PhRASE AGAINST THE MACHINE - WORDPLAY SLAM
Phrase Against the Machine: A Wordplay Slam Where the words win and the prizes are questionable.
Join us for a night of silly, scrappy, and uproariously clever competition where players go head-to-head in games of wit and word wizardry. Bring your best puns, twisted turns of phrase, and acronym hot takes—audience participation is highly encouraged (but not required).
Winners walk away with truly questionable prizes—aka quirky treasures from the host’s house that spark joy... or at least spark confusion.
Queer joy, community building, and unpredictable fun are the heart of this show. Hosted by Forest Ember of Forest Emberprises, bringing you comedy with connection and chaos.
This is a playground for literary offenders, acronymphos, grammarchists, and punthusiasts alike.
Fast Friends
A delightfully quirky, audience-interactive comedy experience about friendship—both the heartwarming and the hilariously petty. In Fast Friends, two strangers meet on stage and answer prompts to see if they are a friend match.
One segment features a pair with petty beef. The "Beefer" shares their petty (but important!) gripe, once the tale is told, the audience and host get riled up before the Beefee returns to guess why they’re there. With comedic mediation the Beefee tells their side of the story and a live “jury” of audience members helps squash the beef—and decide who deserves a Funishment.
The rule: once the Funishment is complete, the beef is officially squashed.
It’s part improv, part spectacle, all heart.
The audience votes on the Best Friends are and the winning pair gets a fabulous, 80s/90s-style best friend photoshoot— cheesy props, and all, right then and there.
