MEAT
From
New York City - Performing Saturday @ 10:00PM
MEAT is thrilled to return to
the Best of the Best Sketchfest for the 5th time. We love
you, Portland!
Last year, MEAT, proudly performed at Best Of The Best and
had so much fun that they quit performing together forever.
That’s not a joke.
A very long year has gone by. One of them moved across the
country. Two of them started another sketch venture. And
now they’ve decided to reunite for Portland, their
very favorite audience. So look out, PDX, here they come
again with a “Greatest Hits” show, specifically
designed for Stumptown. That’s right. These days MEAT
only performs for Portland and that makes them more rare
then ever.
Known for smart, dangerous, inventive writing and
fearlessly committed performances, MEAT is one of the
country's most critically acclaimed and respected sketch
groups, performing for sold out audiences across the U.S.
and Canada on the sketch festival circuit. They were
nominated by the Emerging Comics of New York Awards for
Best Sketch Group and named by the Chicago Tribune at the
"Best Performers" of the 2006 Chicago Sketch Festival.
MEAT is also proud to have shared the stage with Lewis
Black, Mitch Fatel, Jim Gaffigan, Judy Gold, Demitri Martin
and Gloria Steinam when they were sponsored by Planned
Parenthood to perform as part of the March for Women's
Lives in Washington, D.C.
cast
ELIZABETH ELLIS
REGGAN HOLLAND
BECKY POOLE
LIVIA SCOTT
contact
ELIZABETH ELLIS
elizabeth.ellis@lexisnexis.com
"Savvy, top-drawer sketch comedy innovators...
Razor sharp... MEAT is all over all of it."
--THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE
"...the best groups, like NY's own MEAT... keep the action
quick and the concepts sharp and simple."
--THE ONION (critic's pick- Sketchfest
NYC)
"...fresh, juicy and brilliantly acted... proving that
sketch comedy at its best is an important arena for trained
actors and serious performers."
--THE OREGONIAN
"Tasty & nutritious comedy"
--THE VILLAGE VOICE
"The four clever women of MEAT...come up with esoteric
concepts...and squeeze them hard."
--THE CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
"A synergistic brew of wit!"
--STAGE PRESS WEEKLY
"I'm a vegetarian who loves MEAT."
--JIM GAFFIGAN
"Fearlessly funny."
--Todd Hanson, THE ONION
"If the world of first-class entertainment were a sandwich,
MEAT would be the core."
--Bruce Cherry, AIR AMERICA RADIO
"When I saw MEAT on stage, I had the same reaction as when
I watched The Beatles perform on Ed Sullivan when I was
just eleven weeks old. I urinated all over myself."
--Mark Katz, BILL CLINTON'S JOKE WRITER
"Tender, juicy, delicious. And funny."
--Greg Leitman, MAD MAGAZINE
"Until MEAT, I've never seen comedy that scared me and made
me laugh- at the same time."
--Matt Kohn, Director of the critically
acclaimed documentary, "CALL IT DEMOCRACY"
