Riot Comedy and the Palascak Attack
Renee Schultz does sick poster design.
I had the chance to check out
Riot Comedy, one of the newer showcase shows in town last night. Produced by three lady comics, the show had the sort of fresh energy and engaged audience that make new rooms a standup comic's caffeine. Two of Riot Comedy's producers,
Liza Treyger and
Renee Schultz are pretty new to the scene themselves; the third,
Lauren Vino, is more of a vet. All three seem genuinely excited to be putting on a solid show.
And solid last night's was. Sharing a bill with
Eliot Rahal,
Marty DeRosa, and
Chad Briggs is always a pleasure. Adding often-on-the-road
Michael Palascak to that mix made things even sweeter. Of course the setting, the tchotchke-laden back room at chummy hangout
Chicago Joe's, didn't hurt either.
Bottom
line: vibrant and kitschy venue with limited distractions, stoked
producers, and top-shelf line-ups. I hope Riot Comedy sticks around
for the long haul.
And speaking of
Michael Palascak, he triumphantly returns from destroying the college circuit for a week-long headlining run at
Zanies from
July 14th-19th. One of Chicago's most successful up-and-comers, Michael has been featured on
Comedy Central's Live at Gotham, appeared at the
Montreal Just for Laughs Festival,
and probably made a tolerable bit of cash with lucrative college
bookings (I'm just saying, those folks can pay!). Here he is sounding
off about Canada:
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