Name: STAND-UP, IMPROV, & SKETCH COMEDY from Greensboro, Raleigh, & Los Angeles
Start: 2025-11-07T22:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-11-07T23:45:00-05:00
Location: Alchemy Comedy Theater at Coffee Underground

STAND-UP, IMPROV, & SKETCH COMEDY from Greensboro, Raleigh, & Los Angeles

This final show of the night features all kinds of live comedy from A.J. Schraeder, Andrew Cornelius, Newt Work, and Seth K. Thomas
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A.J. Schraeder is an alt comic based in Greensboro North Carolina who has been delighting audiences with sharply written jokes, absurd characters, and a dizzying array of technical wizardry at clubs and festivals across North America for over 15 years. He is a previous winner of one of North Carolina's largest solo comedy competitions: The Ultimate Comic Challenge‚ and his shows have been awarded the title of Best in Fest at the Columbus Brew HaHa and Atlanta Sketchfest. Julie Lawless of rhum.org reviewed his performance at SF Sketchfest as‚ ridiculously hilarious. He is also a 2-time winner of Charlotte's 48 Hour Film Project. In the commercial world, he has worked with major brands such as Doritos, Legos, and Anheuser-Busch InBev. His list of festival credits include SF Sketchfest, Toronto Sketchfest, The North Carolina Comedy Festival.

Andrew Cornelius is a Los Angeles based comic whose comedic roots came from a decade of improv comedy experience in Chicago and New York before he focused exclusively on stand-up comedy nine years ago. A stand-up comedy set with Andrew is like catching up with a hilarious best friend. He regularly performs at the Ice House Comedy Club in Pasadena and performed (survived?) 24 shows in Edinburgh in August. Come get to know Andrew Cornelius, if you don’t already, and laugh in the process.

Newt Work Comedy is a narrative improv team from Raleigh, North Carolina. They've performed improv and sketch in New York City, Chicago, San Francisco, Washington DC, Baltimore, Orlando, Virginia, Tennessee, and also have a large catalog of digital sketches and shows online on YouTube. Contagiously funny, Newt Work's style of improv features a complete story (with plot and characters) all under 20 minutes. You don't want to miss this!

Seth K. Thomas is a Los Angeles based comedian who specializes in sketch comedy. Seth is a graduate of The Second City, Chicago Conservatory; former member of the award winning comedy duo The Defiant Thomas Brothers; winner of the 2024 Toronto Sketchfest Producer's Pick Award; and a peddler of a book he wrote. RepRoom 2018 ciwyw

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