The Bentzen Ball is a comedy festival held in Washington, D.C., first in 2009, and then in 2013. It is produced by the D.C.-based online magazine and event company Brightest Young Things (often abbreviated as BYT) and curated by Tig Notaro.[1]
Named for Ollie Bentzen, a Danish man who allegedly laughed himself to death during a screening of the film A Fish Called Wanda,[2] the inaugural festival featured 60 comedians and 26 shows from October 22, 2009 to October 25, 2009. The second festival was held October 10–13, 2013, and was jokingly billed as the "Fifth Annual Bentzen Ball," referring to its hiatus.[3]
^"Tig Notaro on organizing this weekend's Bentzen Ball". The A.V. Club. October 22, 2009.
The BentzenBall is a comedy festival held in Washington, D.C., first in 2009, and then in 2013. It is produced by the D.C.-based online magazine and event...
series You, Me, Them, Everybody. In 2013 and 2014, he performed at the BentzenBall comedy festival and was named in the annual "Best of D.C." list by the...
Interrupted. In 2016, it was released as her third album on her own label, BentzenBall Records, which also put out Aparna Nancherla's Just Putting It Out There...
Montreal's Just for Laughs festival. Other festivals include the 2014 BentzenBall in Washington, D.C. From 2013 to 2015, he wrote a blog under the heteronym...
"alternative" performance piece-oriented comedy. He performed at the BentzenBall in 2013 and 2014 and was named to the annual "Best of D.C." list by the...
her debut comedy album Just Putting It Out There through Tig Notaro's BentzenBall Records on July 8, 2016. Aparna Nancherla was born in Washington, D.C...
Slate, Gabe Liedman and Max Silvestri bring 'Big Terrific' to D.C.'s BentzenBall". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 4, 2021. "Gabe Liedman Interview:...
for Laughs in Montreal; South by Southwest (SXSW); the first annual BentzenBall in Washington, D.C.; the Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin, Texas; the Bridgetown...
Williams and 'Blaria' creator Phoebe Robinson bring Brooklyn to D.C.'s BentzenBall". The Washington Post. October 1, 2015. "About". Phoebe Robinson. "Phoebe...
Park has performed at SF Sketchfest, the Bridgetown Comedy Festival, BentzenBall, the Moontower Comedy Festival and the Rooftop Comedy Festival. He co-founded...
Festival. He has performed at the Bridgetown Comedy Festival, Tig Notaro's BentzenBall, Montreal's Just For Laughs, and the Brooklyn Comedy Festival. Lebovitz's...
Things also puts on multiple yearly events in both cities, such as the BentzenBall Comedy Festival in Washington, D.C., often collectively selling up to...
Christiane Schmidtmer, Kevin Brodie, Bill Williams, Diane Lee Hart, Paul Bentzen, Tain Bodkin, J. Stewart Taylor, William W. Gillett Jr. 29 Take a Hard...
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