| COMEDY PERIOD! Comedy with wings! |
| Comedy Period, season 4 All Stars of Comedy! |
| Breaking News:Check out our new video on youtube: Hardball Tango on Youtube COMEDY PERIOD See the top women from the NY comedy world, with long sets, short sets, music and excerpts from one woman shows, with your host Bricken Sparacino and the Comedy Period Sketchers: Elisabeth Furtado, Lori Ann Kee, Jennifer Hyjack and Natalie Wilder. Bring your girl friends, (your boyfriends will come on their own to see all these beautiful women in one show.) Comedy Period, free flowing comedy! Comedy Period! SEASON 4 BIG FINALE SHOW Date: Friday, June 6th Time: 8:30 PM At: The Zipper Factory Theatre (down stairs) 336 W. 37th street in Manhattan between 8th & 9th Avenues. Only: $10 Reserve your seat: 212-252-5341 There will be lots of treats and surprises!! Join your Comedy Period Regulars, Bricken Sparacino, Lizz Furtado, Jennie Slentz, Kelly Nichols, Lori Kee and Nikki Ghisel. Plus special guests: Kimmy Gatewood, she is going to bring some fun!! Larua Mannino with an selection from her one woman show The Sisters Rock, with crazy new songs!! |
About The Show
Comedy Period is produced by Bricken Sparacino with the assistance of Groove MaMa Ink. Bricken was
Producer of Medication (FringeNYC) BACKSTAGE's theatre gem of '03, the Time Out NY highly
recommended, 10:17 Comedy Night, "the fall out of your chair funny" American Treacle (Midtown Theatre
Festival) and much much more. And we hope to bring you the best and brightest women comedians your
money can buy. For more info on Bricken go to: www.myspace.com/brickens
Comedy Period has been mentioned in The Onion, Time Out NY and Newyorkcool.com.
Comedy Period is produced by Bricken Sparacino with the assistance of Groove MaMa Ink. Bricken was
Producer of Medication (FringeNYC) BACKSTAGE's theatre gem of '03, the Time Out NY highly
recommended, 10:17 Comedy Night, "the fall out of your chair funny" American Treacle (Midtown Theatre
Festival) and much much more. And we hope to bring you the best and brightest women comedians your
money can buy. For more info on Bricken go to: www.myspace.com/brickens
Comedy Period has been mentioned in The Onion, Time Out NY and Newyorkcool.com.
About the regulars
The Comedy Period ladies are Bricken Sparacino, Natalie Wilder and Elisabeth Furtado, Lori Ann Kee and
Jennifer Hyjack. Other perioders include: Jennie Slentz, Kelly Nichols and Chance Parker. They have been
performing comedy together for over 4 years now. Together or separate they have performed at Eating It,
The Zipper Theatre, FringeNYC, The UCB Theatre, The Improv (LA),Caroline’s, Here Space, , 10:17
Comedy Night, Giant Tuesday Night Of Amazing Inventions…, The Belt, Stand Up New York and The
Gotham Comedy Club just to name a few. They have appeared on Saturday Night Live, WE, Law and Order,
Sex and the City, Hope and Faith and All My Children. They performed 2.7 years together weekly as part of
the 10:17 Comedy Night at the Gershwin Hotel.
“Bricken Sparacino is and excellent host…Two highlights include Sparacino’s monologue as an outraged
Barbie, reprimanding Saudi Arabia for banning her likeness.” –Kate West—Blunt Review.com
"The ever-glorious Natalie Wilder, an actress who it seems can do anything and everything” --Doug DeVita---
OOBR.com Re: A Flea in Her Ear
“Elisabeth Furtado was outstanding in every role she played.” ---Review by Doug DeVita—OOBR.com Re:
Alien Sympathizer…
"Lori Ann Kee is spirited and bright, looking better in skintight black leather pants than anyone has a right
to."-review of Private Eyes by Steven Dietz --Syracuse Post Standard
The Comedy Period ladies are Bricken Sparacino, Natalie Wilder and Elisabeth Furtado, Lori Ann Kee and
Jennifer Hyjack. Other perioders include: Jennie Slentz, Kelly Nichols and Chance Parker. They have been
performing comedy together for over 4 years now. Together or separate they have performed at Eating It,
The Zipper Theatre, FringeNYC, The UCB Theatre, The Improv (LA),Caroline’s, Here Space, , 10:17
Comedy Night, Giant Tuesday Night Of Amazing Inventions…, The Belt, Stand Up New York and The
Gotham Comedy Club just to name a few. They have appeared on Saturday Night Live, WE, Law and Order,
Sex and the City, Hope and Faith and All My Children. They performed 2.7 years together weekly as part of
the 10:17 Comedy Night at the Gershwin Hotel.
