Matt Donaher is a contestant from Boston in the Seattle International Comedy Competition and appeared on Conan November 3, 2014.

Matt will be in Preliminary Week 2 when it visits Comedy Underground on November 11, 2014.

It’s a preview of the quality of comedy you can expect in the Seattle International Comedy Competition. Tickets are still available, but going quick. Stop by and see some of the best in emerging comedy talent.

For more information on the Seattle International Comedy Competition, visit http://seattlecomedycompetition.org.

The Seattle International Comedy Competition has announced the line-up for the first week of Preliminary competition. The Competition, now in it’s 35th year, is coming to the Seattle Comedy Underground on November 10.

PRELIMINARY WEEK ONE Wednesday Nov 5-Monday Nov 10

1. Jim Stewart Allen (Bellingham, WA)
2. Todd Armstrong (Portland, OR)
3. Kyle Bottom (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
4. Geoff Brousseau (Seattle, WA)
5. Mike Coletta (Seattle, WA)
6. Erin Ingle (Seattle, WA)
7. Kaori (Tokyo, Japan)
8. Bob Khosravi (Austin, TX)
9. Scott Losse (Seattle, WA)
10. Tim Messenger (Denver, CO)
11. Cory Michaelis (Everett, WA)
12. Mitch Mitchell (Seattle, WA)
13. Isaac Novak (Seattle, WA)
14. Sterling Scott (Edmonton, AB, Canada)
15. LeeAnn Tooker (Los Angeles, CA)
16. David Tveite (Washington, DC)
17. Jay Whittaker (Salt Lake City, UT)

These sixteen comedians have six shows to get the best scores they can from the judges. Only five of them will advance to the Semi-Finals, where they will meet the top five from Preliminary Week One. The top five from the Semi-Finals move on to the Finals…and one of them will be crowned champion, be offered a recording contract with Uproar Entertainment and win $5000!

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For more information on the Seattle International Comedy Competition, visit: http://seattlecomedycompetition.org

The Seattle Comedy Underground is proud to be the host comedy club for the 35th Annual Seattle International Comedy Competition.

The Real Last Comic Standing

• 26 Days
• 22 Shows
• 18 Venues from Vancouver to Bellingham to Spokane
• 33 comedians from the U.S., Canada, UK, Europe, Australia, and Africa
• Over $15,000 in cash prizes
• Talent executives from CBS, NBC, and more: movie studios, managers, agents and producers
• It’s America’s biggest touring comedy festival

The Seattle International Comedy Competition starts November 5, 2014 at The Columbia City Theatre in Seattle and continues nightly until a winner is crowned on Sunday, November 30 here at The Comedy Underground in Seattle.

How it Works

There are two “preliminary” rounds of 16 comedians; each comedian gets 5 minutes to impress. The Preliminary rounds consist of 6 shows, and a combination of entertainment industry and celebrity judges and audience reaction determines who moves on when each performer’s 5 best scores are tallied.

The top 5 comics from the Preliminaries make the semi-finals; all the semi-finalists win some cash, and get to compete for the title by performing for 10 minutes nightly for 5 shows.

At the last Semi-Final show at the Snoqualmie Casino on Sunday, November 23, the finalists are announced. Five get to go big, and five get to go home. After 2 days to recover and plan, the Final round begins on Tuesday November 26 at the Washington Athletic Club. After visits to theaters in Vashon, Kirkland, and Bremerton, and back to Comedy Underground, where a new champion is crowned.

The Comedy Underground is the only venue where you can catch each week of the Preliminaries, the Semi-Finals and the final show.

• November 10 – Preliminary Week 1
• November 11 – Preliminary Week 2
• November 18 – Semi-Finals Kick-off
• November 30 – Final Show

For more information about the Seattle International Comedy Competition, please visit: http://seattlecomedycompetition.org.

The talent selection for the 35th Annual Seattle International Comedy Competition is underway. You have a unique chance to preview the talent looking to make a strong impression to be considered for this prestigious competition.

This year, the Regional Talent Showcase dates are:

• September 3
• September 14
• September 24
• September 28

The Seattle International Comedy Competition is the REAL “Last Comic Standing.” With 22 shows over 26 days, it is America’s biggest touring comedy festival and is considered one of the more prestigious festivals for emerging talent.

Before it can start, it needs strong talent and this is the last chance to impress the judges. Out of over 100 applicants, only 32 comedians will be chosen. Applications come in from around the U.S., Canada, UK, Europe, Australia, and Africa. They are competing for over $15,000 in cash prizes.

