This Thursday at both 7:30pm and at 9:00pm the festival starts off with stand-up comics from Charlotte, Louisville, Burlington, Raleigh, Charleston, and of course right here in the Greenville. Friday and Saturday has so many wonderful stand-up, sketch, and improv shows we can’t possibly tease them all here. However, we’ll highlight a few of our […]
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Eric Hunicutt (The Reckoning) and Julie Granata-Hunicutt (Movement for Improvisers)
Our submissions have officially closed and the production is hard at work pouring over the almost 100 submissions. We’ll be reaching out to those accepted by mid-September and once confirmed, we’ll publish the full 10 day show schedule. While you wait, here are two more great instructors we have traveling in for the festival (in […]
Second City Hollywood Faculty and Performer Gillian Bellinger
We’re in our final week of performer applications and can now announce another festival instructor for our first weekend. Gillian Bellinger is an LA based improviser and corporate workshop facilitator. She can currently be seen in her Second City Premium show Trump in Space (directed by Frank Caeti), as well as with Westside Comedy’s House […]
First Festival Headliners and Instructors
As our submissions are still in full swing we are proud to announce some of this year’s New South Comedy Festival Headliners, starting with a New York Times Critics Pick, Sisters Three. Directed by Peter McNerney and starring Elana Fishbein and Elena Skopetos, Sisters Three is a fast paced, multi-character comedy about a family’s reluctant reunion. […]
5th Annual New South Comedy Festival Submissions are Open!
Submissions are open to perform in the 5th annual New South Comedy Festival in Greenville, SC. This will be our biggest, funniest, and festival-est yet! For the last 4 years we’ve featured hundreds of comedy acts from around the country to sold out crowds. We’ve also produced dozens of workshops each year with well known […]
Festival is Underway!
Los Angeles. Brooklyn, NY. Rancho Cucamonga, CA. Atlanta. Tampa. Asheville. Upstate, SC. And that’s just in our first 2 days! Tonight begins day 3 with sketch comedy at 7:30pm, improv comedy at 9pm, and stand-up meets improv comedy at 10:30pm! Can’t make it tonight? We’ve got 4 shows tomorrow and then another 7 days of […]
Meet the Festival Instructors!
Applications are still open and flowing in for the 4th annual New South Comedy Festival. The final deadline to submit is September 6th (early bird discount ends August 23rd). However, we’ve already booked some of our biggest guests and here are a few who will be teaching comedy workshops: Kevin Mullaney is the founder […]
4th Annual New South Comedy Festival Submissions Open
Applications are open for performing in the 4th annual New South Comedy Festival in Greenville, SC. This will be our longest, funniest, and fourth-est yet! For the last 3 years we’ve featured hundreds of comedy acts from around the country to sold out crowds. We’ve also produced dozens of workshops each year with well known […]
Stand-up and Sketch Comedy Kickoff the Festival
We’ve got amazing improv and stand-up comedy headliners coming in the second half of the festival, but first there are several days of amazing sketch comedy from the Southeast and stand-up comedy from all coasts! Tonight at both 7:30 and at 9pm we’ve got stand-up comics from Charlotte, Atlanta, Knoxville, NYC, Los Angeles, and right here in […]
Improv Headliners: Brian James O’Connell (LA) & Big Ol’ Show (ATL)
Our full performance schedule is about to be released, but first, here’s a teaser of a few of the great improv acts coming. Brian James O’Connell (or BOC as his friends call him) is a working actor, writer, director, filmmaker and teacher in Los Angeles. He currently teaches as part of the Core Faculty at The Pack Theater and at […]
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