Del Close Marathon 20

A collection of photos and some stories from DCM20 

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4 out of 8 Mondegreens go to New York. This show was extra special, as it was the first DCM I did being on a Harold team. A lot of hard work went into just getting this picture - a lot more hard work to be put in. 

Badly missing the rest, but repped well out here! Taken at the green room of the All Stars Demo Theatre. 

It was a little hectic before the show. Had trouble finding each other, but in classic Mondegreen fashion - pulled through and had a blast. Love these three right here and the four back home. Can’t wait to bring back that juice that we found in  NY to LA. 

Check these three out on their IG’s: @heyallyn, @mcgurked, & @genetrat

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My last show on Thursday was with ‘K3wlAZN420′. This team does improv based off stories (from an audience member), from early internet era things.

We thought we had a 20 minute set. Turns out we had 30. So around the 20 minute mark we started tying loose ends. When we didn’t get the black out - we had to find a way to push through. 

A little panic here and there and we pushed through to the end for a great blackout by the one and only Allyn Pintal. “If we don’t pray on America, then America will prey on us!”

So so happy to be part of this show. (Missed ya Lizz Adams!)

Photo by Don Macatangay @donamacatangay

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On the first night of the festival, I had three shows to do. This was the 2nd one, with my former Mess Hall team ‘Busters’. 

Even though we all live in LA, our schedules haven’t lined up yet for a majority group hang (missed ya Dennis & Micaela!)

Of course it, it had to take a cross country trip to kick it and goof off like old times. 

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My first show was with my two-prov team ‘Spunky Moms’ at the TNC Cino. 

This is Meg Joh, crushing it. She’s a great friend, writer, & performer. In this set, we are two baseball players going over a tough loss. Turns out, Meg is a perfectionist that throws baseballs at her own teammates if they goof. I, meanwhile, have aspirations of writing a short novel over baseball.

After this set, I knew the weekend was going to be great. 

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My cousin Shanna and her fiancé John’s dog, Wednesday. 

I was warned that she is extremely loving and kissy. The rumors were true. 

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My cousin Shanna and her fiancé John live out in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. I was so happy I was able to visit them during my stay in New York. 

This was after having lunch at a place called Gold Star. We walked home and watched tv - Shanna turning me onto my new favorite show Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. 

I’m happy for these two. 

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So DCM is a comedy festival the runs 24 hours for 3 days over the course of a weekend. It culminates every night at a party space where all the performers, party. The party space opens up to a patio right with a view of the Empire State Building. It’s wild. 

DCM is moving to Los Angeles next year and if you’ve never been, let me tell you that DCM in New York is going to be a tough act to follow. 

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I had the extreme luck of doing a mash-up show with Catherine Mudon (on right), a few months ago in LA. I didn’t know her then.  We got to talking after our show and she had offered her place up for DCM weekend. So kind.  

Catherine Mudon and Ken Beck are both UCB alums and house performers. They do a ton of amazing stuff, be sure to look them up. 

This us after Catherine cooked us up an awesome breakfast of sunny side up eggs and bacon. I needed it - I was so dang hungover from partying the night before. 

Catherine & Ken, you were amazing hosts. All love. 

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Jessica @_svendsgaard, is one of my closest friends in the LA comedy community. I’ve been on an indie improv team with her now for 5 years.  We ran into each other after I had finished seeing the MoMa.

 We ran into another friend Benjamin Apple right after this, walked around seeing some really cool stuff - got caught up in a flash downpour, drank beers, played Scrabble in the East Village, ate pizza, and then walked some more.

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I mean, what else can I say?  

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Another one at the MoMA.

I was trying to take a photo of the painting behind these people, when they spontaneously walked in frame and locked eyes. 

In a huge city with a constant crush of people - it was a nice reminder that there were still humans here. 

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This was my third Del Close Marathon. The last two times, I got caught up in only doing comedy shows and comedy things and forgot to see New York.

This time around I made sure to block out at least one day to do the touristy stuff. I’m glad I did. On the first day in New York, I zoomed straight to the Museum of Modern Art in Midtown. 

I walked around for a bit and stumbled on this painting that had me standing around it for eternity. I regret not getting the artist’s name. If anyone knows it please feel free to comment it. I don’t know much about art that hangs in museums - but I do know now, that I like abstract stuff that’s loud, bright, with lots of contrast. 

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This was my third visit to New York and I still found myself hesitant on crossing streets. 

I guess you live long enough in a city and you eventually perfect certain things - like confidently crossing a street. This lady walked like a New Yorker, so I decided to follow her lead - luckily we happened to be going the same way for the most part of my walk. 

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Will Choi, creator of the insanely popular Asian AF show. He was one of the first few LA people I ran into after my red-eye into NY. We got our festival wristbands together and immediately crashed on a couch. 

Keiko Agena noticed that we were sitting exactly alike and snapped this photo. Great minds think alike. 

Taken at the UCB NY Training Center. (6/28). Photo credit to Keiko Agena.