SF Sketchfest 2025

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Best known for his iconic role as Leon on HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm", JB Smoove is an actor, writer, and stand-up comedian, recently winning an Emmy for "Outstanding Actor in a short form Comedy Series or Drama Series" for "Mapleworth Murders". He's starred in many film and television projects including "The Sitter", "We Bought a Zoo", "Date Night", "Hall Pass", "Uncle Drew", CBS's "The Millers", and most recently the hit Marvel film "Spider-Man: Far From Home". Smoove's unique comedic voice has been put to good use in animation where he had voiceover roles in "Ice Age 4" and "The Smurfs 2", and in TV shows such as "American Dad" and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles".

Moderated by Gary Anthony Williams ("The Boondocks").

This show is sold out. A limited number of tickets may be available at the door.

To celebrate the new(ish) book "Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!" and the 45th anniversary of film, co-creator David Zucker and original star Robert Hays ("Ted Striker") come together for a special live read of the screenplay with special surprise guests, followed by a Q&A and book signing.

Due to the fires in Los Angeles, Julie Hagerty will not be appearing. A special surprise guest will read the role of "Elaine." Due to illness, Jerry Zucker is no longer appearing.

Richard Kind is an accomplished stage, screen and television actor who continues to redefine the term character actor. He'll be joined onstage by fellow character actor and friend Kevin Pollak for a spirited conversation.

Richard appeared in the Academy Award Winning Best Picture, "Argo" for director Ben Affleck and starred as 'Bing Bong' in the hit Pixar Film, "Inside Out". He played a memorable, heartbreaking role in Clint Eastwood's "Hereafter". Richard was 'Uncle Arthur,' brother to Michael Stuhlbarg in the critically acclaimed "A Serious Man" written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. He worked a second time with the Coen brothers in "Suburbicon", directed by George Clooney.

Currently, Richard recurs in the fourth season of "Only Murders in the Building" for Hulu. Richard played the series regular role of 'Stan Yenko' in the highly rated CBS drama "East New York". Richard recently accompanied John Mulaney on his live talk show for Netflix "John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in LA" as the show’s announcer. Additionally, Richard played a juicy recurring role in Ryan Murphy’s Netflix limited series "The Watcher" and can be seen in the popular Netflix feature "The Out-Laws", opposite Pierce Brosnan and Ellen Barkin.

Additional film credits include a two time collaboration with Tom McCarthy in "The Visitor" and "The Station Agent" as well as roles in several other films including "Tick, Tick…Boom", "Obvious Child", "18 1/2", "The Bellmen", "Auggie", "The Magnificent Meyersons", "Andover", "The Independents", "All We Had", "The Lennon Report" and "The Paper Store" just to name a few, as well as voicing characters in "A Bug’s Life", "Cars" and the television series, "Summer Camp Island", fan favorite "Big Mouth" and "American Dad"!

Apart from his infamous roles on "Spin City" and "Mad About You", Richard was also a series regular on the acclaimed HBO series "Luck", as well as three seasons on Amazon's "Red Oaks" and a season of "Brockmire" opposite Hank Azaria. Richard had a six episode arc on "Everything’s Gonna Be Okay" for Freeform. He has also had recurring roles on Fox's "Gotham", Showtime's "I'm Dying Up Here", and has appeared numerous times on "Young Sheldon", "Curb Your Enthusiasm" as ‘Uncle Andy,' "The Goldbergs" as ‘Formica Mike’ and "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit". In addition, Richard has guest starred on many, many shows.

Richard is a Drama Desk Award Winner and Tony Nominee for the Broadway Hit, "The Big Knife". On stage he has also starred in "Guys and Dolls" in London, the smash hit Broadway musical "The Producers", "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife", "Candide", and "Bounce", among others. Upcoming, Richard will join John Mulaney in "All In: Comedy About Love" on Broadway.

Richard started his career in Chicago with the Practical Theatre Company, founded by Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Brad Hall and Gary Kroeger.

SF Sketchfest is thrilled to pay tribute to the one and only Albert Brooks, who will sit down for an in-depth conversation with Kevin Pollak.

Albert Brooks is an American filmmaker, actor, author, and comedian. Brooks revolutionized comedy in the late 1960’s when he came on the scene with a new form of standup, one that made fun of comedy itself. From 1968 to 1972, Brooks appeared on over one hundred network variety and talk shows, always performing new material that he had never tried out beforehand.

