Burning Bridges Festival to take place throughout Pittsburgh
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Published by Sareth Ney on March 14, 2017 at 4:48 p.m.
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PITTSBURGH – Burning Bridges Festival takes place from March 31 through April 2. Headliners are James Adomian and Aparna Nancherla. Venues involved are: Arcade Comedy Theater, Unplanned Comedy Warehouse, Club Café, Mr. Smalls Theater, Hambones, Comtra Theatre and Steel City Improv Theater.
Local comedians at Burning Bridges Festival consist of: Alex Homyak, Alex Stypula, Allan Lee, Amanda Averell, Chuck Krieger, Day Bracey, Derek Minto, Garrett Titlebaum, Harry Gilliland, Iain Oldman, Isaac Crow, Jason Clark, Jesse Irvin, John Dick Winters, Joe Esch, Mike Sasson, Norlex Belma, Ossia Dwyer, Phil Forrence, Ray Zawodni, Sean Collier, Shannon Norman, Suzanne Lawrence and Will Ness.
National comics at Burning Bridges Festival are: Alex Price (Indianapolis), Andrew Michael (Atlanta), Charlie Vergos (Chicago), Jack Comstock (New York), Jen Lemy (Atlanta), John Bruton (Cleveland), Jordan James (Eau Claire, Wis.), Josh Morrow (Cleveland), Justin Thompson (Atlanta), Kelsey Claire Hagan (Rochester, N.Y.), Kevin O’Brien (Denver), Kevin Tit (Washington), Kevin Casey White (Chicago), Mara Wiles (Denver), Mary Santora (Cleveland), Mackenzie Bublitz (Eau Claire, Wis.), Mekki Leeper (Philadelphia), Melissa Stokowski (New York), Mo Mitchell (Bloomington, Ind.), Reena Calm (Chicago), Ryan Darling (Chattanooga, Tenn.) and Shane Torres (New York).
On March 31, Adomian headlines the Mr. Smalls Theater. Crow, Winters and Stypula are on the bill. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and starts at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased by clicking here. Along with Burning Bridges Festival, it is presented by Opus One.
Clark hosts comedy at Arcade Comedy Theater at 8 p.m., on March 31. Wiles, Zawodni, Thompson, Morrow, James, Calm, Hagen and O’Brien will perform. Tickets are $12 and can be purchased here.
Minto will host a free comedy show at Hambones, at 9 p.m. on March 31. Santora, Michael, Sasson, Lenny, Lee, Lepper, Forrence and Belma take the stage.
Titlebaum is the master of ceremonies for the performances at Unplanned Comedy Warehouse, on March 31 at 10 p.m. Tit, Bruto, Mitchell, Vergos, Krieger, Norman, White, Picarro and Stokowski are performing. It begins at 10 p.m. and costs $10 at the door.
Nancherla is the headliner at Club Café, on April 1. Winters, Dwyer, Wiles and Torres will share the stage with her. Doors open at 10 p.m. and show begins at 10:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 each.
For the complete schedule and ticket information at Burning Bridges Festival, click here. Ticket prices exclude delivery and service fees.
Sponsors of Burning Bridges Festival are Commonwealth Press and Hambones.
Local comedians at Burning Bridges Festival consist of: Alex Homyak, Alex Stypula, Allan Lee, Amanda Averell, Chuck Krieger, Day Bracey, Derek Minto, Garrett Titlebaum, Harry Gilliland, Iain Oldman, Isaac Crow, Jason Clark, Jesse Irvin, John Dick Winters, Joe Esch, Mike Sasson, Norlex Belma, Ossia Dwyer, Phil Forrence, Ray Zawodni, Sean Collier, Shannon Norman, Suzanne Lawrence and Will Ness.
National comics at Burning Bridges Festival are: Alex Price (Indianapolis), Andrew Michael (Atlanta), Charlie Vergos (Chicago), Jack Comstock (New York), Jen Lemy (Atlanta), John Bruton (Cleveland), Jordan James (Eau Claire, Wis.), Josh Morrow (Cleveland), Justin Thompson (Atlanta), Kelsey Claire Hagan (Rochester, N.Y.), Kevin O’Brien (Denver), Kevin Tit (Washington), Kevin Casey White (Chicago), Mara Wiles (Denver), Mary Santora (Cleveland), Mackenzie Bublitz (Eau Claire, Wis.), Mekki Leeper (Philadelphia), Melissa Stokowski (New York), Mo Mitchell (Bloomington, Ind.), Reena Calm (Chicago), Ryan Darling (Chattanooga, Tenn.) and Shane Torres (New York).
On March 31, Adomian headlines the Mr. Smalls Theater. Crow, Winters and Stypula are on the bill. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and starts at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased by clicking here. Along with Burning Bridges Festival, it is presented by Opus One.
Clark hosts comedy at Arcade Comedy Theater at 8 p.m., on March 31. Wiles, Zawodni, Thompson, Morrow, James, Calm, Hagen and O’Brien will perform. Tickets are $12 and can be purchased here.
Minto will host a free comedy show at Hambones, at 9 p.m. on March 31. Santora, Michael, Sasson, Lenny, Lee, Lepper, Forrence and Belma take the stage.
Titlebaum is the master of ceremonies for the performances at Unplanned Comedy Warehouse, on March 31 at 10 p.m. Tit, Bruto, Mitchell, Vergos, Krieger, Norman, White, Picarro and Stokowski are performing. It begins at 10 p.m. and costs $10 at the door.
Nancherla is the headliner at Club Café, on April 1. Winters, Dwyer, Wiles and Torres will share the stage with her. Doors open at 10 p.m. and show begins at 10:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 each.
For the complete schedule and ticket information at Burning Bridges Festival, click here. Ticket prices exclude delivery and service fees.
Sponsors of Burning Bridges Festival are Commonwealth Press and Hambones.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sareth Ney is the journalist for A Quarter and Dream Pictures. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mass Communications and Center for New Media from Colorado State University-Pueblo. He is a former apprentice to master of horror, Clive Barker. He is a Wu-Tang Clan inspired superhero, Wu-Man Chu. He is an award-winning short filmmaker; his goal is to write 150 articles in select time zones, inducts every article into his hall of fame, is a stand-up comedian, motivational speaker, founder and co-host of Pueblo's Independent Multimedia Podcast and is the festival director at Sareth-Fest Music and Comedy Festival.
