Raising Laughs Through Comedy Awareness in New Orleans

When the gods get together to lounge around, eat grapes and peruse their official annals of Most Fun Places To Go Visit, New Orleans always rises to the top of the heap. After all, New Orleans has drawn travelers from across the world for hundreds of years seeking its outlandish fun and ability to laissez les bon temps roule. Now thanks to The New Movement, New Orleans is becoming a place not only to seek things that offer outstanding fun, but also things that are outstandingly funny. Their newest comedic effort? Raising Nola Comedy Awareness: 19 Shows in 19 Days in 19 Venues.

If you’ve ever had a really good belly chuckle or emitted an embarrassing public snort at a comedy show, dollars to donuts New Movement had something to do with its presence in New Orleans. New Movement founders Chris Trew and Tami Nelson met during improv classes in New Orleans in 2004.  They talked, they dreamed, and they shared their long-held hopes to run their own theater and conservatory. Badda bing, badda boom, the New Movement opened in Austin, TX in February 2009 as a full time comedy conservatory. Less than two years later, with the support of comedy troupe Stupid Time Machine, New Movement NOLA had arrived.

Raising Nola Comedy Awareness: 19 Shows in 19 Days in 19 Venues features not only the variety of talent in and around New Orleans, but also the potential for so many spaces in our city to become venues for comedy shows. The 19 days of comedy started Jan. 10, leading up to the official Fun Razor show on Jan. 28 at 8 p.m. at The New Movement’s new space at 1919 Burgundy St. in the Marigny neighborhood.

The full schedule is below, and be sure not to miss the hysterical PSA that TNM warning all of us unaware that kicks and giggles are being taken to a new level during the month of January.

Jan. 10, 8:30 p.m., Howlin’ Wolf Den – TNM Level Two Improv Show
Jan. 11, 9:00 p.m., Cafe Istanbul – Stupid Time Machine Sketch Show
Jan. 12, 8:00 p.m., House of Blues – Allstar Comedy Revue
Jan. 13, 10:00 p.m., Shadowbox – Claws with Fangs (TNM improv)
Jan. 14, 9:00 p.m., Hi Ho Lounge – TNM Stand Up Showcase
Jan. 15, 2:00 p.m., City Park (stone pavillion by the playground!) – TNM Improv Jam in the Park
Jan. 16, 9:00 p.m., A Shotgun Near You – Megaphone Open Mic
Jan. 17, 6:30 p.m., Tulane Hospital – Funny Bones Improv
Jan. 18, 6:00 p.m., The Rusty Nail – Social Media Moshpit
Jan. 19, TBA, TBA – TBA
Jan. 20, TBA, TBA – TBA
Jan. 21, 10:00 p.m., Yo Mama’s – National Comedy Company
Jan. 22, 2:00 p.m., The Fly – TNM Improv Jam at The Fly
Jan. 23, 8:00 p.m., The Fairgrinds – Block Party
Jan. 24, 9:00 p.m., Lost Love Lounge – Comedy Catastrophe
Jan. 25, 9:00 p.m., Carrollton Station – You Think You’re Funny Open Mic
Jan. 26, TBA, TBA – TBA
Jan. 27, 7:00 p.m., Buffalo Exchange – Fashion Show
Jan. 28, 8:00 p.m., The New Movement – TNM Fun Razor

To grasp the full extent of the impending formidable hilarity, please refer to PSA #1.

Tagged as: New Movement Theater, new orleans comedy, Raising Comedy Awareness, Stupid Time Machine