Top Story! Weekly
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SNL meets The Daily Show in this constantly changing news-driven sketch romp through a week’s worth of headlines. Every Sunday at 9 at iO West, Top Story! Weekly brings you a brand new scripted show, which has been called the most ambitious weekly schedule of any LA theater. Put together by a staff of top writers and actors trained at the country’s best comedy programs, and featuring top names from film and television as guest performers, “Top Story! Weekly” is the most current, up-to-the-minute sketch show in LA, has been named by CBS 2 in its “Best of Los Angeles” and is a three-time winner of the Del Close Award for “Best Scripted Show”.
Top Story has been nominated for two INNY awards!
Cast:
John Abbott
Shannon Ayers
Tommy Bechtold
Christopher Biewer
Kipleigh Brown
Jen Cain
Sean Cowhig
Susan Deming
Rachael Drummond
Damien Fahey
Neil Garguilo
Jimmy Guidish
Matthew Harris
Michael Hughes
Gregg Lopez
Matt Moore
Jim Nieb
Brian O’Connell
Amy Paffrath
Artemis Pebdani
Brent Pope
Derek Reid
Tammie Smalls
Brian Vestal
Phillip Wilburn
Directors:
Kristina Adelmeyer
Michael Hughes
Tom Repetto
Head Writers:
Kristina Adelmeyer
Matt Blitz
Jacob Harper
Matt Manser
Segment Producers:
Top Story! Weekly Report: Michael Hughes, Matt Manser, Phil Ranta
Guest Comics: Shawn Carlow, Matt Manser
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Starring: Christopher Biewer, Kipleigh Brown, Sean Cowhig, Susan Deming, Neil Garguilo, Michael Hughes, Matthew Harris, Gregg Lopez, Matt Moore, Jim Nieb, Artemis Pebdani, Tammie Smalls, Brian Vestal, Phillip Wilburn, Rachael Drummond, Jimmy Guidish, Brian James O'Connell, Brent Pope, John Abbott, Tommy Bechtold, Derek Reid, Damien Fahey, Shannon Ayers, Amy Paffrath, Jennifer Cain
Upcoming shows:
Sunday, May 27 @ 09:00 PM in the Main Stage - tickets are $5 (FREE for iO students)
Sunday, June 03 @ 10:00 PM in the Main Stage - tickets are $10
Sunday, June 10 @ 09:00 PM in the Main Stage - tickets are $5 (FREE for iO students)
Sunday, June 17 @ 09:00 PM in the Main Stage - tickets are $5 (FREE for iO students)
Sunday, June 24 @ 09:00 PM in the Main Stage - tickets are $5 (FREE for iO students)
LA Improv Festival 2 Beer Queer 227: The Lost Episodes 2in1 30 Second Kiss Adults Ant Farm Recess Armando w/ Broken Lizard Armando w/ Community cast and creator Dan Harmon Armando w/ Eric Stonestreet Attention Deficit Disorder Badger Juice Bandit Basil Briggs Ford of Southern California Beer. Shark. Mice. Ben Seeder Presents... Big Bennessy Billyhawk Blank Label Bobby Hot Stuff "Shameless" Bootsy Collins Bro Squad 5 Budders Cakewalk Capital T Cherry Chompie Chomp CoCo Van COMEDY GOLD Comrades Conan Writers Live! Correspondence School Cut That Promo Daddy Doesn't Live Here Anymore Danger Snack Date Night Date Night with Alison Royer David and Goliath Dead Honkey Decision Impossible Desmonia Doctor Who Live! Downstairs Neighbor Downstairs Neighbor Dr. God w/ Matthew Lillard Drop the Root Beer and Run Drunk Girls Edith Head Elaine Elevator and Hill Jones present: Double Standard English Speaking Moose Ezra Lbs Ficus Fine Toothed Gnome First Chair First Time With Cacky First World Problems Freedom Snatch Gay Moon Generation Friends Get Sweaty Girl Group Girl Team Balls Reunion Glory Stories God's Little Atheist Grimacchio Ham Radio Hank August Hashtag HMS Death Hobofish Hooligan Hot Toddy I, Intern Inkling Interrobang Joel Murray and Friends Just Mimsy Key Party King Ten Kismet LA FESTIVAL: Cage Match LA FESTIVAL: Harold Competition LA FESTIVAL: Sketch Cage Match LA FESTIVAL: United States of Improv Lawrence of Arkansas Less Hot Dog Local Wizard MADtv Reunion Maestro Magic Lift Magician's Alliance Mahogany Manifest Destiny Margot's Pie Mike & Chris Mike Brown Solo Improv Extravaganza Minnesota Nice Mission: Star Mission Monkey Butler Monument 14 Book Release Mortimer Mr. Body N.E.D. Now? Off The Cuff Old Milwaukee Opening Night: The Improvised Musical! w/ Dan Castellaneta & Deb Lacusta Operocka: An Improvised Rock Opera Orpheus Roy Over The Line Pals Pawn Takes Queen Pilot Private Street Red Bicyclette: The Fourth Rigor Tortoise Riverboat Gamblers Rom Com Ronald Ray Gun Sabercats Scoop Slam Secretaries on Lunch Shadow Cats Simply Coney Snake & Bunny Spaceman's Promise Spin-Off Cinema Squeeze Stage Monkeys San Diego Street Lightning Super Kudzu Sweet and Salty Switchboard Temporary Insanity The Dick & the Dame: Improv Noir The Edge The Extravaganza The Future Begins is Here! The Hinges Improv The Jon and Eddie Show The Kuntz Family Hour The Lampshades The Mutiny The Rivalry The Work Force Those Who Oppose Us Will Stand Knee Deep In the Blood of Their Children Too Cool Jeff Top Shelf Transsiberian BBQ Triggerfinger Upstate USS Rock N Roll Value Menu Velvet Pile Virgin Daiquiri Warriors of Dumb Waterloo Weirdass When We Touch Worst Harold Ever
Sunday Deskpiece Nation Sketch Cage Match Top Story! Weekly
Monday Cage Match Cherry Cherry Crush The Cherry Pick
Tuesday Bandit Local 132 Sweeterhouse The Cartel Waterloo
Wednesday The Lottery King Ten Spirit Cat Tatanka Trophy Wife USS Rock n Roll
Thursday Cage Match Joel Murray and Friends Pascal Quartet St. Clair and Morris
Friday Friday Forty Glory Stories Old Milwaukee Opening Night: The Improvised Musical!® Orpheus Roy The Wild
Saturday Comic Book Live! Dr. God Dr. God Revival The Armando Show
Sketch Teams Brute Squad Handsome Dan Hashtag Mr. Worm Pilot Secret Family Super Kudzu The Mutiny
Happy Hour Shows Bar Bingo Pub Quiz The Happy Hour Challenge Win, Lose, Draw, or Drink...The Booty Call
Mainstage Rotating Shows 2 Beer Queer Ant Farm Recess Danger Snack Elevator and Hill Jones present: Double Standard Fine Toothed Gnome First Time With Cacky First World Problems Freedom Snatch Grizzly Jack HMS Death Hollywood Late Night with Rocco I, Intern Kind Strangers Manifest Destiny Men of a Certain Race Old Milwaukee Operocka: An Improvised Rock Opera Orpheus Roy Razowsky & Clifford Spin-Off Cinema The Lampshades The Lusty Horde The Nearlywed Show The Reckoning Tigerpants True Story United States of Improv