In the Airport Now

The reference to the song “In the Jailhouse Now” is intentional, because I am imprisoned in a waiting area while Ben checks his enormous suitcase with nary a Dunkin Donuts Coolatta in sight, and it is early in the morning my friends.

Ao2 on WHFR

Ao2 on WHFR

Here’s a picture from our appearance on WHFR a while back.  We’re gearing up for our trip to the Out of Bounds Sketch Comedy Festival in Austin, TX–more updates soon!

Ao2 Live @ South Street Seaport, Saturday Night

We are back from Sarasota, where we saw numerous hilarious groups filled with incredibly awesome peoples, played an excellent show to a sold-out house, received kind words from Jay Handelman of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, and rocked the living bejeezus out of Mississippi Queen at a local karaoke bar.  In celebration of these facts, we are having ANOTHER AWESOME SHOW FOR YOU TO COME SEE: The Audience of Two Variety Hootenanny, 11 PM on Saturday 7/18 at 210 Front Street (in the heart of the South Street Seaport), where will be performing and playing host to the following excellent guests:

• Spiritual Curtains Feminist Theatre Collective and Non-Exploitative Coffee House/Crystal Garden (sketch comedy from Guerrin Gardner and Kate Comer)
• Stand-up comedy from the inimitable Roy Koshy
• Exquisite improv stylings from Married Nate & Ashley (Nate Starkey and Ashley Ward)
• Musical magnificence from Brooklyn’s own The Kites (in their penultimate performance!)

Tix are only $10 and will be available at the door, and delicious beer and wine will be available as well.  Come on down for some late-night hilarity and marvel at Ben and I’s sunburns!

Off To Sarasota!

We're all spiffed up for our big plane ride.

Which two dweebs are headed to the Sarasota Improv Festival today and will be posting hilarious and informative Twitter updates here and here?  These two dweebs.  BOO-YAH TO YA HOO-HA!

Come See Sam Reppin’ Ao2 @ Symbology TONIGHT

Sam will be performing tonight at the Creek & the Cave in Symbology, Mike Blejer and John Loftin’s monthly stand-up/variety revue.  It’s a free show, and will also feature the comedic stylings of Nick Turner (DC Comedy Fest), Barry Rothbart (MTV, Comedy Central), and David Cope (Bumbershoot).  Come on out to the El Eye See for some chucklez.

Your Occasional Daily Audio Briefing #3

Not actually Ben's bathtub.

Ben weighs in, from his bathtub.

EXPLOSION OF GOOD TIMES: Come to the Ao2 Fundraiser!

Audience of Two is thrilled to present an evening of epic comedic proportions.  Join the co-presidents of the Stockholm branch of the International Audience of Two Fan Club, Mork and Jörk Grundvig, as they host a cavalcade of amazing acts, including:

• The Gadflies (Matt Love & Nikhil Rao)
• Spiritual Curtains Feminist Theatre Collective & Non-Exploitive Coffee House/Crystal Garden (Kate Comer and Guerrin Gardner)
• The Kites (jamtacular musical guests)
• Randy Pearlstein (Chappelle’s Show/Michael and Michael Have Issues)
• Kevin Allison (The State)

Additionally, Mork and Jörk will offer enlightening information on Swedish comedy and culture, and there will also be a raffle, during which you can win numerous amazing and valuable prizes, including (but not limited to)…

• a powder-blue suit (ideal for attracting fly honeyz)
• home-made pies from Ben’s mom (seriously, they are damn delicious)
• a Nintendo GameCube (retrofit yo’ ass)
• Izze Sparkling Juice
• and more other things!

GET YOUR TIX NOW! Raffle tix will be sold at the door–$3 for 1 or $5 for 3!

This fundraiser is to support our travels to the Sarasota Improv Festival and Austin Out of Bounds Sketch Comedy Festival this summer–thank you SO MUCH for your support!

The Ao2 fundraiser is sponsored in part by the fine peoples at Izze, and we are extremely grateful to them!

Audience of Two Selected For 2009 Sarasota Improv Festival

We are thrilled and delighted to announce that we will be performing in the 2009 Sarasota Improv Festival on July 10th and 11th at the Florida Studio Theater!  Here are the reasons we are thrilled and delighted:

1. The Sarasota Improv Festival is awesome and we can’t wait to perform for new audiences and meet other hilarious individuals
2. We are going to a Rays game on Sunday the 12th and will hopefully get to see the deity known as Evan Longoria IN THE FLESH.

If you will be in Sarasota that weekend, come rock and roll with us!  If you will not be in Sarasota that weekend, but would like to donate some money for plane tickets to us, that is cool also!

THANK YOU SO MUCH Y’ALL

This and more pix by Keith Huang here.  Thanks Keith!

Thanks so much to everyone who came out to see Why Are We Friends–we are so grateful for all of your support and promise much more hotness and magic coming very soon.

Audience of Two Presents: “Why Are We Friends?”

Audience of Two is proud to present an evening of brand new comedic merriment for your viewing delight this Friday and every Friday in March at 9:30 at the PIT for the meager sum of just $10!  It is an awesome and fantastic show!  But don’t take our word for it–here’s what The Onion’s Decider-NY has to say:

Somewhere between debilitating awkwardness and absolute commitment lies Audience of Two. Their latest show, Why Are We Friends?, answers its own question: Ben Masten and Sam Dingman have mastered the art of exploiting their relationship for comedic gain.

In their latest mix of bright sketch and song, the duo manages to sell even flimsy premises – a ditty about decimating one another in yet another game of Halo, for instance – with smarts and winning chemistry. It’s these same features that undoubtedly helped them to win last year’s Sketchprov Festival at the PIT.

“Why Are We Friends?” answers many questions:

• Are you still making home-made knives? (YES)
• Do personal chefs go to heaven? (THERE IS AT LEAST ONE THERE)
• Is Binghamton the same as Yonkers? (NO)

We have also figured out why Ben and I are friends–OR HAVE WE?!  This post will not reveal the answer.  The only way to find out is to buy tickets to the show:

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/57563

Check out pix from the show (by the ever-amazing Keith Huang) here!

SPECIAL GUESTS (Friday March 27th only!): HOBART AND MICHAEL!