“Bricken Sparacino is and excellent host…Two highlights include Sparacino’s monologue as an outraged
Barbie, reprimanding Saudi Arabia for banning her likeness.” –Kate West—Blunt Review.com
"The ever-glorious Natalie Wilder, an actress who it seems can do anything and everything” --Doug DeVita---
OOBR.com Re: A Flea in Her Ear
“Elisabeth Furtado was outstanding in every role she played.” ---Review by Doug DeVita—OOBR.com Re:
Alien Sympathizer…
"Lori Ann Kee is spirited and bright, looking better in skintight black leather pants than anyone has a right
to."-review of Private Eyes by Steven Dietz --Syracuse Post Standard
Top Female Guests have included:
Elisabeth Furtado www.bleepsandgiggles.com
Ophira Eisenberg www.ophiraeisenberg.com
Rachel Feinstein www.comedycentral.com/comedians/browse/f/rachel_feinstein.jhtml
Meat www.funnymeat.com
Erin Foley www.erinkfoley.com
Debbie Shea
Amanda Melson Amanda's myspace page
Becky Donohue www.myspace.com/beckydonohue
Debbie Rabbai www.misspeep.blogspot.com
Jennifer Hyjack www.jennhyjack.com
Shayna Ferm www.shaynaferm.com/
Sarah Herklots
Sam Lally www.myspace.com/samlally
Mindy Raf www.thisisnotreallyablogforreal.blogspot.com/
Ann Carr www.myspace.com/anncarr
Dirty Jesus www.myspace.com/dirtyjesusrocks
Kelly Nichols www.k-nichols.com
Susan Prekel www.prekel.com/about
Lexi Cullen-Baker
Gab Cody www.myspace.com/gabcody
Nikki Ghisel
Rae www.luvrae.com
Rena Zager Rena on Comedy Central
Carmen Lyncy www.carmenlynch.com
Elisabeth Furtado www.bleepsandgiggles.com
Ophira Eisenberg www.ophiraeisenberg.com
Rachel Feinstein www.comedycentral.com/comedians/browse/f/rachel_feinstein.jhtml
Meat www.funnymeat.com
Erin Foley www.erinkfoley.com
Debbie Shea
Amanda Melson Amanda's myspace page
Becky Donohue www.myspace.com/beckydonohue
Debbie Rabbai www.misspeep.blogspot.com
Jennifer Hyjack www.jennhyjack.com
Shayna Ferm www.shaynaferm.com/
Sarah Herklots
Sam Lally www.myspace.com/samlally
Mindy Raf www.thisisnotreallyablogforreal.blogspot.com/
Ann Carr www.myspace.com/anncarr
Dirty Jesus www.myspace.com/dirtyjesusrocks
Kelly Nichols www.k-nichols.com
Susan Prekel www.prekel.com/about
Lexi Cullen-Baker
Gab Cody www.myspace.com/gabcody
Nikki Ghisel
Rae www.luvrae.com
Rena Zager Rena on Comedy Central
Carmen Lyncy www.carmenlynch.com
Any question's, fan mail, million dollar T.V. offers email Bricken
at bricken@rcn.com. Any complaints, yell into a pillow.
at bricken@rcn.com. Any complaints, yell into a pillow.
A selection from a great article written about Comedy Period by Yolonda Shoshanna for newyorkcool.com: Yolanda Shoshana Talks With Bricken Sparacino of Comedy Period Yolanda Shoshana: What should the world know about Bricken Sparacino? Bricken Sparacino: Start with the hardest question why don't you? How do you answer this without sounding either egotistical or crazy? Well, I'm a Gemini who likes long walks on the beach and Rock and Roll Karaoke. Seriously, I have been performing in New York for along time now. I also write, direct, and produce. I am the happy creator of Comedy Period, the monthly all woman comedy variety show. I enjoy comedy because I love making people laugh, but it is also a good way to make people think. If you get on stage and complain about, oh let's say the President, no one will listen. But if you make them laugh while making you point, they will hear you (or walk out in a huff). Yolanda Shoshana: Why did you start Comedy Period? Bricken Sparacino: My husband, Michael Birch, and I produced a weekly co-ed comedy show for almost three years at the Gershwin Hotel (The 10:17 Comedy Night). We had a great time and then we lost our space, which gave me an opportunity to focus on what kind of show I really wanted to do. I realized there were a lot of shows run by male comics that would have five or six male comics to every female comic. I then realized I was a woman and if I produce something, why not a female run show with all female talent. I wanted it to be the kind of show where anything goes, any topic, any kind of comedy, as long as it's funny. So I decided on a variety show. So far we have had women do stand up, sketches, music, solo characters and selections from one woman shows. We have had great response from our audiences; they seem to love the variety. Yolanda Shoshana: Comedy Period is a clever name, how did you come up with it? Bricken Sparacino: Well, I knew I wanted a name that would let every one know what we were up to. And when I settled on a monthly show I said to my self "hmm, once a month just like a woman. It could be our comedy period." The Aunt Flow Comedy Extravaganza was also in the running, but I decided it was to long. Yolonda Shoshana: Comedy Period performs once a month. For more information about the show: www.comedyperiod.com From: http://www.newyorkcool.com/archives/2006/May/theater_4.html |
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Chance, Bricken, Lizz and Jennie at Groove MaMa's Wonder
Women Week. Sporting our new Super Women Shirts!
Women Week. Sporting our new Super Women Shirts!
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