Story Pirates Bring Kid-Powered Sketch Comedy to Symphony Space

Kid-powered sketch comedy company kicks off the 2017-18 "dangerously fun" Just Kidding season at Symphony Space on October 7 with two all-ages performances.

Using stories submitted by children, the Story Pirates create outlandishly funny sketches and mini-musicals that leave kids and their parents howling in the aisles. Whether it's following the adventures of a superhero baby, or reminiscing about disposable rain ponchos at a baseball game, or rooting for a hot dog superhero,the songs and stories explode with the unfiltered creative energy that only children possess.

Since their beginnings at a Harlem elementary school in 2004, the nonprofit Story Pirates (whose members hail from some of the top comedy hubs such as Upright Citizens Brigade and the Groundlings) have celebrated the imagination of young people with their performances around the country. Now based both in New York and Los Angeles, they've collected more than 100,000 stories by children and have reached more than 200,000 young people with their shows.Their zany storytelling is also featured on their popular weekly podcast.

Learn more about the Story Pirates at their website: http://storypirates.org/.