Everything Is Great! A Town Hall for the People

Part Town Hall Part improvised parody.

Comedians return to Alabama for another performance of their satirical reimagining of the town hall format! Filling the gap left by absent elected officials comedians have reimagined the town hall format into a satirical and deliberately absurd civic forum. Over a ridiculous hilarious and cathartic hour performance real issues fielded from the audience will be highlighted as the performers do their best to navigate jeers boos and applause as they attempt to toe-the-line that Everything is Great!

This performance is part of a Laughing Impact event and along with the performance the pre and post show hours feature grassroots organizations and community groups tabling greeting and answering attendee questions.

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Everything Is Great! A Town Hall for the People: Comedy / Theatre / Politics

Saturn Birmingham Alabama USA

July 30th @ 7:30PM | Doors @ 6:30PM

Part Town Hall Part improvised parody.

Real issues and questions are fielded by comedians playing the roles of wanna-be elected officials as issues raised by the audience are performed by another set of players in this improvised and satirical reimagining of a TOWN HALL!

The tension created by performative bureaucracy and rhetorical stonewalling as well as the daily barrage of WTFs is turned toward catharsis through a deliberately absurd version of a civic forum where issues are heard distorted and gamified by fictional political figures competing for fictional dark money contributions.

Comedians and theatre makers have come together to take the reins of the current political moment and create a hilarious release valve moment of a town hall event where through a series of rounds issues raised by the audience are performed and answered by two sets of players: one set competing in a dark money game show the other representing the audience who boo jeer and laugh amid ridiculous answers blatant sponsorships surprise guests and other wild happenings!

This show format was created by Alabama native and internationally touring performer Matt Davis as a method of addressing the current moment head on. Designed in the vein of other Fringe Arts Festival shows Matt has produced the format combines interactive elements and improvised lines with an almost game show-esque excitement to parody the spectacle and dismissiveness on display between elected officials and the people they seem loath to represent.

All together it turns our town hall parody into a hilarious evening of improvised comedy and real community catharsis!

Grab your civic-minded friends or those you think need to be inspired to get involved and meet us July 30th at Saturn in Avondale for what we hope is the first of many wild and funny nights.

More info can be found on: https://TownHallShow.com

The list of participating groups and players will be added in the coming weeks to the event page.

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