fun-Raiser brought together Boston comedy alumni from near and far.

WICF Co-Director Maria Ciampa with Kate Flannery of The Office.

The 2009 ImprovBoston Fun-Raiser at the Estate Nightclub in downtown Boston featured live performances from great women and men in comedy. Even Kate Flannery spent time in Boston performing in The Real Live Brady Bunch. Kate is not only known to millions as Meredith on NBC's mega-hit The Office, but is also a wonderful sketch and improv comedienne. Kate performed live with longtime friend and creative collaborator (and Real Live Brady Bunch Musical Director) Faith Soloway. If you live in LA, you can see Kate perform live on a regular basis  in her hit show The Lampshades. If you live in Boston, check out  one of Faith Soloway's many great projects, like Jesus Has Two Mommies. Check for her latest on her official website.

Jonathan Katz (Comedy Central's Dr. Katz), Adam Felber (Wait Wait Don't Tell Me), ImprovBoston's Harry Gordon, "The Roast Master", Shane Mauss (Comedy Central, Late Night with Conan O'Brien), Myq Kaplan (Comedy Central, Late Night with Conan O'Brien), MC Mr. Napkins (Voted Boston's Best Standup of 2009 in the Boston Phoenix annual reader's poll) and ImprovBoston's Alumni team also performed live.

Special video performances from Wendy Liebman and Janeane Garofalo premiered at the benefit.

Below is a clip from Janeane Garofalo's video with ImprovBoston's Bobby Smithney awkwardly explaining the celebrity crush rule he shares with his wife. Guess who's his celebrity crush?

ImprovBoston FUN-Raiser Promo from Ben Snitkoff on Vimeo.