Alchemy Comedy announces Ninth Annual Greenville Comedy Marathon

July 20, 2022

Twelve Straight Hours of Comedy 

Alchemy Comedy Theater announces their 9th Annual Greenville Comedy Marathon. The shows will take place at Alchemy Comedy Theater located at 1 E Coffee St, Greenville, SC 29601 with shows running continuously starting at noon and ending at midnight.

  • Noon: Literary Legends Kids Show – Improv inspired by children’s books read live on stage

  • 1:30 PM: Monarch of the Marathon – A competitive improv show where someone will be crowned the reigning monarch of the marathon

  • 3:00 PM: Improv 301 Showcase – Graduating improv 301 students showcase their new skills

  • 4:30 PM: House Party – Three improv shows for the price of one

  • 6:00 PM: Laugh Track – Fast-paced short-form improv

  • 7:30 PM: Improv All-Stars – Interactive, Clean, Family Friendly, Comedy Games

  • 9:00 PM: Blockbuster Summer the Sequel: Improv and Sketch Comedy inspired by your favorite summer blockbuster movies

  • 10:30 PM: Stand Up Meets Improv – A surprise cast of stand-up comedians and improvisers do stand-up inspired by audience suggestions

“Greenville is a great comedy town and the Greenville Comedy Marathon is proof of that. We’re bringing twelve straight hours of comedy to downtown with something for everyone to enjoy” says Alchemy Comedy Theater Artistic Director Lindsay Clancy “Every improv show is an opportunity to see something one-of-a-kind and I am always excited for audiences to experience that.” She goes on to say “Alchemy boasts 80 improv comedians and having special events like the Greenville Comedy Marathon to celebrate local comedy and what these comedians bring to our community is an incredible achievement.”

For more information and to buy tickets, visit alchemycomedy.com/shows. Tickets are available online and at the door. Tickets for individual shows are $10 each or a Marathon Pass to see all 12 hours of shows is $30. Food and drink are available to purchase at Coffee Underground.

Alchemy encourages attendees to take precautions to keep themselves and their performers safe by wearing a mask and/or getting vaccinated. Theater staff and performers are all vaccinated.

For more information about Alchemy Comedy, please contact Tyler Prescott, Executive Producer at [email protected] or visit alchemycomedy.com

 

About Alchemy Comedy Theater

Founded in 2011 by four Clemson Alumni, Harrison Brookie, Ben Burris, Jason Underwood, and Meg Pierson and has grown to feature hundreds of local comedians. Alchemy Comedy Theater produces six weekly comedy shows of improv, stand-up, sketch, and everything in between. Alchemy mainly features improv comedy, a form of live theater which is made up in the moment, never to exist in the same way ever again. In the last ten years, they have produced thousands of live shows in Greenville and performers and allumni have been featured all over the world.