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Bevvy - Review

Review by Christian Missonak

Last year after observing the restrictive roles available to women in the comedy scene (ranging in depth and complexity from "bitchy girlfriend" to "nondescript receptionist") as well as the never-ending cycle of improv classes, conservatory programs, and writing courses she and her friends were going through with little to show for it, Kenzie West decided is was time to take matters into her own hands and create something of her own. 

That something became Bevvy, a comedy troupe of 11 women who write, produce, and star in their own material as well as partnering with local nonprofits like Deborah's Place. The show was solid, gathering their best material from their previous shows, and performing material running the gamut from socially-charged (a young woman frightens a catcaller into rethinking both his behavior and the motivations behind it) to goofy (HGTV's House Hunters Siberia).

There were no weak links among the actresses - though special attention deserves to be shone toward the exceptional performances of Brooke Grassby, Molly Kessler, Emily Shackelford, and West herself. Though still very new on the scene (their performance at Sketchfest was their first appearance there, and only their fifth show overall) they're already meeting with much success and and a four-week run at the Second City’s Donny Skybox on Saturday nights begins on February 6th.

To learn more about Bevvy, check out their Facebook page, or to find tickets to their upcoming run, check out the Second City Box Office.

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Rabbit Rabbit - Review

Review by Christian Missonak

For their seventh appearance at SketchFest duo Rabbit Rabbit titled their show: "Rabbit Rabbit Gives Up". The sketches were framed by scenes of Andrew Bentley and Chris Blake drunk and disheveled, desperate to throw in the towel on their comedy careers despite the pleas of an anxious SketchFest rep played by Muscular Clown's Kyle Talley. Despite the clever ruse, Rabbit Rabbit obviously has no intention of giving up, and it shows in their comedy which remains as fresh, inventive, and whip-smart as ever.

By outward appearances Bentley and Blake, who've been performing together since their days at Christopher Newport University nine years ago, might represent your standard Bert-and-Ernie comedy duo. Bentley, the straight man: tall and clean-cut, erudite and tempered; Blake, the playful one: shorter and scruffier, boyish and exuberant. But the duo is constantly turning what you might expect on its head. Bentley is unafraid to add dark, wild-eyed menace to his sophisticated characters, as in a 1950s film reel-style narrator who drunkenly loses his composure or as a chummy, and increasingly sadistic, boss, while Blake adds warmth and vulnerability to all his character - be they a stereotypically evil boss from a rom-com or a douche-y recruiter at a tech start-up. 

To say much more would be to spoil some fantastic sketches, so remain ever vigilant on their Facebook page for their next appearance around Chicago.

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Tomorrow!

[seankeeton]

I'm super excited to be a part of this great San Francisco Sketchfest show! Come see Picture This! this Saturday where me and a bunch of great artists will be live animating comedy. We've got a killer lineup! Some of my favorite comedians are on this show!

[simplyjmay]

When Matt Nathanson decides to play Every Rose Has It's Thorn. #mattnathanson #music #everyrosehasitsthorn #surprisemusic #sketchfest2016 #janetvarney #itsrainingonmyface

[concupiscence66]

Noel Fielding with  Trace Beaulieu at Sketchfest. 

“Do we have any fans of The Mighty Boosh? We met Noel Fielding at SF Sketchfest last night. Couldn't have been a friendlier guy.”(x)