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At a glance The Milwaukee Comedy Festival schedule: Today 7:30 p.m.: Ryan Mason, Milwaukee, stand-up; Chairs, Chicago, improv; Broadminded, Milwaukee, sketch. 10 p.m. : Sarah Gallagher, Chicago, stand-up; Matt Griffo, Chicago, sketch; Al & Jim's One Man Show, Seattle, improv. Saturday 2 p.m.: Spark Tabor, Cincinnati, stand-up; MANSICAL, Chicago, improv; Cash Grab,Toronto and Ontario, sketch. 7:30 p.m.: Dobie Maxwell, Milwaukee, stand-up; Jack & the Wolf, Chicago, improv; Comic Thread, Chicago, sketch. 10 p.m.: Cody Melcher, Chicago, stand-up;The Midnite Show, Milwaukee, improv; Drew's Tumbler, Chicago, sketch. Sunday 2 p.m.:Teen Comedy Show, high school-aged improv performers from Milwaukee area. 6 p.m.: Erik Koconis, Milwaukee, stand-up; Hugs and Pullups, Chicago, improv; Charles, Seattle, sketch. Except for Sunday's Teen Comedy Show (considered suitable for spectators as young as 12), all performances are for mature audiences. al,' never expecting it to turn into anything. The first year saw hundreds of people come together, so a tradition was born, really, out of a small idea." The Milwaukee Comedy Festival, Kemple said, has come "to attract some of the most talented comedians in the country" – to say nothing of the country due north of our border. Among this eighth year's visiting comedians: Ohioan Spark Tabor, who mines news reports for stand-up material; Cash Grab, a gang of seven who became part of the trend in Canada for aspiring comedians to study comedy in college; Drew's Tumbler, female sketch artists from Illinois who draw on their musical theater backgrounds for routines; and Charles, a Washington state sketch duo known separately as Chuck (a sometime writer for the satirical Onion newspaper) and Charlie. Performer representatives of the host city include The Midnite Show, some of whose past members went on to perform on the old MADtv series, and funnymen Erik Koconis and Dobie Maxwell. A full schedule of shows supplements this story . Individual show tickets can be obtained for $15 through http://festival.milwaukeecomedy .com, or for $18 at the Next Act door. A pass good for all festival events can be had for $55 via the online address above. "We try to keep things reasonable (pricewise) so that everyone can enjoy a laugh" said Kemple, a Wauwatosa resident.

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