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Boston comics take over Aspen

Published Monday, March 05, 2007 by seanlmccarthy | E-mail this post

Here is a list of Boston connections to the 2007 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival

Stand-up showcases
Eric Andre: Graduated from Berklee College of Music and started his stand-up career in Boston
Shane Mauss: Moved to Boston in 2004. Regularly performs in and around Boston.
Erik Charles Nielsen: Went to Boston University, started out in the Comedy Studio.
Chris Fleming: Still in college, from Western Mass., performs at the Comedy Studio.
Dan Mintz: Harvard grad, wrote and edited for the Lampoon, performed at the Comedy Studio.
Dan Boulger: Native. Performs regularly in and around Boston.
Hari Kondabolu: Though he lives in Seattle now, he graduated from Bowdoin and performed in Boston before moving out West.

Featured stand-ups
Marc Maron: Really started his comedy career in 1988 in Boston and Cambridge
Steven Wright: Emerson College grad broke open the Boston comedy scene in 1982, still shows up in Boston clubs unannounced from time to time

Special shows
The Winner panel: Starring Rob Corddry (Weymouth) and Lenny Clarke (Cambridge)
Entourage panel: Based on the experiences of Dorchester's Mark Wahlberg and co-creators Doug Ellin and Stephen Levinson
The Alloy Orchestra: Cambridge trio performs live movie scores

Labels: Aspen, comedy