The Best Man Show

The Best Man Show is an interactive and darkly hilarious wedding reception where Mark Vigeant plays the Groom’s brother Paul, who has been asked to give the toast at an untraditional polyamorous commitment ceremony.
It starts out fun and silly, with your typical masculine roasting and ribbing – and gradually devolves into a drunken chaotic mess where Paul tries desperately to understand what it means to love, but can’t get over his own toxic masculinity to recognize how lonely he is.
Throughout the show, Mark recruits audience members to play various wedding guests: the groom Charles, his two brides Carrie and Paige; his daughter Ella who comes onstage to sing a song; his deeply upset and traumatized parents; his wife who he doesn’t get along with; and more!
Winner: Best Comedy Hollywood Fringe Festival 2024
“Mark Vigeant give[s] a solo performance that define[s] the phrases Tour-de-Force and comedy masterclass.”
★★★★★ – The Reviews Hub
“The kind of laughing where you think you might just lose it completely.”
★★★★★ – SMU Reviews
“If conventional comedy is your cup of tea, this is a nightmare.”
★★★★★ – Fernyhough Arts Review
“From the moment he steps on stage, Vigeant commands attention with an energy that is both frenetic and infectious. His comedic timing is impeccable. And his ability to improvise with the audience adds an extra layer of spontaneous hilarity to the show”
– Gia On The Move
“one of the most ingenious one-man shows I have ever seen.”
– Stage And Cinema
“Vigeant creates comedy chaos at its chaotic best”
– The TVolution

Written by and starring Mark Vigeant, an energetic, physical, and silly comedian based in Los Angeles. He is currently touring his 5-star interactive solo show “The Best Man Show” around the world.
His deeply personal solo show “Mark Pleases You,” had a critically-acclaimed run at the Edinburgh Fringe festival in 2023 after winning “Best of the Fest” at the San Diego International Fringe Festival, as well as the “Hollywood Producer’s Encore Award” at the Hollywood Fringe Festival that same year. The show was given a platinum medal by TheTVolution.com and 5 stars by Everything-Theatre.co.uk.
His first solo show, Let’s Make a Website, had a sold-out run at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theater in New York before touring the country from the Kennedy Center to Comedy Central’s Clusterfest. His lo-fi, fast-paced sketch group OSFUG had a sold-out monthly show at UCB for 5 years. Other shows at UCB include An Evening with the Trumpet Boys, Dorothy Goes to Hollywood, Ocean’s Lake and Maude Night. From 2018 to 2023 he hosted the monthly tech-based variety show Internet Explorers with Sam Reece at Caveat in New York.
Directed by Joanna Simmons, a writer/director living in New York City. She has directed over 20 solo shows including Vigeant’s previous solo show “Mark Pleases You,” which won Best of Fringe at the San Diego Fringe Festival in 2023, Best of Broadwater at the Hollywood Fringe Festival in 2023, and appeared as part of the New York Comedy Festival. She’s also directed countless comedy shows, and taught classes on solo show creation and creative writing. Her work has been performed at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theater, the Magnet, Wild Project, Under St Marks, the Tank, Austin Comedy Festival, the San Diego Fringe, the Hollywood Fringe, the Harrisburg Fringe, the Miami Fringe, and the Edinburgh Fringe.

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