ABOUT US

Living in Los Angeles, we've had the oportunity to see some of the best comic minds perform. Most people don't have that luxury.
Sketchy Comedy was born out of the desire to take some of the best performances off the stage and deliver them to the rest of the world.

CREATORS

Lori Elberg
Director /Editor

Tanya Bershadsky
Producer

Lori directed some Latino/Jewish rap videos for the "Hip Hop Hoodios", you can see them on MTV Espanol or Vh1's Jewtastic.

Tanya produced the Off-Broadway hit "Road House: The Stage Version of The Cinema Classic That Starred Patrick Swayze, Except This One Stars Taimak From The 80s Cult Classic The Last Dragon Wearing a Blonde Mullet Wig". You can no longer see it, but it was great...promise.

Tanya and Lori met in NY working for an Internet video network, so they're both kinda geeky. Tanya wears a Bluetooth headset to bed, Lori edits in her sleep.

Lori and Tanya made a short about Vaginas that is making the festival rounds.
It's Fancy. Watch it here.

Meet the (not so hard on the eyes)
PERFORMERS/WRITERS

Kevin Berntson


Kevin Berntson is part of Sunday Company at the Groundlings theater. He has appeared on such shows as “RENO 911”, “ER”, “Judging Amy”, and “Will & Grace”.  He's also appeared in plays at La Jolla Playhouse, South Coast Rep, and the San Diego Rep, and holds an MFA in Theater from UC San Diego.  


Mikey Day


5'10 and ripped. The End, sucka. Mikey wishes Patrick Swayze a swift return to the A-List


Drew Droege

Drew is from North Carolina, a graduate of Wake Forest University, an alumnus of The Groundlings Sunday Company, a founding member of the sketch group The Deviants, a company member of the Theatre District at the Cast, a pusher, and a bee-bopper. He's appeared on TV shows like "Reno 911!", "Campus Ladies", and MTV's "The 70's House", and independent films like "Killing The Dream", "Scream Bloody Murder", "Kill House" (no, he's not just rearranging the same words over and over again, he's just cursed with doing projects that all sound like the same thing), "Coco Lipshitz: Behind The Laughter", and "Romeo & Juliet Revisited". He's a frequent performer at the Groundlings, Upright Citizens Brigade, Garage Comedy, the Discount Cruise to Hell, and any other performance space/open area that will accept his brand of trash. Join the myspace revolution and be his friend!!


Holly Hartman
PROCRASTONATOR

Matt Kaye


Matt is a Second City Alum and was the Artistic Director and teacher at Comedy Sportz Chicago. He has been improvising for over 13 years. He is co-founder of The Fucking Bastards, who, according to LA Weekly "... are fucking funny." Check out his one man improv show "KAMIKAZE" - One-man, one hour.

He is an Aries on the cusp of Pisces and is partial to T-shirts and Dickies.

  Nicol Paone

 

Nicol Paone likes to hit people. She is a current and proud member of The Deviants, who are produced by Joe Forristal (Kids in the Hall) and Maverick Television. She is an alumni of The Groundlings Sunday Company and has been seen on MTV's Punk'd.


Artemis Pebdani


Artemis earned a BFA in Theatre from Southern Methodist University
and continued her studies at the Dell Arte International School of
Physical Theatre and lots of other places including the IO. She now continues her live stage career in the theatre Mecca known as Los Angeles, where she has performed in original plays Peace for Pot and Myddle Chylde Unplugged and some other stuff. Recently, Artemis was kicked out of the Groundlings Sunday Company, and guest starred as "Artemis" on FX's "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia." She also currently performs in and is co-creator of the LA cult hit Discount Cruise to Hell. Artemis is a ninja.


Hal Rudnick

Hal Rudnick has loved making people laugh since he was an infant. He has appeared on TV numerous times including ER, Reno 911!, and in national commercials. He has been a member of the world famous Groundlings' Sunday Company and currently performs long form improvisation with Improv Olympic. He also has done stand-up comedy in many venues including Stand-up New York and in the Los Angeles show Comedy Death Ray at the Upright Citizen's Brigade Theater. Hal looks forward to spending some quality time with you.


Colleen Smith




Colleen Smith is a Groundlings' Sunday Company and Second City alum. She is the co-creator of "The Smith Brown Project" and she is made of bubbles and cream cheese.

 

 

 

 

FEATURING

Edi Patterson
Edi is in the world famous Groundlings group. Television credits include “CSI” and recurring stints as an improviser on “World Cup Comedy” and “Ask Rita”.  She also recently guest-starred in Groundling Jeremy Rowley’s pilot presentation for Comedy Central- “Case Closed”.  Feature Films include the indie cult hit “The Distinct Smell of Red”, and “In Flagrante”.  She starred in “Boo!”- a sketch and improv show at New York New York in Las Vegas on and off for a whole year.  Edi also played Arwen and Legolas , and co-wrote some of the songs for  the recent Los Angeles and Comicon hit “Fellowship!”- the musical parody of “The Fellowship of the Ring”.

Sean Sellars

 

Sean Sellars was born...
It all pretty much went downhill from there.


Ron Moon

  PROCRASTONATOR

Jack Kennedy

 


PROCRASTONATOR

Abby Phon
Abby Phon has been seen and heard in various film, TV, theatre, commercial and voice-over roles. Some performances include: feature films Hollywood Homicide and Harvard Man, the Sundance Film Festival nominee, Lift, TV show Joan of Arcadia, the ABC-TV soap opera, One Life to Live and theater in Boston and NYC. She received her BFA in drama from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.