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Seattle Int’l Comedy Competition hits the Auburn Ave stage

Published 12:48 pm Monday, October 17, 2011

Auggie Smith became the first comedian to win both the San Francisco and Seattle Comedy Competitions in the same year in 2010.
Auggie Smith became the first comedian to win both the San Francisco and Seattle Comedy Competitions in the same year in 2010.

The 32nd Annual Seattle International Stand-Up Comedy Competition again takes over the Auburn Avenue Theater for two nights of the preliminary rounds, Nov. 4 and 10 at 7:30 p.m.

The Nov. 10 showing is a Thursday in observation of Veterans Day, Nov. 11.

The competition is an annual, multi-week, judged, stand-up comedy event. More than 30 comedians, out of hundreds who apply, perform in shows held in comedy clubs, bars, restaurants, casinos and theaters in and around Seattle and the Pacific Northwest throughout November.

Contestants perform three-seven minute long sets in one of two preliminary weeks, consisting of six shows in six venues over six nights. The top five from each preliminary week meet in the semifinals week, which requires them to perform 8-12 minute long sets for another six shows. The top five from the semifinals move on to the finals. In the finals, they will perform 15-20 minute long sets in five more shows … and, a winner is crowned.

Past winners have included Sean Kent, Tommy Savitt, Marcus, Damonde Tschritter, and Auggie Smith, several of whom have gone on to perform as headliners with The Ave’s Monthly Comedy Series.

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Showtime

• What: Bravo presents the 32nd Annual Seattle International Stand-Up Comedy Competition, Preliminary Weeks 1 and 2

• When: Friday, Nov. 4 and Thursday, Nov. 10, 7:30 p.m.

• Where: Auburn Avenue Theater, 10 Auburn Ave.

• Tickets: $20 regular/$18 student, seniors. Call 253-931-3043, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. or online through Brown Paper Tickets at www.auburnwa.gov/arts.

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