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Sunday, January 29 • 1:00pm - 2:30pm
SF Sketchfest Tribute to Laraine Newman

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Laraine Newman has been making us laugh for nearly 50 years, first as a founding member of the Groundlings and then as an original cast member of "Saturday Night Live." A prolific voice actor and writer, her legendary resume has helped create a blueprint for the comedy world and we're honored to call her a longtime friend of the festival. Join us as Laraine is feted by her friends and colleagues with a lively onstage tribute and conversation featuring Fred Armisen, Dana Gould, Maurice LaMarche, Phil LaMarr, Rob Paulsen and Cole Stratton. ($35 Front/Center, $25 Rear/Sides, All Ages)

Due to a scheduling conflict, Wendi-McLendon Covey will no longer be appearing. Fred Armisen and Phil LaMarr have been added.
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Cole Stratton

Cole Stratton is the co-founder of SF Sketchfest, the San Francisco Comedy Festival, a month-long annual event highlighting the best in improv, sketch, stand-up, TV and film comedy, which celebrates its twentieth year in January 2023. Along with Janet Varney, he has written and performed... Read More →
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Dana Gould

Dana Gould began his professional comedy career at the age of seventeen. Between ComedyCentral, HBO and Showtime, Dana has six solo stand-up comedy specials to his credit. He has appeared on "The Late Show with David Letterman, "Jimmy Kimmel Live," "CONAN," and much more.As an actor... Read More →
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Fred Armisen

Fred Armisen is one of the most diversely talented performers working today with credits that run the gamut from acting, producing, and writing in both comedy and music.He is the co-creator, co-writer and co-star of IFC’s "Portlandia" alongside Carrie Brownstein. He received an... Read More →
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Laraine Newman

Laraine Newman is a native of Los Angeles and began her career at the age of 15 when the improv group she worked with was hired to bring culture and self-expression to the youth of East LA and South Central.After High School she went to Paris and studied mime with Marcel Marceau... Read More →
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Maurice LaMarche

Maurice LaMarche is an Emmy Award-winning Canadian voice actor and former stand-up comedian. He is best known for his voice work in "Futurama" as Kif Kroker, as Egon Spengler in "The Real Ghostbusters," Verminous Skumm and Duke Nukem in "Captain Planet and the Planeteers," Big Bob... Read More →
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Phil LaMarr

A Los Angeles native, Phil is an alumnus of Yale University and The Groundlings Theater and is perhaps best known as one of the original cast members of "MAD TV," “Hermes” on "Futurama," "Marvin" in "Pulp Fiction," “Green Lantern” on "Justice League" and as the voice of "Samurai... Read More →
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Rob Paulsen

Maybe you’ve never heard of Rob Paulsen. But you’ve heard him. A lot.Maybe you don’t know Rob Paulsen, but you know "Pinky and the Brain," "Animaniacs," "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," "Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius," and most of the other animated projects that Paulsen has been... Read More →


Sunday January 29, 2023 1:00pm - 2:30pm PST
Gateway Theatre 215 Jackson Street, San Francisco, CA 94111
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