The 35th Annual Seattle International Comedy Competition starts November 5, 2014 at The Columbia City Theatre in Seattle and continues nightly until a winner is crowned on Sunday, November 30th at The Comedy Underground in Seattle.

For more information, visit http://seattlecomedycompetition.com

The Comedy Underground is pleased to announce that once again we have partnered with Uproar Entertainment for a comedy album recording with Erik Myers at the Seattle Comedy Underground July 31 to August 2, 2014.

Erik’s TV special, Dopeless Romantic has been extremely well received and we are excited to see what he brings to the Comedy Underground.

Erik Myers is a high energy comedian with a machine gun delivery that has been entertaining crowds with his stories about getting sober, bad jobs and bad dates all over the country for the past 13 years.

Born and raised in Maryland, Erik Myers grew up watching Saturday Night Live and dreaming of one day being a comedian. His very first Stand Up performance was during a second grade show and tell where he used a stuffed animal prop. All of the kids loved it! Officially, Erik started his comedy career thirteen years ago with a performance at Winchesters Pub in Baltimore, Maryland. Since then he has performed in over 35 states across America. His comedy has been described as Rodney Dangerfield meets Sam Kinison.

Erik Myers has opened for some of the biggest names in comedy, including Mitch Hedberg, Daniel Tosh, Pablo Francisco and Louis CK. He is the winner of the 2005 Funniest Person in Baltimore Contest, 2nd Runner Up in the 2006 Funniest Comedian in DC Contest and he won the 2012 Florida’s Funniest Comedian Contest. He recently filmed his first TV appearance in Gotham Comedy Live on AXS TV. Some of Myers’ early influences include Sam Kinison, Bill Hicks, Eddie Murphy, Jim Carry, Adam Sandler, and Chris Farley. Once Myers got started in comedy, he became addicted. “It was all he ever wanted to do!”

About Uproar

Uproar Entertainment is committed to recording comedy albums and promoting today’s most talented comedians. From discovery at comedy festivals throughout the country (where Uproar gives a recording contract to the winners), to state of the art recording live in top comedy clubs, Uproar nurtures, supports and develops the best comedic talents of our time. Our unique catalog boasts seasoned veterans of the stand-up comedy world such as Brian Regan, Bobby Collins, John Pinette, Alonzo Bodden, Margaret Cho, Pablo Francisco, Suzanne Westenhoefer, and Scott Kennedy among others, as well as up-and-comers Tyler Boeh, John Moses, AJ Finney, Andrew Norelli, and Kabir Singh, just to name a few.

Uproar continues to turn to Comedy Underground as their go-to club for comedy album recordings. Recent comics recording here include Joe Larson, Matt McClowry, Felicia Michaels, Jen Murphy, Andrew Norelli, Joe Fontenot, Robert Duchaine, Saleem, Sadiki Fuller, Simon King, Tyler Boeh and more on the way.

http://www.uproarcomedycd.com

Resident Comedy Underground comedian Brett Hamil interviews resident Comedy Underground comedian Mitch Burrow on the state of Seattle comedy. Sadly for us, Mitch Burrow is moving to Los Angeles. We wish him the best of luck.

Mitch Burrow is an ex-Marine from Georgia who’s spent the past seven years doing comedy in Seattle. With his fish-out-of-water Southern drawl, deceptively smart material, and fearlessly loose audience interactions, he worked his way up from the open mics to become a respected regular at all the area clubs and alt-rooms. He’s one of the most consistently funny comics in town.

http://www.cityartsonline.com/articles/exit-interview-comedian-mitch-burrow

You can catch Mitch Burrow one last time at the Comedy Underground on July 9, 2014 at his show, Laugh Therapy.

One of our favorite comedians Rory Scovil will be appearing on an upcoming episode of NBC’s comedy, Undateable. The episode is called, “Let Their Be Light”. This show also features another favorite comic, Ron Funches.

Rory thinks this show is developing well over the first eight episodes. The cast is comprised of a lot of standup comics who make us laugh constantly on and off stage. If you enjoy the show already or this is your first time checking it out, let others know about it.

Rory was named Variety’s 10 Comics to Watch in 2012. He has appeared on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”, “Conan”, Comedy Central’s “The Half Hour” and “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson”.

You should check it out.

http://www.roryscovel.com
http://www.nbc.com/undateable