Comedians Announced for April Ha! Ha! Hartford!
Join comedians Andrew Kennedy, Al DuCharme, and Joey Kola for an
uproarious evening of laughter.
Hartford, CT – March 13, 2008 – Celebrate the arrival of spring with host 96.5 TIC’s Damon Scott at The Bushnell’s third Ha! Ha! Hartford! of the season on April 18, 2008 at 8:30 pm in Belding Theater. The evening will feature the comedic talents of Andrew Kennedy, Al DuCharme, and Joey Kola. The Ha! Ha! Hartford! series is sponsored by United Technologies Corporation. Comedians have been booked with the assistance of Treehouse Comedy Productions (www.treehousecomedy.com).
Tickets for Ha! Ha! Hartford! are on sale now and can be purchased by visiting The Bushnell Box Office at 166 Capitol Avenue in Hartford or by calling (860) 987-5900. Tickets may also be purchased online at www.bushnell.org. Groups of 20 or more should call (860) 987-5959. Tickets prices are $15-$22. This show is not recommended for children under the age of 17 due to some content intended for mature audiences.
Ha! Ha! Hartford host Damon Scott is also host of 96.5 TIC-FM’s weekday afternoon show “The Damon Scott Show with Jeannine Jersey.” He's been in broadcasting for over 18 years. Damon is a regular contributor to the Satellite Comedy Network and operates his own production company producing commercials and imagery for stations all around the country.
Andrew Kennedy starred in his own half hour “Comedy Central Presents” comedy special, which preceded a recent appearance at the famed Lincoln Center in New York City. Andrew started his stand-up comedy career by doing shtick over the phone to then Treehouse Comedy Club owner Brad Axelrod in the summer of 1994.
Comedy Central has taken a particular liking to Andrew having also featured him on its broadcasts of “Premium Blend” and “The World Stands-up”. Other appearances include TV’S “Related By Marriage”, BET’S “Comic View” and The Montreal Comedy Festival. This Connecticut comic juggles his successful stand-up comedy career with his family including his wife Amy and his three children Aidan, Ian, and Keira.
Andrew was born in Bogotá, Columbia. His mother is Columbian and his father is English. By the time he was thirteen he had already lived in Columbia, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, and Hong Kong before settling on the East Coast. Andrew’s stand-up is autobiographical and centers on his bi-cultural upbringing, marriage, and fatherhood. Visit Andrew’s MySpace page at:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=136741488.
Al DuCharme is off beat and original. His sound effects are littered throughout his stand-up always enhancing the joke, or, punching up the punchline. Al’s film credits include the Miramax film “Next Stop Wonderland” and “Original Sin” on CBS. His TV credits: panel guest on the syndicated show “Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen,” comedic commentary on “Inside Edition,” tons of funny TV commercials and hosting the first season of “Mission Organization” on HGTV. Al’s latest one hour DVD has been produced by National Lampoon and will be available in stores in late winter 2008. Visit Al’s MySpace page at:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=27894827.
Joey Kola is known in the TV and Comedy Industries as one of, if not the, best warm-up men in the business. A warm-up man is integral to outstanding television production. The warm-up man’s job is to jumpstart an audience who is not there to see them but to see the stars of the TV show. It’s hard! It’s an art form very few are familiar with.
Joey Kola did the warm-up for “The Rosie O’Donnell Show” for eight straight years. That’s where and when he truly got his warm-up chops. He then went on to do warm-up for “Who Wants to be a Millionaire”, “The Late Show with David Letterman”, the live “Survivor” finals and “The Apprentice” live finale, “The Jane Pauley Show” and now for Martha on “The Martha Stewart Show”.
Joey’s stand-up has also been featured on the small screen‘s “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”, “The Late Show with David Letterman”, “Comedy Central Presents Joey Kola” along with “Premium Blend” and “King of Queens”.
Joey is a high-high energy storyteller who is material consists of family with offbeat twists and longwinded, ranting stories.
About The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts
The Bushnell is Connecticut’s premier performing arts center, hosting more than 350 events yearly, including major Broadway tours, symphony orchestras, family presentations, local arts and community events. The Bushnell is home to two theaters- the historic 2,800-seat Mortensen Hall, and the 907-seat Belding Theater, a state-of-the-art performance hall that opened in 2001. The Bushnell’s nationally-recognized arts-in-education program, PARTNERS (Partners in Arts and Education Revitalizing Schools), now in its 14th year, is a cross-community educational effort serving 22 schools in 12 districts throughout the Greater Hartford area. The Bushnell opened in January 1930 and is a non-profit organization. For more information, call The Bushnell at (860) 987-6000, The Bushnell Box Office at (860) 987-5900 or visit our website at www.bushnell.org.