Denver Sketch Festival

The first ever Denver Sketch Festival will take place October and we will feature sketch comedy from all around North America, we are also accepting video sketches to play at the festival. The Festival is produced by Rise Comedy, Connor Schuck, and Katie Congrove and all shows will take place at Rise Comedy.

Schedule:

6:00 p.m - 7:00 p.m: Dr. Jet’s Universe (LA)

Dr. Jet’s universe
Jet Eveleth’s Bio: Dr Jet’s Universe is a show for the universe. It speaks to all ages in its exploration of science and comedy. Created by two comedians – one a musician and one a doctor – this show aims to take you on a ride that brings you closer to your human self. Inspired by Pee Wee Herman and Mr Rogers but dedicated to surrealist humor, the show journeys through a musical cosmos of characters and puppets who want to help Dr Jet with her newest invention. Dance, improvisation, and audience interaction brings the element of spontaneity to this theatrical experience. Don’t let your funny bones grow brittle! Defy inertia and get yourself and your children to the laboratory for human adventure!

Jet Eveleth is a comedian and doctor of Integrative Medicine. She is a member of The Reckoning and was a clown in the cirque show Absinthe, described by The Huffington Post as, "Risqué, dangerous and mind-altering. It is poetic, beautiful, inspiring and insulting. The greatest show on earth." Jet directs The Highland Park Clowns and runs Clown Church in Los Angeles. She recently brought her original play Three Sisters Not By Chekhov to the Edinburgh festival. She has performed at the Andy Kaufman Awards and was part of New City Magazine top performers. She toured with The Second City and has studied with Philippe Gaulier. She was the artistic director of the Chicago Improv Festival and a professor of comedy studies at Columbia College. She can be seen in AP Bio (Peacock), Animals (HBO) and The Joe Schmo Show (TBS). She has received a Masters in Interdisciplinary Arts, a Masters in Traditional Chinese Medicine and a Doctorate in Integrative Medicine.

"Jet Eveleth is a freaking genius. Full stop. Do yourself the favor of seeing her perform live. I haven’t felt this inspired and delighted in a while. What a gorgeous and heartfelt show of pure joy." -Maria Bamford

"If I could only see one show my entire life, I’d want it to be that."
-The Huffington Post

"Eveleth masterminds the show. She is truly the heart of the show."
-Las Vegas Shows

Ryan Harrison is an actor, writer, and songwriter. His work has been featured on NBC’s Bring The Funny, TruTV’s Late Night Snack with Rachel Dratch, Live From Here with Chris Thile, and in McSweeny’s magazine. He’s a season regular on the upcoming reboot of The Joe Schmo Show on TBS in early 2025. He is a founding member, head-writer, and performer in the sketch comedy and music troupe Lost Moon Radio, a staple in the Los Angeles live comedy scene since 2009 and two-time winner at the Hollywood Fringe Festival for Best Comedy and Top of The Fringe. He performs regularly in the comedy folk duo Heron and the Hen and with the glam rock comedy band Roger Wodehouse and Chelsea Telegram. He’s released two albums with his band Charlie Limousine and two more under his own name, and has written music for various films and tv shows, including the Joe Schmo Show and the 2020 indie comedy Faith-Based. If you know the whereabouts of this man, please contact your local authorities.

Price: $18/advance and $20/door, ticketing fee

7:00 p.m - 8:00 p.m: Juls n’ Lis (Denver) and You, Me, and the People We Made Up (Portland)

Juls N’ Lis:
Seasoned duo, Juls n’Lis, are comedic performers based in Denver, Colorado.  Their comedy spawns from the alt-clown scene and bridges the gap between beauty and the absurd. Together they are coached and directed by Jet Evelyth, the LA-based performer and director.  Juls n’Lis perform locally at Rise Comedy, Chaos Bloom Theater, and the Denver Fringe Festival.  They also perform in Telluride, CO for Camp V Fest and with the Fig Comedy. Together they teach and direct clown-based sketch and improv at Savoy Theater, Chaos Bloom, and Rise Comedy.

You, Me, And The People We Made Up:
Real life married couple and veteran sketch and improv performers Alonya and Marc Lowe combine forces in this two person sketch show interweaving original characters in different stages of relationships with painfully true, but funny stories from their real relationship.

Price: $18/advance and $20/door, ticketing fee

8:00 p.m - 9:00 p.m: Butter (Portland)

Butter:
The churning of cream transforms its components into a semi-solid emulsion that’s used to make things better. That product is called butter, so is this comedy show.
It’s not the show that is butter, but those solitary moments that are shared by everyone at the show.
The show will happen if you’re not there, but if you are, you’ll make it a lil’ bit better. See, you were the butter the whole time.

Price: $18/advance and $20/door, ticketing fee

9:00 p.m - 10:00 p.m: Cam Wyllie (Toronto) and Big Ol Mess (Denver)

Cam Wyllie:
Cam Wyllie is Canada’s beloved Sketch Comedy Maniac, with 3 Canadian Comedy Award Nominations, Festival Appearances all over North America, and a bunch of Comedy Awards with made up sounding names.

He’s coming in hot with a carefully curated selection of brave, tragic, and gleefully dumb characters who, like him, are just trying to do their best. Armed with a passable singing voice, a can do attitude, and the odd tinfoil prop, he’ll give you plenty of reasons to laugh, cheer, and get invested. Open your heart to the hilarious, often surreal, and always unpredictable world of Cam Wyllie.

Winner: Best of the Fest, 2024 Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival

Big Ol Mess
Big Ol’ Mess is a sketch comedy group from Denver. Outside of Colorado, they have performed in New York, Philadelphia, and Toronto as well as at the Portland Sketch Fest. Big Ol’ Mess shows have a loose, improvised feel that will leave you saying “that was so dumb, I loved it”. Oh and they’re hosting this fest.

Price: $18/advance and $20/door, ticketing fee