BECKY & NOELLE
From
New York City & Seattle - Performing Friday @ 10:00PM
Bizarre and hilarious are two
words that come up repeatedly when attempting to describe
this two-woman sketch group. Becky and Noelle's latest
collection of sketches follows a theme of
"couples-in-conflict" including animals, fruits and
vegetables. Keeping with their trademark style, they
transition seamlessly from sketch to sketch, peppering the
show with original music and Ms. Poole's expert saw
playing.Becky Poole and Noelle Romano don't believe they
are that weird. Which is probably why they have been making
their bizarre brand of comedy together for over eight
years.
cast
BECKY POOLE
NOELLE ROMANO
contact
BECKY POOLE
becky.poole@gmail.com
Becky & Noelle Press
The pair met as undergrads at NYU's Tisch School of the
Arts in a class aptly named "Radical Street Theater". Becky
loved the class and Noelle couldn't stand it.
"I remember just sitting around judging people-- I was
very insecure then. But Becky I found totally intriguing.
Especially because I knew she did stand-up."
The two parted ways but found themselves cast together in a
NY Fringe show the following summer. Becky inspired Noelle
to try her hand at stand-up, and soon the two were bouncing
around the underground NY comedy scene hitting open mics
and doing bringer shows.
The director of that previous Fringe show, noting their
interesting dynamic, decided they should host a comedy show
together. And so they did.
"Hersterical" was a monthly all-female stand up show hosted
by Becky and Noelle. It ran for a year and a half to a
faithful and supportive audience who enjoyed the likes of
Jessie Klein, Erin Foley, Becky Donohue, and many others.
As hosts, the two would write skits and songs to perform in
between stand-up comedians.
Requests to perform at various venues as a duo starting
coming in, and before they knew it, "Becky and Noelle" was
born.
In 2003 they decided to do their own NY Fringe show. "Becky
and Noelle: Investigating the Bucket" brought on director
Carrie Morris to help craft their random 2-3 minute
sketches into a longer theatrical piece.
"We had no idea how the audience would respond. There was a
fear we would get a deer-in-headlights kind of reaction."
Fortunately, audiences and reviewers got the joke. Eric
Grode of Backstage magazine wrote,
"Becky and Noelle: Investigating the Bucket doesn't
claim to be a cohesive or even a coherent evening of
theatre. I'm not sure what it is, exactly, but I do know
that it's chaotic, hilarious, and just shy of brilliant."
He then went on to mention the show again in Backstage's
"best theater of 2003" issue. Over and over, it seemed,
reviewers described the show as "indescribable" yet
hilarious and enjoyable. As Jada Yuan, a reviewer for New
York Magazine/Metro TV wrote,
"Is the show cohesive? No. Does it matter? No again.
Just roll with these girls. One of the most purely
enjoyable experiences we've ever had at Fringe."
An appearance at Sketchfest NYC in 2005, led to them
breaking out of the NY scene and into the nationwide
festival circuit. They went on to appear in Sketchfest
Seattle (2005, 2006), Chicago Sketchfest (2006), San
Francisco Sketchfest (2007), and most recently
Sketchingham! in Bellingham, WA.
Even a move by Becky Poole to Seattle, WA did nothing to
slow down the inertia of the group. In addition to a
fantastic run at Sketchingham this past April, 2008 finds
Becky and Noelle performing at Sketchfest NYC in June, and
Portland, Oregon's "Best of the Best" in August. Plans for
a possible Canadian tour are in the works, and of course
Becky and Noelle are always available for your Bar Mitzvahs
and birthday parties.
