{"id":135877,"date":"2024-10-08T21:38:39","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T01:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=135877"},"modified":"2024-10-08T21:38:39","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T01:38:39","slug":"get-ready-for-a-season-of-laughs-this-winter-at-artsquest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=135877","title":{"rendered":"Get Ready for a Season of Laughs this Winter at ArtsQuest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Announcing the 12th<\/sup>\u00a0Annual SteelStacks Improv Comedy Festival!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Bethlehem, Lehigh Valley, PA., October 7, 2024 – \u00a0ArtsQuest<\/a>\u00a0is excited to announce\u00a0the 12th<\/sup>\u00a0Annual SteelStacks Improv Comedy Festival on\u00a0Friday, January\u00a024 and Saturday, January\u00a025<\/strong>. The festival will feature two highly acclaimed headliners with\u00a0Friday\u2019s headliner to be announced soon and\u00a0Improvised Jane Austin<\/strong>\u00a0headlining on\u00a0Saturday. Ticketing and specific times\u00a0are also to be announced soon.<\/p>\n

If you are on an improv team, this is your opportunity to participate in the festival<\/strong>. The SteelStacks Improv Comedy Festival features teams from The Lehigh Valley, NYC, Baltimore, Boston, Toronto and beyond! For those interested in submitting their team to perform, applications can be submitted here:\u00a0https:\/\/fest.formstack.com\/forms\/ssicf2025<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cSteelStacks Improv Comedy Festival is always a great way to kick off another year of comedy at SteelStacks,\u201d\u00a0commented Addyson Young, ArtsQuest Programming Specialist and SteelStacks Improv Comedy Festival Director. \u201cIt\u2019s incredible to have a weekend where we can highlight our local teams, bring teams together from across the country and beyond and generally celebrate the art of Improv Comedy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Improvised Jane Austen<\/strong>\u00a0is a Chicago-based ensemble that uses Jane Austen’s tropes, themes and language to create an unscripted romantic comedy set in Regency-era England. Improvised Jane Austen\u2019s shows have been delighting 21st century audiences with a modern sense and sensibility for over 15 years. Come for the humor, stay for the heart!<\/p>\n

Throughout the show\u2019s run, Improvised Jane Austen\u2019s has been Chicago Reader Recommended, named a PerformInk Critics\u2019 Pick, voted Best Sketch\/Improv Troupe 2019 in the Reader\u2019s Best of Chicago and was most recently featured in\u00a0Time Out,<\/em>\u00a0on WGN\u2019s Daytime Chicago and CBS News Chicago.<\/p>\n

Please note, children ages 12 and under will not be permitted. Ages 13-17 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.<\/p>\n

Ticket information will be announced soon.\u00a0The full festival schedule is coming in\u00a0November!\u00a0<\/strong>Be sure to check out\u00a0Steelstacks.org<\/a>\u00a0for more information on all things comedy including upcoming shows, workshops and more<\/p>\n

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About ArtsQuest<\/strong>
\nArtsQuest\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0mission is to provide access to exceptional artistic, cultural and educational experiences using arts and culture as key elements of economic development for our urban communities. ArtsQuest\u2122 supports this mission via the presentation of performing and visual arts, film, arts education classes and outreach, youth programming and cultural events.<\/p>\n

Through festivals such as its flagship event,\u00a0Musikfest<\/a>; the\u00a0Banana Factory Arts Center<\/a>; and the ArtsQuest Center at\u00a0SteelStacks<\/a>\u00a0arts and cultural campus, ArtsQuest\u2019s programming reaches more than 1.9 million people annually. The organization\u2019s programs and events, over 50 percent of which are free to attend, have a combined economic impact of more than $136 million annually in the region.<\/p>\n

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