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Sunday January 19, 2025 3:00pm - 4:30pm PST
News + improv + news + improv + news + improv ...

Brandon R. Reynolds & Stephen Jackson present the most important and absurd news of the world. Then, improvisers riff on that news, or become part of it as "live reports." News and comedy, together at last. An enlightening evening of truth — and its consequences.

With guests Jessica Makinson, Cole Stratton, Janet Varney and Gary Anthony Williams.
Artists
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Stephen Jackson

Stephen Jackson is a comic, writer, and award-winning journalist living in Los Angeles. His work has been featured in SF Weekly, San Francisco Magazine, and on-the-air on KCRW. You can find him on stage at places like The Elysian Theatre and The Westside Comedy Theatre.
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Brandon R. Reynolds

Brandon R. Reynolds is a writer and journalist. He was the Editor-in-Chief of SF Weekly and has written for "Los Angeles Magazine", "Wired", "The Atlantic", and elsewhere. He is now a radio reporter for LA's KCRW and is writing a book about the world's most famous mountain lion.
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Jessica Makinson

Jessica Makinson is an LA based actor/improviser/writer/director. She has been a series regular on "South Park", "Halfway Home" and "Trigger Happy TV", all for Comedy Central. Other credits include "The Great Indoors", "Maron" and "Modern Family". She's an alumnus of iO West and UCBLA... Read More →
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Cole Stratton

Cole Stratton is the co-founder of SF Sketchfest, the San Francisco Comedy Festival, a month-long annual event highlighting the best in improv, sketch, stand-up, TV and film comedy, which celebrates its twenty-first year in January 2024. Along with Janet Varney, he has written and... Read More →
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Janet Varney

Janet Varney is an Emmy-Nominated actor, comedian, writer and producer. She can be heard as the voice of Korra on "The Legend of Korra" on Netflix, where she can also be seen as Summer in the comedy series "Country Comfort". On HULU, she fights dark forces starring opposite John C... Read More →
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Gary Anthony Williams

Gary Anthony Williams' film credits include "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows," "The Internship," "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle," "Undercover Brother," "Soul Plane," “Outlaw Johnny Black” and "The Factory."On television, Williams currently recurs in “Night... Read More →

Sunday January 19, 2025 3:00pm - 4:30pm PST
Lost Church 988 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133

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