Knowing he wanted to go into motion pictures, Brooks made his first short film for the Public Broadcasting System in 1972, "Albert Brooks’ Famous School for Comedians", a satire on schools that claimed they could teach people how to be artists. In 1975, he made six original short films for the very first season of "Saturday Night Live", creating the short film segment, still in place fifty years later.

In 1979, Brooks wrote, directed, and starred in his first feature film, "Real Life", which purported to make a real family’s life into a major motion picture, showing how the filmmaker and family affected each other. The movie foreshadowed what reality television would become thirty five years later. After "Real Life", Brooks wrote, directed and starred in the now classic movies "Modern Romance", "Lost in America", "Defending Your Life", "Mother",  "The Muse", and "Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World".

As an actor, Brooks has appeared in over thirty films beginning with Martin Scorsese’s legendary "Taxi Driver". Some of the other co-starring roles include "Private Benjamin", "Unfaithfully Yours", "Out of Sight", "Concussion", and "This is 40". He was nominated for an Academy Award for his work in the 1987 film "Broadcast News". He also received multiple major acting awards for his performance as the villain in the movie "Drive".

In animation, Brooks voiced many legendary characters for "The Simpsons" and starred in animated films including "Dr. Doolittle", "The Secret Life of Pets", "The Little Prince" and "Finding Nemo", which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Film. 

Most recently, Brooks’ life and career was featured in the HBO documentary "Albert Brooks: Defending My Life" directed by Rob Reiner. The documentary received four Emmy nominations, including Best Documentary of the Year.

He is currently working on an adaptation for television of his New York Times best-selling novel "2030: The Real Story of What Happens to America". His latest role will be in James L. Brooks’ film, "Ella McKay", which will be released in 2025.

Reunite with the medical staff of everyone’s favorite healthcare institution, Childrens Hospital! Find out what’s been going on with Doctors Blake, Maestro, Richie and Spratt since we last saw them “administering" to patients (and each other). They’ll be joined by loyal Nurses Dori and Beth, creepy paramedic Chet, David Wain, and Jonathan Stern. Bring your insurance card; you may need it.

With Rob Corddry, Beth Dover, Zandy Hartig, Erinn Hayes, Rob Huebel, Brian Huskey, Ken Marino, Jonathan Stern, and David Wain.

This show is sold out. A limited number of tickets may be available at the door.

SF Sketchfest and Peaches Christ Productions are incredibly honored to welcome one of the most legendary performers in history: the inimitable Tim Curry. With a career spanning decades, encompassing an endless list of iconoclastic roles (Dr. Frank-N-Furter! Rooster Hannigan! Darkness! IT! So many more!), an actor of this calibre deserves nothing less than a Tribute of Peaches Christ-proportions. Featuring local luminaries, music, dance, clips, conversation and more, this one-time-only event— celebrating Tim Curry’s work in film, stage, television, music and beyond— is not to be missed!

Audience members are encouraged to dress up and enter the Tim Curry character costume contest.

This show is sold out. A limited number of tickets may be available at the door.

SF Sketchfest is thrilled to welcome Kathryn Hahn, one of today's greatest comedic (and dramatic) actors, for a fun, irreverent, and in-depth conversation with her friend and collaborator David Wain ("Wanderlust").

Kathryn Hahn can currently be seen in the Disney+ limited series “Agatha All Along,” reviving her celebrated character Agatha Harkness from the "WandaVision" spinoff as the title character. For "WandaVision" which she co-starred alongside Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany, she received a 2021 Emmy Award nomination in the category of "Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series."

Recently, Hahn wrapped production on the AppleTV+ comedy series "The Studio," from Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg and co-starring Rogen, Catherine O’Hara, Ike Barinholtz, Chase Sui Wonders and Bryan Cranston. The series is set against the backdrop of legacy Hollywood movie studio that is trying to survive in a world where it is increasingly difficult for art and commerce to live together.

Previously, Hahn starred in Hulu’s limited series "Tiny Beautiful Things," based off the best-selling novel of the same title by Cheryl Strayed, as Dear Sugar, an anonymous advice columnist whose own life is falling apart. For her performance, she was nominated for a 2023 Primetime Emmy Award "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series" as well as for a 2024 Screen Actors Guild Award in the category of "Outstanding Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series." Prior to that, Hahn was seen in Netflix’s "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery," as a part of the ensemble cast featuring Daniel Craig, Janelle Monáe, Edward Norton, Kate Hudson, Leslie Odom Jr., Dave Bautista and Madelyn Cline. The film received a 2023 Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Picture- Musical/Comedy as well as 2023 Critics Choice Awards for Best Acting Ensemble and Best Comedy.

