Last Day to Vote In WitOut Awards for Philadelphia Comedy


Philadelphia’s growing comedy scene is dutifully covered by blog WitOut, and on Sunday, January 26th, World Cafe Live will host the 2014 WitOut Awards for Philadelphia Comedy.

Online nominations were accepted through the end of December, and voting for winners in 16 categories officially ends on Monday. Below, a list of all of the nominees. And if you want to see some of Philly’s best comedy talent in action, don’t miss The Magnificent Seven at Boot & Saddle on February 26th.

Here’s a Monday-afternoon comic relief from multiple nominee Mary Radzinski:

Vote here.

Best Improv Group
Asteroid!
Big Baby
Davenger
Dr. Sleepover
The Future
Hot Dog
Kait & Andrew
Mayor Karen
The N Crowd

Best Stand-Up Comedian
Tim Butterly
Chip Chantry
Darryl Charles
Alex Grubard
James Hesky
Pat House
John McKeever
Mary Radzinski
Dan Vetrano

Best Sketch Group
Bird Text
Calletta & McGrail
Daring Daulton
Dog Mountain
The Flat Earth
Goat Rodeo
High Dramma
The Incredible Shrinking Matt & Jacquie
Iron Potato
ManiPedi
Secret Pants

Best Comedic Storyteller
Sean Carney
Martha Cooney
Jen Curcio
Vickie Fernandez
Alex Pearlman
Mike Rainey
Hillary Rea
Dave Terruso
Juliet Hope Wayne

Best Webseries
Dates
Lady Lawyers
Self Offense with Uncle Rick
Stare at Shannon
The Up and Comer
West Montclair High East

Best Podcast
Bob and Dave are Terrible People
Comedy, Food, Sports
Eric Toddcast
Gettin’ Close with Mike Marbach
Kevin & Brandi
Podcheese
Stark Raven Mad
Super Crappy Funtime
Trailer Trash w/ Mike and Garrett
Wait, What?

Best Female Improviser
Kate Banford
Kristen Finger
Maggy Keegan
Jessica Ross
Kristen Schier
Kaitlin Thompson
Caitlin Weigel
Corin Wells

Best Male Improviser
Fred Brown
Dan Corkery
Frank Farrell
Luke Field
Rob Gentile
Alex Gross
Alex Newman
Max Sittenfield
Andrew Stanton

Best Stand-up Bit
“Cancer” (Nikki Black)
“China Trip” (Darryl Charles)
“Cigarettes” (Joe Bell)
“Doper Dip” (Rick Juliani)
“Insomnia” (Alex Grubard)
“Wawa” (Jim Ginty)

Best Sketch (Live)
“Aaron Sorkin’s Buzzfeed” (The Flat Earth)
“Bank Jail” (Goat Rodeo)
“Dead Husband” (Alley of Nightmares)
“Javelin” (The Incredible Shrinking Matt & Jacquie)
“Night of the Assholes” (Alley of Nightmares)
“Psycho Clown” (Alley of Nightmares)
“Spacejam” (The Flat Earth)
“Vampire Party” (Calletta & McGrail)

Best Sketch (Video) – 1st Nominee
“Ashes” (Rob Baniewicz)
“Samesies” (Iron Potato)
“Vaccines” (STRANGEMEAL)
“Billy Dogherty: Suckerpunch Attorney” (Helium Comedy Club)
“Who Called?” (Slackstory)

Best Recurring Show
Comedy-Gasm!
Guilty Pleasures
Hang On with Aaron Nevins
John Hughes High
People of Interest
The Sideshow
Sunday Funnies
The Theme Show
The Vagabond Sessions
Your News, Philadelphia

Best Short-Run Show
Alley of Nightmares
The Bat
Cart Before The Horse
The Courtship Series
Page One
The Party
Reasonable Doubt
Slasher

Best Open Mic
Comedy Attic
Comedy Is Liberty
Helium Open Mic
Irish Times
Laughs on Fairmount
Sketch Up or Shut Up
Sunday Funnies
Tight Six
We Do

Best New Act
Big Baby
Dr. Sleepover
The Future
Goat Rodeo
Matt Haggerty
The Incredible Shrinking Matt & Jacquie
Michael S. Watkins
Your News, Philadelphia with Dave Metter

Special Achievement in the Field of Tweeting
@ChipChantry
@jgrammond
@MaryRadzinski
@stevenhswan
@thejoemoore
@timbutterly