Seattle SketchFest

SketchFest showcases the talents of local favorites and out-of-town dynamos. Get ready for the most innovative and original sketch comedy acts at Unexpected Productions’ Market Theater. Make friends, laugh, and enjoy a drink as you watch scenes about a cool new buddy who erupts from your chest, a totally human baby, a 911 operator who has interesting priorities, and many more! Thursday 9/24 7:00 PM: Honey Roasted Hams We blend written material with structured improv, self-referential humor, and light audience participation. We are often parodied versions of ourselves in absurd situations. Fastball Bob A sweet, dumb idiot sings country songs about baseball, and songs about hotdogs, and at least two songs beer. But, really, it’s all a metaphor for life… but also baseball. Dirtbar Dirtbar's shows are a blur of laughs where each sketch flows into the next like some sort of David Lynch fever dream. This trio of irreverent weirdos hit the ground sprinting until their time is up. Want to know how a bird can mess up a basketball game or Aldous Huxley's opinions on peer pressure? How about a cult for the color maroon? Whether you like it or not, there's something here for everyone. Strap in and let's go! Friday 9/25 7:00 PM: Pig Time Boys After an introductory hype-up oink chant with the audience, several sketches in a row punctuated with music and quick changes. Most of the humor is on stage rather than projector-based or digital sketches. All of our sketches are through the lens of absurdity. Cam Wyllie The Collection has arrived. Canada’s Sketch Comedy Maniac, Cam Wyllie, returns with a brand new half hour of solo sketch comedy shaped by years of performance at the highest level. Precise. Controlled. Stupid as hell. A lineup of his freshest, dumbest, and most impactful work yet, Cam Wyllie: The Collection channels joyful chaos through earnest, unhinged characters clinging to hope as their worlds fall apart around them. WINNER: Best of the Fest, Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival Come see why audiences across North America have fallen in love with Cam Wyllie, and why they keep coming back for more, year after year. Believe in the nonsense. This is the beginning of Cam Wyllie’s Ultradumb™ Era, and you’re invited to the grand unveiling. Field Trip Since 2022, Field Trip has delighted audiences across America with their signature so-dumb-it’s-smart humor, and now they’re bringing the best of their best to one of their favorite cities! And then after Dayton, Ohio, they're heading straight to Seattle!! Field Trip’s shows have been described as “refreshingly positive,” “surprisingly touching,” and “cured my IBS.” They regularly perform in the Boston area and at festivals across the country, including New York, DC, Philadelphia, Denver, Portland, Seattle, and Montreal (you got us, that one’s actually in Canada). 9:00 PM: Sam Demboski Following Achilles through the events of the Iliad, "Achilles on The Beach" explores (with jokes, of course) how men have evolved from ancient Greece to the modern world. The answer? Remarkably little. Spoucho Our current show takes the audience on an emotional journey as we kick off with a high energy intro celebrating Spoucho's latest invention of chapstick that we find out unexpectedly makes people unable to love. We also jump into a character study of a factory worker who is disappointed their employee of the month reward is only a certificate when they work at a trophy factory. This leads us down a spiral of logic and disappointment from his boss and family. We have a few black outs and a connect the dots to bring the show home in a fun conclusion (don't worry, everyone will fall back in love)! Everything’s Fine Tonight Live! w/ Jordan Everything’s Fine Tonight LIVE! w/ Jordan is Seattle’s own late-night talk show. Webster’s dictionary defines “late-night” as happening or appearing late at night, and “talk show” as a program in which persons engage in discussions or are interviewed. Webster, we couldn’t have said it better ourselves! This show has it all: a guest, a desk, and a host. Oh! And also jokes. (Can’t believe we almost forgot the jokes.) Saturday 9/26 7:00 PM: NOT CLICKBAIT While our improv shows are internet-themed, we aren't sticking to strictly internet sketches. We have a wider variety of interests when it comes to sketch and while some may reference internet culture, you don't have to be as chronically online as we are to understand and enjoy our show. All Four Seasons “All Four Seasons combines physical comedy, dry humor, smart dialogue, and chaotic energy to create the most hilarious, perfect whirlwind of a show you’ve ever seen. And they are hot women.” - Some magazine someday, probably. Time to Kill Writers and producers at "The Daily Show", "The Tonight Show", and more of the best comedians in New York City come together for “Time to Kill: A Sketch Comedy Show!” — with each performance packed with sketches, musical numbers, celebrity impressions, and more! Time to Kill's show is like watching an episode of SNL, but *live* in a theater in your city…and much more unhinged. 9:00 PM: Avery & Sabrina Avery and Sabrina have been performing sketch comedy for over four years. As founding members of the Dallas Comedy Club Sketch Team in 2023, they quickly became known for their on stage chemistry, talent, and dedication. Following numerous successful performances, Avery and Sabrina now serve as both coaches and performers, leading the DCC Sketch Team. Their latest venture, “Avery and Sabrina are Doing a Sketch Show,” premiered at the inaugural Dallas Independent Comedy Festival in April 2025. The show has since toured through Dallas Comedy Club, Out of Bounds Comedy Festival, New York Sketchfest, First Coast Comedy Festival, DC Sketchfest, San Francisco Sketch Fest, and Denver Sketchfest where the show won Best Of Fest - Ensemble. Between Sabrina’s extensive improv background and Avery’s theater degree, these co-writers and friends(?) continue to develop their distinct brand of chaos and laughter on stages across these grand United States of America." Big Ol' Mess Big Ol' Mess is a sketch comedy group from Denver, CO. They have performed in shows and festivals across North America, with appearances in New York, Toronto, Philadelphia, Austin, Montreal, Portland, Dallas, and Washington D.C. They are also the winners of the $10,000 Grand Prize winner of the 2025 Cam Wyllie Sketch Comedy Invitational. Big Ol' Mess shows have a loose, improvised feel that will leave you saying “that was so dumb, I loved it”. Come see the dum-best live show in the world! Maple Daddies Clad in Hawaiian shirts, and desperately waiting for Tommy Bahama sponsorship, a Maple Daddies show features Geoff, Sophie, Courtney, Nick, Cassia, Steven, and Darrin performing fast paced bits, intricate space work, fluid transitions, and live performances of uncomfortably catchy songs. It’s narsty and wholesome at the same time. Sunday 9/27 6:00 PM: Noble Rot Kasia and Darrin feed off of each other’s complimentary energies to produce sketches they think are funny for different reasons. This is sketch comedy for people who need time with their boys, appreciate art on a very deep level, and think we should be out there, not in here. They’re ready for the big time, and their therapists agree. Indie Game Dev Meetup 182 We are a brand new group fresh on the Seattle sketch scene, and we bring with us an esoteric style of comedy which relies on physicality and use of props. Featuring three standup comics, an improv comic, and one new comedian who is just happy to be there, we each leverage the strengths of our own styles to synthesize sketches that will catch the audience off guard.