COMEDY FESTIVAL PREVIEW SHOWCASE

The Cleveland Comedy Festival and Hilarities 4th Street Theatre
present special comedy event to benefit the
first-ever Cleveland Comedy Festival

JANUARY 25, 2007 – CLEVELAND, OH

Cleveland has always been a funny town. And soon we’ll have a comedy festival to celebrate it.

A comedy festival in Cleveland? It’s no joke. In October 2007, the Cleveland Comedy Festival will be a four-day celebration of Cleveland comedy – past, present and future. Famously funny people from Cleveland will share the spotlight with aspiring locals and proven touring pros in a concentrated series of showcase events, comedy contests, themed shows, and workshops for comedians. Some of Cleveland’s many comedic “alumni” will also be honored.

An organizing committee of local comedians, comedy professionals and other volunteers, together with Cleveland’s premiere comedy club, Hilarities 4th Street Theatre inside Pickwick and Frolic, are planning the first of what they hope will be an annual event for fans, comedians and industry representatives.

As a special sneak preview of the October event, the Comedy Festival Preview Showcase will whet comedy fans appetites for more. The benefit preview takes place Monday, March 12 at 8PM, at Hilarities 4th Street Theatre inside Pickwick and Frolic.

Headlining the March 12 show will be Cleveland’s favorite resident funnyman and comedy professor Mike Veneman, along with top local professionals Chris Hegedus, Dave Arena, Ryan Dalton and Quinn Patterson.

The evening will give comedy patrons a glimpse of the comedy talent that hails from Cleveland and help raise some operating funds for the Cleveland Comedy Festival Inc. non-profit organization. Attendees will also find out more about the festival and how they can get involved with this unique, history-making event.

A limited number of complimentary seats are available for media representatives. Please call Joe Hannum with the Cleveland Comedy Festival at (440) 463-5091 to reserve your seat.

Tickets for the “Comedy Festival Preview Showcase” are $15.00 for Preferred Seating and $10.00 for General Seating and are available at: www.pickwickandfrolic.com;
Or call the Hilarities box office, 2035 E. 4th Street, Cleveland; (216) 736-4242.

For more information, visit www.clevelandcomedyfestival.com.