A New Sketch Show... a Legend, Indeed

It's been quite some time since I've had anything to blog about regarding the Cellar Dwellers doing a sketch comedy show. In fact, the last new sketch show we did was Spocktoberfest over a year ago. Since then, the group has been busy with other projects, our weekly improv show, and a lot of general busyness outside of the cellar; one member got married, another had a baby, and one tried to travel to South Carolina only to get in a crazy car accident. Looking back over the past year, it's easy to understand why we haven't had time to complete a new sketch show.

But after tonight, the drought will be broken. We are debuting our new sketch comedy show tonight at a little performance space called ModernFormations on Penn Avenue. The show was written by, and stars, just four members of the troupe (present company included). It's called "A Legend, Indeed"--a title that is more fitting each time I think about it.

Without giving too much away, I can tell you that the show has a number of themes running through it, the biggest being the idea of legends. Legends are something that have grown with humanity, originating with oral tradition way back in the day. They're blown out of proportion, they can be frightening or awe-inspiring, and when you really look at them... they're hilarious. This show tries to capture a little bit of all of that, and I look forward to seeing how it all plays out.

Tonight is the first of three performances. It's always hard to judge a show in Pittsburgh, because we are never really able to promote it as much as we would hope and there's always lots of other activities going on at the same time. But I'm happy to be going back, and ModernFormations is a great, intimate space to perform in (and it's usually got some great artwork hanging on the walls). The show starts at 8:00pm.

After tonight, we'll be traveling to the Bagpiper Theater at Geneva College for our second performance. That show is next Friday, Nov. 9th at 8:00pm. Then, closing out the show will be a grand performance at the Blue Violet Cafe in downtown Rochester on Saturday, Nov. 17th at 8:00pm.