The Seattle Comedy Competition seems to have been sticking closer to home this year - at least until we got to the semi-final week. On paper (or Google Maps) it doesn't seem like that much travel; opening night at Whitman College in Walla Walla - our only venture across the Cascades this year - then everything else up and down the I-5 corridor.
Well, in reality, it turns out to be a bit of a bear. 4 1/2 hours to Walla Walla, stay overnight, 4 1/2 hours back to Seattle, then to Puyallup in the rush hour, back home, then north 70 miles to the Skagit Valley. A brief respite on Friday when we play close-in Kirkland, then a couple of hours south to the round's closing night in beautiful Rochester WA.
Can you say "nap time?"
Anyway, Faithful Readers, that's why we're just getting around to posting 3 days into the round.
NIGHT 1 WHITMAN COLLEGE
At 7:50 PM there was no one in the Reid Student Center performance space. At 8 PM there were 300 college kids ready for some entertainment.
Oddly, at least to us, a handful of audience members would leave after every comedian. When asked why, every single one said "gotta study" or "I have a paper due tomorrow."
That I guess sums up Whitman; it's a fairly exclusive private university down in the southeastern corner of Washington state, in a town that has been transformed into the capital of Wine Country - the Napa of the North.
Thanks to host comedian John McClellan, we drank some good wine (and some wack bourbon).
1. Marcus 2. Allyson Smith 3. Tony Boswell 4. Ruben Barron 5. Andy Peters


Photo by Peter Greyy
NIGHT 2 LIBERTY THEATER PUYALLUP
If any of our Faithful Readers have followed along in previous years, you know that we have done a number of shows at the Liberty Theater in downtown Puyallup. If the phrase "downtown Puyallup" itself seems amusing to you, please know that this once rural town has become an upscale bedroom suburb; the Liberty may be the poster child for that development. Built in 1924, it served as the only movie theater for many years. It has been lovingly restored and remodeled by Tom Neumann into Pierce County's most in-demand event venue. And this, our only Tacoma-area show, was gratifyingly SOLD OUT. YES, I'M SHOUTING.
1. Marcus 2. Tony Boswell 3. Geoff Lott (went up last) 4. Key Lewis 5. Andy Peters (went up first!)

Photo by Peter Greyy

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