Jesse Case

The New Faces class of 2010 at Just For Laughs Montreal has been announced and Nashville native Jesse Case is on that list. Congratulations!

Jesse got his start at Nashville open mics before traveling across the country, doing shows and surveying local comedy scenes. He lived in Seattle for a few years, where he used the abundant stage time to his advantage. He since won both the Seattle Laughs Comedy Competition and the 2008 Rocky Mountain Laugh Off, was nominated for ‘Best “Short Format” Comic’ in the CLOG! Awards, was selected to perform at the Great American Comedy Festival, Bumbershoot and the Bridgetown Comedy Festivals..  appeared on Season 6 of Last Comic Standing and is now living in Los Angeles.

Catch up with Mr. Case on Twitter or listen to his podcast “The Last Resort with Jesse Case” over on ComedyPodcast.com.

EL COMEDY SHOW is a comedic spectacle, taking place in Nashville on January 4 at 9pm at The End (2219 Elliston Place). Opening the show is the amazing band, The Mattoid. After that, comedy will befall you, with veracity. Tickets are just $5. That is a value for the ages, my friends. Prepare yourselves, for EL COMEDY SHOW is upon you.

Corey Reppond is going to host the crap out of this show. Other comedians on the bill are “Donnie Action” and Joe Southards. This month’s headliner is Jesse Case. Jesse was featured on Last Comic Standing. He won the Seattle Laughs Comedy Competition and the Rocky Mountain Laugh Off. He has also performed at Bumbershoot and the Bridgetown Comedy Festival.

Tickets available at Brown Paper Tickets for $5.

For more info, visit elcomedyshow.com and twitter.com/elcomedyshow.

There are several friends of NashvilleStandUp mentioned in today’s announcement of the list of the 24 stand-up comedians who will be competing for the top prize at the Great American Comedy Festival this June in Johnny Carson’s hometown of Norfolk, NE.

“These are some of the brightest, most intelligent and creative minds in the industry,” said Eddie Brill, the executive producer of the festival and the talent coordinator for the “Late Show with David Letterman.”

Brill and Lora Young, executive director of the festival, auditioned comedians in 10 cities across the United States — including New York City, Dallas, Seattle, Denver, Minneapolis, San Francisco, Boston and Chicago — to select the top 24 who wanted the chance to compete in Norfolk.

“As a result of the incredible success of last year’s festival, the good word has spread rapidly throughout the comedy community,” Brill said. “The high quality of comedians who auditioned for the Great American Comedy Festival made it so difficult to narrow the list down to just 24.”

The list includes: Keith Alberstadt (Nashville native, now living in New York City), Jesse Case (Nashville native, now living in Seattle), Pat Dixon (currently living in New York City.. he is not from Nashville, but was almost murdered by a crazy chick from here, so we claim him as our own), and Tim Harmston (from Minneapolis, who is a very good friend of our own Mary Mack).

The 24 comedians will be split up so that six perform at each of the four preliminary rounds of competition at the festival on Wednesday, June 17, at 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. and Thursday, June 18, at the same times.

Congratulations to everybody selected!

Two NashvilleStandUp alumni have been nominated for a “CLOG!” award from CLOG! The Seattle Comedy Blog.

Jesse Case was nominated for..
Best “Short Format” Comic
Jesse says, “it’s an honor to be nominated, so thank you, anonymous academy of people that I’m friends with.”

BIlly Wayne Davis was nominated for..
Male Standup Comedian of the Year
Best Website
Favorite PBR ad
(view nominees here: http://www.seattlecomedyblog.com/2008/12/clog-nominees.html) Billy Wayne’s Living Room Adventure
Best Performance in a PBR or Dewars ad
Cast your vote here.

The Second Annual Ultimate Comedy Christmas Spectacular!
Sunday, December 14 at 8:00pm.
(immediately following this week’s Sunday Stand-Up Showcase Showdown)
“We’re going to put the “Christ” back in Christmas…but not necessarily in the way you would expect!”
Featuring hilarious comedy by Mark Anundson, Brad Edwards, Jesse Case, Damian Anaya, and hosted by Sean Parrott. You’ll see SKETCHES! SONGS! and STAND-UP! All that for ONLY 5 AMERICAN DOLLARS! Might as well spend them now, they’ll be worthless in another month!
Here’s a clip from last year’s show:

The Improv Nashville Comedy Theater
2907 12th Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37204
615.418.0905

http://www.improvnashville.com/

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