Top Story! Weekly
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”.
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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, February 26 @ 09:00 PM in the Main Stage - tickets are $5 (FREE for iO students)
Sunday, March 04 @ 09:00 PM in the Main Stage - tickets are $5 (FREE for iO students)
Sunday, March 11 @ 09:00 PM in the Main Stage - tickets are $5 (FREE for iO students)
Sunday, March 18 @ 09:00 PM in the Main Stage - tickets are $5 (FREE for iO students)
Sunday, March 25 @ 09:00 PM in the Main Stage - tickets are $5 (FREE for iO students)
Sunday, April 01 @ 09:00 PM in the Main Stage - tickets are $5 (FREE for iO students)
Sunday Deskpiece Nation Sketch Cage Match Top Story! Weekly
Sketch Teams Hashtag Mr. Worm Pilot Super Kudzu
Monday Cage Match Cherry Cherry Crush The Cherry Pick
Tuesday Bandit Local 132 Natural 20 Sweeterhouse The Cartel Waterloo
Wednesday The Lottery Hot Toddy King Ten Spirit Cat Tatanka Trophy Wife USS Rock n Roll
Thursday Cage Match Joel Murray and Friends Pascal Quartet
Friday Glory Stories Opening Night: The Improvised Musical!® The Friday 40 The Wild
Saturday Dr. God The Armando Show The Lampshades
Mainstage Rotating Shows 1st Time W/ Cacky 2 Beer Queer Ant Farm Recess Beans! Brontosaurus Brute Squad Danger Snack Drug Puppy Elevator and Hill Jones present: Double Standard Fine Toothed Gnome First World Problems Freedom Snatch Grizzly Jack HMS Death Hollywood Late Night with Rocco I, Intern Kind Strangers Manic Monday w/ Rigor Tortoise Manifest Destiny Men of a Certain Race Nonstop Pregnancy Scare Old Milwaukee Operocka: An Improvised Rock Opera Orpheus Roy PUB Razowsky & Clifford Spin-Off Cinema Spirit Fingers! The Lusty Horde The Nearly Wed Game The Reckoning Tigerpants True Story