Film credits include Tamara Jenkins’ "Private Life," for which she received a Gotham Independent Film Award nomination; Phil Johnston and Rich Moore’s "Spider Man: Into the Spider-Verse" and it’s sequel "Spider Man: Across the Spider-Verse"; Genndy Tartakovsky’s "Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation;" Max Winkler’s "Flower;" Jon Lucas and Scott Moore "A Bad Moms Christmas" and "Bad Moms;" Matt Ross’ "Captain Fantastic" opposite Viggo Mortensen; Steven Brill’s "The Do-Over" alongside Adam Sandler and David Spade; Peter Bogdanovich’s "She’s Funny That Way," alongside Imogen Poots, Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston; M. Night Shyamalan’s "The Visit;" Jarrad Paul and Andrew Mogel’s "The D Train;" Brad Bird’s "Tomorrowland" opposite George Clooney; as well as Shawn Levy’s "This is Where I Leave You." Additional credits include Jason Bateman’s, "Bad Words," Ben Stiller’s "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," starring and directed by Ben Stiller and Rawson Marshall Thurber’s "We’re the Millers," with Jennifer Aniston and Jason Sudeikis. Hahn also starred in Jill Soloway’s "Afternoon Delight," which premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and garnered her a 2013 "Breakthrough Actor" Gotham Award nomination. Other feature film credits include David Wain’s "Wanderlust"; Jesse Peretz’s "Our Idiot Brother"; James Brooks’ "How Do You Know"; Neal Brennan’s "The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard"; Sam Mendes’ "Revolutionary Road"; Adam McKay’s "Step Brothers"; Robert Shaye’s "The Last Mimzy"; Nancy Meyers’ "The Holiday"; as well as Adam McKay’s "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy."

On television, Hahn’s credits include Apple TV+ series "The Shrink Next Door" alongside Paul Rudd and Will Ferrell; Derek Cianfrance’s limited series "I Know This Much is True," in which she co-stars with Mark Ruffalo; Tom Perrotta’s limited series "Mrs. Fletcher;" Matthew Weiner’s anthology "The Romanoffs," alongside Jay R. Ferguson, Annet Mahendru and Clea Duvall; Jill Soloway’s "I Love Dick," starring opposite Kevin Bacon. Additionally, she co-starred in multiple seasons of the Emmy Nominated Amazon original series "Transparent" created by Jill Soloway. For her portrayal of Raquel Fein in season three, she received a 2017 Emmy Award nomination in the category of "Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series." Additional television credits include Showtime’s dark comedy "Happyish" opposite Steve Coogan. Hahn also guest-starred on the NBC hit show "Parks & Recreation," as well as HBO’s "Newsroom" and "Girls." Her previous roles include NBC’s "Crossing Jordan," "Four Kings," "Hung" and "Free Agents." She also has lent her voice to the Apple TV+ animated series "Central Park," FX’s "Chozen," and Fox’s "Bob’s Burgers" and "American Dad!"

Hahn made her Broadway debut in the Tony-winning play "Boeing-Boeing," alongside Bradley Whitford, Gina Gershon, Mary McCormack, Christine Baranski and Mark Rylance. "Boeing-Boeing" won the 2008 Tony in the category of Best Revival of a Play. Additional theatre credits include "Dead End," at the Ahmanson Theater and Huntington Theater Company; "Ten Unknowns," at Huntington Theater Company; "A Midsummer Night’s Dream," "Chaucer in Rome" and "Camino Real," at Williamstown Mainstage; and "Hedda Gabler," at Williamstown/Baystreet.

Hahn received her Bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University, her Masters in Fine Arts from Yale School of Drama and an Honorary Doctor of Arts degree from Northwestern.

Special post-festival event!

SF Sketchfest is honored to pay tribute to baseball icons Mike Krukow and Duane Kuiper in a rare on-stage celebration of the legendary broadcasting duo. For generations, Kruk and Kuip have brought wit and wisdom -- not to mention their trademark camaraderie -- to SF Giants fans and beyond. So, grab some pine (or get in the squaaaat) and join them for this one-night-only evening of lively conversation and Q&A.