Late night comedy troupe FUCT (www.fuctnyc.com) will take on one of six coveted solo performance slots in this year's Sketchfest NYC, on Friday, June 11th at 12am (Midnight), at the Upright Citizen's Brigade Theatre, 307 West 26th Street, NY, NY.
Since 2008, FUCT has been a highlight of both national and international comedy festivals, where they have been named "one of New York's best comedy troupes that simply must be seen to be believed," Austin Examiner, 2009 Austin Out of Bounds Comedy Festival, and "Crudest Show" of the 2009 Chicago Sketchfest by Nina Metz of the Chicago Tribune, who said "I liked this New York troupe's cheerful willingness to offend."
No stranger to the Upright Citizen's Brigade Theatre, in November 2009, FUCT grew in their facial hair and performed their last production, The Midnight Mustache Show: Comedy for a Cause to a sold-out crowd in the UCB space. The fundraiser was attended by comedy great and avid FUCT fan George Wendt, quoted as saying "I loved it. . . extremely funny sketch comedy with painful slapstick-as if the three stooges actually used pick axes!", and was provided as part of Movember in support of The Prostate Cancer Foundation and the Lance Armstrong Foundation (LIVESTRONG).
Sketchfest NYC marks FUCT's first show of the year to feature original material. Recently, they faced off and won against fellow SketchfestNYC performers Harvard Sailing Team, Elephant Larry and Best of Friends in Jackpot X, a sketch comedy competition crafted by Black Apple International.
The troupe has spent the rest of 2010 focused on its plan to conquer the internet. On May 14th, FUCT celebrated its website release (www.FUCTnyc.com) and new web series (Failures Under Continuous Testing) with a night of performances by Black Taxi, The Frontier Brothers and Lady Circus at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. The website will continue to feature future episodes and digital content over the course of 2010.
For more information please visit www.FUCTnyc.com, or contact Alec J. Daskin (see above).
FUCT Digital Short: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GUJtT1xQZA
FUCT Live Performance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5yNAbyTZzA
Failures Under Continuous Testing
Episode 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-8ZgLYhw2c
