The Waitstaff

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The Waitstaff is a Philadelphia, PA based sketch comedy troupe.

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The troupe is made up of 14 core members with varied backgrounds in writing, directing, producing, dance, music, improv, standup, and, of course, acting.

1 History
2 The Name
3 Festivals and Awards
4 External Links

[edit] History

The Waitstaff (From L-R) Top: Joe Quirk, Sara Carano, Chris McGovern, Steve Lippe Middle: Carolyn West, Edgar B. Herwick, III, Nicole DeRosa, Kurt Runco, Gerre Garrett Bottom: John DiFelice, Lydia English Morris

The Waitstaff hatched in a brainstorming discussion in an actor's kitchen in 2002. It was conceived as a Brick Playhouse program when the small theater still operated on South Street in Center City.

The group, working as a democratic collective, wrote and performed comic sketches as The Dive, producing an original show for the third Saturday of every month from July 2002 until The Brick closed its South Street doors (evicted by the building owner's bankruptcy) in June 2003. The Dive performed in the 2003 Fringe Festival at the Adrienne Theatre on Sansom Street, but parted with The Brick (which kept the "Dive" name) in fall of 2003. [1]

Rechristened "The Waitstaff", the group debuted its new name and independence in November of 2003 at Mum Puppettheatre in Old City, Philadelphia. Since then, they have performed regularly at The Five Spot, also in Old City, and World Cafe Live, in University City.

[edit] The Name

The Waitstaff took their name from the profession most out of work actors and actresses take up.

[edit] Festivals and Awards

The Waitstaff was the first sketch group from Philadelphia to perform at the Chicago Sketchfest, the nation's largest sketch festival. They have done so in 2005 and 2006.[2]
2006 Participated in JibJab.com's inaugural Great Sketch Experiment
2006 DC Comedy Fest [3]
2004 Philadelphia City Paper Award for Hardest Working Comedy Troupe. [4]