Comedy Marches On!
Three Boston comedy stars with national reputations hit the stage to benefit the Walpole Footlighters on Friday and Saturday, March 12-13 at 8:00 pm.
Featured comics include Jimmy Dunn, Mike Prior, and Maria Ciampa. Showtime both nights is 8 p.m. Tickets are selling fast and may be purchased through the box office at 508-668-8446 or through our online store.
This year's lineup features Jimmy Dunn. Jimmy was nominated for a New England Emmy Award for his "Jimmy the Cabbie" commercials for Olympia Sports, which he conceived, writes, and stars in. In the commercials, the Boston cabbie drives a variety of colorful characters to the ballpark, but for a wide variety of reasons they wind up at Olympia Sports to buy hats, gloves or other apparel that they'll need for the game. The commercials run during Red Sox baseball games on NESN, and maintain a long-standing relationship Dunn has with NESN viewers. You can catch one of Jimmy's best on YouTube. Watch out for the guy in the back seat - if you've been to our previous comedy shows, he might look familiar! The former host of NESN's Fan Attic did comedic features from a fan's perspective for the Boston Red Sox pre-game show during the historic 2004 season, and authored a popular book on his experiences called Funnyball. Since then, he's been the wiseguy "voice" of the NESN dating show Sox Appeal, and a featured performer in the NESN Comedy All-Stars series. He's also appeared on Comedy Central, ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live, CMT's Hit Parade, PBS' Inside This Old House, and the movie Stuck on You, where he shared a jail cell with Matt Damon. In 2009, the Hampton resident was also named "Best Comedian in New Hampshire" by New Hampshire Magazine, and he finished the year by performing at the Wang Theater as part of Boston's First Night Celebration. In addition to working clubs and theaters around the country, Dunn is a much-requested act for corporate shows. Among his fans: Boston Mayor Tom Menino, who after one appearance called Dunn "the best comedian we've had at one of these events."
Mike Prior takes to the stage like the Tasmanian Devil and makes audiences roar with a self-depreciating style that is at the same time both smart and silly. One of the top crowd-pleasing comics on the Boston scene, Prior has worked at literally hundreds of clubs and colleges across the country, and appeared on television shows including MTV’s Half Hour Comedy Hour and Comedy Central’s Stand-Up Stand-Up. His humor is often self-depreciating. As Prior says, "If you can't laugh at yourself, rewrite the punchline." He's a regular performer at the Boston Comedy Festival, and has performed with national music acts including Weird Al Yankovic and country singing sensations Lori Morgan and Randy Travis.
An alumna of the Boston Improv Asylum’s Mainstage, Maria Ciampa performs comedy around New England at clubs, restaurants and theaters. She produces ImprovBoston's Women's Comedy Festival and was a 2009 stand up comedian in the North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival. She performed her solo show, "Family Shmamily," for audiences in Boston and New York. She also enjoys rope swings over lakes and cake.
Tickets cost $20 and all seats are reserved. For more information or to order tickets, call 508-668-8446 or go to our online store.