Charleston Comedy Festival 2022

After a year hiatus, Charleston City Paper and Theatre 99 have teamed up once again to bring back laughter and comedic relief to cure the post-holiday blues. February 2022 will mark the 19th annual Charleston Comedy Festival, the premier comedy event of the Southeast.

Performers and comedy troupes from the country’s top comedy hotbeds have been invited to perform during the four-day event featuring stand-up, sketch, and improv performers from Feb. 23-26.

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Charleston Comedy Festival 2022 Schedule

Wednesday, February 23

Mary Kay Has a Posse
Theatre 99
280 Meeting St. Suite B, Downtown
7:30 p.m.
$17

They’re back! Charleston’s original all-female improv comedy group! Part talk show format (similar to The View), part long form improv, ALL funny! Bitingly witty, unpredictable, and politically incorrect, the ladies of “Posse Talk” break all the rules. “An unforgettable night of laughing ’til your face hurts.” Charleston City Paper If you are easily offended or feel that a woman’s place is in the kitchen, stay home

Comedy @ The Sparrow with comedian Lisa Smith
The Sparrow
1078 E Montague Ave., Suite D, North Charleston
8 p.m.
$15

Lisa Smith, a South Carolina native, has been performing standup comedy nationally for 7 years. In that span of time, she was awarded the coveted spot as resident comedian at Star Bar and Laughing Skull Lounge in Atlanta, GA. She has also perform in Skullfest, Chattanooga, and Red Clay Comedy Festivals. Additionally, Lisa was a finalist in the Charleston Comedy Competition and won the Atlanta Punchline’s Sunday Comedy Festival. Not only does Lisa perform all throughout the southeast, she also runs a monthly storytelling show called Love is Trash, where comics tell their funny stories of love lost.

Thursday, February 24

This and That with Tim and Vince
The Sparrow
1078 E Montague Ave., Suite D, North Charleston
7:30 p.m.
$15

Little bit of Stand-Up. Little bit of Improv. Lotsa bit of LAUGHS.

Hosted by comedians Tim Hoeckel and Vince Fabra, This and That with Tim and Vince opens with banter from the duo. Their chemistry crackles as they catch up since their last hang or unpack an interesting premise.

Next, each comedian will perform a set of stand-up comedy. Vince is funny. Tim is funnier.

Finally, they close the show with improv scenes inspired by details and themes from their stand-up sets.

Tim and Vince previously hosted a monthly show with this same format at Theatre 99 and are excited to reunite for ONE NIGHT ONLY in the Charleston Comedy Festival. Join them at the Sparrow on Thursday, February 24 for a little bit of This and That with Tim and Vince.

Improv Comedy Marathon
Theatre 99
280 Meeting St. Suite B, Downtown
9 p.m.
$12

This hilarious show will feature multiple acts of long form improv comedy. The beauty of improv is that you never know what’s going to happen, but you can be sure that it’s going to be fun and funny.

Friday, February 25

Comedy @ The Sparrow: Comedian Kate Willet
The Sparrow
1078 E Montague Ave., Suite D, North Charleston
7:30 p.m.
$25

Kate Willett is a comedian, actress, and writer whose raunchy feminist storytelling is both smart and relatable. She’s the author of the Audible Original “Dirtbag Anthropology.” She just made her network debut on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and she has a 15 minute special on Netflix’s “Comedy Lineup.” She’s the cohost of the political comedy podcast Reply Guys.

She’s been a correspondent for the JIM JEFFERIES SHOW at Politicon and a featured comic on Viceland’s FLOPHOUSE. Her appearance on Comedy Central’s THIS IS NOT HAPPENING was on Splitsider’s list of “Best Late Night Standup Sets.” In the past, she toured with Margaret Cho nationally and internationally and has featured with comedians like Kyle Kinane, Maria Bamford, and Greg Behrendt.

She has appeared in the Just for Laughs Montreal Comedy Festival, Limestone Comedy Festival, Laughing Skull Festival, Big Sky Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, San Francisco Sketchfest and High Plains. Podcast appearances include Doug Loves Movies, Bad Faith, Basic Witches, The Bullseye, Jordan Jesse Go! and Risk! Her debut album is “Glass Gutter.”

“Kate Willett is a woman on the rise. Willett achieves a perfect blend of smart and filthy when she takes the stage.” –SF Weekly

“As my opener, she buried me! Fortunately we were performing in a mortuary.” — Kyle Kinane

The Have Nots! Comedy Improv
Theatre 99
280 Meeting St. Suite B, Downtown
7:30 p.m.
$20

No scripts! All improv! This high-energy comedy improv show is entirely based on your audience suggestion so every show is different. It’s the longest running show in Charleston. The Have Nots! (Timmy Finch, Brandy Sullivan and Greg Tavares) will perform their unique brand of improv comedy AND you never know who will join them on the stage! Come find out why critics say “The Have Nots! have it!”

Charleston Stand Up Comedy Showcase
FAME Performing Arts
757 Long Point Rd. D, Mount Pleasant
8 p.m.
$18

Get ready to get your laugh on with several of Charleston’s funniest comedians. Keith Dee hosts this stand up comedy smorgasbord that will have you laughing so hard, you’ll wet someone else’s pants. This is the perfect opportunity to see the best stand up comedy in the Charleston area — all in one show!

Jody Carter
Bill Davis
Keith Dee
Matt Dieterich
Laura Dixon
Pia Helensdotter
Edwin Littman aka Tru Stories
Hagan Ragland
Big Ike Smalls
Dan Sweeney

C.H.A.M.P.S and YesANDventures
Old Trolley Theatre
102 Old Trolley Rd., Summerville
8 p.m.
$15

C.H.A.M.P.S
A handful of old school pals getting back into the ring to knock out some good old fashioned improv comedy. Each show is just as deranged as the last. If you like you comedy on the wacky side, then C.H.A.MPS. is the show for you. It’s fast-paced, silly, and at times even too silly. All we ask is that you get in pit and try to love someone.

YesANDventures

YesAndventure is a group of geektastic improvisors who will cast a level four charm spell on you! They will weave a unique tale full of twists, turns, and unimaginable outcomes based on the discretion of their dungeon master and the roll of a giant inflatable 20 sided die.

An Evening of Improv with Archer’s Amber Nash
Theatre 99
280 Meeting St. Suite B, Downtown
9:30 p.m.
$20

Amber Nash doesn’t only play ‘Pam Poovey’ in FX’s Archer, but she’s also one hell of an improviser. Amber will be joined by a group of her improv pals from Dad’s Garage in Atlanta and Theatre 99. They will be making stuff up to make you laugh. This improv show is a product of the cool partnership between Theatre 99 and Dad’s Garage in Atlanta, Georgia. It’s going to be a special night at T99.

Comedy @ The Sparrow: Comedian Kate Willet
1078 E Montague Ave., Suite D, North Charleston
9:30 p.m.
$25

“Kate Willett is a woman on the rise. Willett achieves a perfect blend of smart and filthy when she takes the stage.” –SF Weekly

“As my opener, she buried me! Fortunately we were performing in a mortuary.” — Kyle Kinane

Saturday, February 26

Take the Funny and Run (improv comedy)
Theatre 99
280 Meeting St. Suite B, Downtown
7:30 p.m.
$20

Live improv comedy at Theatre 99 is Charleston’s funniest tradition! Shows at Theatre 99 are improv parties where audience members laugh until it hurts. Come loaded with suggestions for the quick witted Theatre 99 ensemble members who will take your suggestions…and rock out hilarious unscripted scenes. Guaranteed to make you laugh!