OUR LAUGHING MATTERS
April 2010 Comedy Show
Combined Comedy Academy Programs to Premiere New Comedy Material
THREE FRIES SHORT OF A HAPPY MEAL
Featuring 16 new comedy sketches and songs
“Twilight” Series lampooned with “Twilite” and “New Mooners”
Fresh from their success at the Randolph Road Theatre with LAUGHING MATTERS, members of the Comedy Academy programs at Northwood High School and Col. E. Brooke Lee Middle School combine once again to premiere new comedy material in THREE FRIES SHORT OF A HAPPY MEAL at Northwood High School (NHS.) Performances will begin at 7:00 PM on Thursday, April 22 and Friday April 23, 2010 in the Northwood High School Media Center / Comedy Cabaret. Tickets are $8.00 for adults and $6.00 for students and may be purchased at the door. More information about The Comedy Academy and this presentation is available at www.ourlaughingmatters.com or 240-381-3196.
Premiering New Comedy Material
Students Peter Walderhaug, AJ Walderhaug, Leah & Rachel Solomon, Josh Rosen, Sara Mozersky, Matthias Kelderman, Liam Brennan and Connor Brennan have written 16 of the new comedy sketches that will premiere in this show.
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(standing l to r) AJ Walderhaug, Josh Rosen, Peter Walderhaug and Matthias Kelderman (front l to r) Conor Brennan, Liam Brennan and Leah Solomon. (Sara Mozersky had to miss the photo shoot)
The “Twilight” saga will be lampooned with “Twilite” and “New Mooners” - two sketches by published sketch comedy writer, NHS senior, Sara Mozersky who has also contributed “Mors Mortis” a comic look at advertising disclaimers. Our other published writer, NHS senior Leah Solomon has contributed another spoof of teen communications, this time spoofing how guys speak in shorthand in “The Dude Answer to OMG” (a follow-up to the “OMG” sketch premiered previously.)
Senior Josh Rosen has created four new sketches that lampoon college applications (“College Application Obstacle Course”) Deities in their off hours (“The Deity Break Room”), high school graduations (“The World’s Worst Graduation Speech,”) “senioritis” (“The Clinic,”) and a new song which skewers nefarious world leaders (“The Dictator Blues.”)
Veteran Comedy Academy writer and NHS sophomore Liam Brennan, has created a new edition of “Fear News Network” as well as a biting look at corporate management entitled “John Peters, Corporate Physician.”
Additional comedy sketches have been created for THREE FRIES SHORT OF A HAPPY MEAL by 8th grader Conor Brennan (“Deities, Where Are They Now?”,) 9th grader Matthias Kelderman pokes fun of games shows with “Guy Wars: Most Extreme” and the new campaign contribution law with which he envisions a corporation will buy the entire Congress (“BNN: This Just In.”) Additionally, runner Peter Walderhaug has created the humorous “Top Ten Reasons To Join The Northwood Cross Country Team,” and AJ Walderhaug has written “Present Accounted For” a comic look at what a cash-strapped brother might do to ensure he has a present for his little sister’s birthday.
Working with several students at Col. E. Brooke Lee Middle School, show director/writer Harry M. Bagdasian has created a new comedy sketch, “ADD Family Feud.” Developed using suggestions from GTLD students, this new sketches not only pokes fun at TV games shows, but also enables GTLD students to poke fun at one particular learning disability – attention deficit disorder.
Reprising Popular Sketches
The ensemble will reprise five sketches and two songs which proved to be very popular when performed at The Comedy Academy’s Feb. 20, 2010 production at the Randolph Road Theatre, OUR LAUGHING MATTERS. These include Leah & Rachel Solomon’s spoof of today’s teen’s shorthand communication (“OMG”), Liam Brennan’s lampoon of cable news (“Fear News Network”) which extols the supposed dangers of eating bread, Matthias’ Kelderman’s Amish Soap Opera (“Lancaster Valley”), Harry M. Bagdasian’s game show parody (“Can You Whine Like A Fifth Grader?”) and public service announcement, “Morning Deficit Disorder,” and Josh Rosen’s popular song parodies, “The SAT Song” and “High School Dance” (with lyrics by Josh Rosen and Matthew Leibowitz).
Performing Ensemble Combines Students from 6th to 12th Grade
Performing in the cast of THREE FRIES SHORT OF A HAPPY MEAL will be middle school students Conor Brennan, Graham Dunn, Nicholas Lingenfelter, Jeanette Moser, Jonny Moser, Erica Shortall, Ian Smith, Maxwell Warsaw from Col. E. Brooke Lee Middle School, high school students Mia Bullock, Liam Brennan, Anne Chernikoff, Miriam Finley, Matthias Kelderman, Kady Kilmer, Sara Mozersky, Josh Rosen, Christine Scullen, Phillip Shattan, Leah Solomon. Alexandra Turpie, AJ Walderhaug, and Peter Walderhaug, from Northwood High School, and Comedy Academy veterans Malika Cherifi, Beck Krefting and Jeffrey Rosen who join the ensemble to reprise their roles in the game show spoof, “Can You Whine Like A Fifth Grader?”
Students from Col. E. Brooke Lee Middle School rehearse the new sketch,
A.D.D. FAMILY FEUD for the April 22 & 23 show,
THREE FRIES SHORT OF A HAPPY MEAL
The 411 on The Production
THREE FRIES SHORT OF A HAPPY MEAL will premiere at Northwood High School, 919 University Blvd. West, Silver Spring, MD at 7:00 PM on Thursday, April 22 and Friday April 23, 2010 in the Northwood High School Media Center / Comedy Cabaret. Tickets are $8.00 for adults and $6.00 for students and may be purchased at the door. More information about The Comedy Academy and this presentation is available at www.ourlaughingmatters.com or 240-381-3196.
