Pumpkin Spiced Fall Comedy at SteelStacks!
By Ben Youngerman, ArtsQuest Marketing Manager
It’s fall, which means the kids are back in school, leaves are changing into beautiful colors, and food companies are cramming pumpkin spice into every item they can think of! If pumpkin spice was laughter, our fall comedy shows would be the equivalent of a pumpkin spice latte with pumpkin spice whipped cream alongside a pumpkin spice bagel with pumpkin spice cream cheese served in an actual pumpkin (with a sprinkle of pumpkin spice on top). Yeah, these comedians are that pumpkin-spicing hilarious.
The Regularly Scheduled Shows
There are a handful of shows that happen on a regularly scheduled basis. That doesn’t make them less special, on the contrary, it makes them dependable ways to get out of the house.
- ManDudeBro: Every Friday, 10:30pm – Longform improv comedy from Lehigh Valley Style’s “Best Local Comedian” 2015
- The Associated Mess: Every-other Saturday, 10:30pm – Shortform improv in the style of “Whose Line is it Anyway”
- Improv Comedy Power Hour: Every-other Thursday, 10pm – Improv comedy from our very own house teams
Comedy Classes
- Sign up today: Do the thing you’ve always wanted to do! Improv and stand-up!
Jim Tews – 10/21 – buy tickets
Comedian and writer Jim Tews is the creator of the New York Times Bestseller “Felines of New York.” He made his stand-up television debut on Last Comic Standing and was featured in an episode of Louie.
Alex House – 10/27 – buy tickets
Easton’s own Alex House is a two time winner in the Bud Light’s Ladies Of Laughter Comedy Contest and has participated in many other festivals. She has also been on ABC’s “The View” twice in the course of two weeks and was one of the East Coast Semi-finalists chosen out of thousands of comics on NBC’s “Last Comic Standing”.
Brendan Eyre & Kyle Ayers– 11/3 – buy tickets
Brendan can be seen on Comedy Central’s Adam Devine’s House Party, Red Eye on Fox News and recently made his network debut on Late Night with Seth Meyers. Kyle has written for the Roasts on Comedy Central CBS and its Untitled Sports Show, the New York Times, the Huffington Post, BBC, Wired, Buzzfeed & more.
Brendan Eyre & Kyle Ayers– 11/3 – buy tickets
The crowd favorite improvised comedy show that explores the internet’s dirtiest clickhole: Craigslist. Featuring the Lehigh Valley’s shadiest improvisers.
John Hodgman: Vacationland – 11/17 – buy tickets
John Hodgman is the longtime Resident Expert on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and the host of the popular Judge John Hodgman Podcast. He has also appeared on Conan, The Late Late Show, @midnight, and This American Life.
Josh Gondelman – 12/1 – buy tickets
Josh Gondelman is a writer and comedian who is a writer on Season 2 of HBO’S Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. His talent for smushing words together earned him work writing for Fuse TV’s Funny Or Die Presents: Billy On The Street, and then got him his position as Web Producer for Season 1 of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.
Alan Starzinkski: Umconfortable – 12/1 – buy tickets
Have you ever felt uncomfortable? Of course you have! Did you feel uncomfortable trying to say “Umconfortable” out loud? Of course you did, we do too! Join Alan Starzinski for an evening of hilarious and uncomfortable characters fresh from his run at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theatre in New York.
