While our submissions for 2019 are still open, we thought it might be nice to reflect on some of the great acts we’ve hosted in the first 5 years of the festival. Here is our partial, incomplete, and by no means exhaustive “best of the fest”:
2014, Musical Comedy Leads the Way
| North Coast (NYC) | Drum Machine (Minn) |
|---|---|
 Free-styling, Beatboxing, Long-Form Improvisation, comedy |
 Jill Bernard’s one-woman solo musical |
2015, New York City Takes Over
| Pop Roulette (NYC) | Magnet Tourco (NYC) |
|---|---|
 Musical sketch comedy super group |
 New York’s best big little theater |
2016, Solo Shows Dominate the Stage
| Magic Negro (ATL) | Three Insane Rituals (LA) |
|---|---|
 Mark Kendall’s one man sketch comedy about race |
 Brian O’Connell tackled the Decon, F.O.I.L. and Harold |
2017, Regulars make it irregularly awesome
| MegaLou (NYC) | Thunderstood (NC) |
|---|---|
 Improv comedy improv featuring Megan Gray & Louis Kornfeld |
 AJ Schraeder’s multimedia one man sketch show |
2018, Duos make it double the funny
| Co-Workers (ATL) | Sister’s Three (NYC) |
|---|---|
 Improv duo featuring Jason Velazquez and Hannah Aslesen exploring workplace dramedy |
 Elana Fishbein and Elena Skopetos’ fast paced multi-character comedy play about a family’s reluctant reunion |
Other past festival instructors:
 Kevin Mullaney |
 Gillian Bellinger |
 Greg Taveras, Brandy Sullivan & Andy Livengood |
 Ruby Willmann |
 Matt Horgan & Amber Nash |
 William Kean |
 Zach Ward |
 Eric Hunicutt |
 Will Luera |
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