Girl Scouts at Blacktop

Girl Scout Cookies. 'Tis the Season. Girl Scout Thin Mints, Do-si-dos, Shortbread and many more are available this Saturday at Blacktop Comedy. Girl Scout Troop 2268 will be at Blacktop Comedy this Saturday, selling cookies, and joining us onstage for some very special, themed games. We love being part of the Rocklin and greater Placer community, and offering a clean comedy, family friendly show every Saturday. As a theater we're also excited to have these sorts of partnerships. Blacktop Comedy and the Girl Scouts joining forces! The show begins at 7p, and cookies will be available beginning at 6:30p. In fact, all audience members will get a free cookie when you buy a ticket. Try something new! Improv is all about saying yes to new opportunities....whether they're big life changing options, or saying yes to trying a Thin Mint when you're always reaching first for those Peanut Butter Patties.

(I think the Girl Scouts wants you to put a little registered trademark by each cookie name. Though, I'm not sure how to do that. I do know the R in a circle is called a closed R or Circle Latin R. The more you know!)

The Girl Scouts do a lot of good in this community, and each box of cookies you buy really helps! Does anyone know the percentage the troop keeps? I don’t, but I’m going to look.

Hold On a second.

Um…..

Hmmm….

I know it’s a large percentage. I remember reading…that….somewhere.

OK!

Here we go! I found it. Over 70% of the money is kept in the local councils! Over 70% of the money raised from Girl Scout sales goes to helping Girl Scouts. That’s a lot! Come out to the show this Saturday night. Bring the family, or a date, buy a box of cookies, and spend the night laughing as Blacktop Comedy, and the Shorties bring you some of our favorite games.

We’ll definitely be playing Blind Line, and maybe even get some of the Girl Scouts involved in the onstage shenanigans.

And, before I forget…if you’re a member of an organization and would like to team with us, please reach out! We are big believers in supporting local, and that begins with spreading the word about what’s happening locally in the community in other organizations, and groups. If you have any questions or want to know how we can work together, call Paul Burke at (916) 749-3100 or email him at info@blacktopcomedy.com. We’re excited to work with you!

P.S. Did you know Tagalongs are called Peanut Butter Patties, and Samoas are called Caramel deLites?

Blacktop Comedy Moves to Rocklin, CA

Four weeks ago we performed our last show…

…at our old venue!

Goodbye old! Hello, new!

Today, I’m excited to announce Blacktop Comedy is reborn, and we’re in Rocklin! We’re no longer by the Roseville rail yard. We decided performing in a warehouse next to trains wasn’t for us. We wanted to try something else. We wanted to find a venue that could seat more people, that offered plenty of parking, and maybe even a babbling brook. We'd also like to find a place that's is only 5 minutes from our current venue.

We found it all (even the babbling brook. It doesn’t babble much in the summer, but it’s quite babbly in the Fall and Winter)! We’re so excited to be performing at the Showdown Theater in Rocklin, CA.

Where is Showdown Theater? It’s on Sunset. That’s not very helpful, considering Sunset is stretches for miles.

You might be wondering, “how often will you perform? Is the team still intact? Will Playgrounds continue? Will classes resume?”

Answers: Twice a week. Yes. Yes. And, Yes!

Blacktop Comedy will remain the committed improv entity it has always been, but now with more bathrooms! Seriously, this venue has three bathrooms! Have you ever met a theater group excited about the number of bathrooms? You have now.

Blacktop Comedy of Rocklin will continue to produce live improv comedy Friday and Saturday nights. Yep! Sierra College and William Jessup students, rejoice! The Rocklin nightlife has become awesomer!

Blacktop isn’t just for college students looking for a night out. Our shows are the perfect date night. Grab dinner at one of the many great restaurants in Placer. Yep! Roseville, Rocklin and Auburn all have some great venues! I’ll prove it. Have you been to Thai Chili? How about Izumi Sushi? The Place? Auburn Alehouse? Get going! And, then come by Blacktop for some after dinner entertainment.

Celebrate that anniversary at Blacktop, or bring that bachelor and bachelorette party to the show. We’ll cast the soon-to-be bride and groom in a game, get them onstage, and make them the star.

Sacramento, you know you’re curious. Make the drive to Rocklin, and discover the best improv comedy in the region. Our players, our staff, and our venue exist to give you a fun night out.

Blacktop Comedy! Do it! It’s less than the price of a movie. It’s kind of a great gift. We’re kind of a big deal.

Erik Escobar and Friends Comedy Tour

In March of this year, Erik Escobar Almost Asian Tour came through Roseville and stopped in at Blacktop Comedy. Funny. Very funny.Did you see it? What?! You missed it. Oh no... If only there was another chance for you to see it. Escobar, bring back the comedy! Bring your friends! Create an entirely new tour for all to enjoy! Is it to much to ask?

Rest easy, everyone. He heard our pleas. He gathered his friends, and made a flyer...... and a comedy tour. On that flyer he wrote about the comedy tour:

Yes! It's true! He is on Twitter!

Escobar and his merry band of comedy men are headed north. They will bring their tour Erik Escobar and Friends Comedy Tour to Blacktop Comedy of Roseville. The couples of Sacramento and Placer were looking for a perfect date night.

• Bekie: We never go out anymore.

• Chad: Baby. Baby. I got tickets to Erik Escobar and Friends Comedy Tour

• Bekie: I bought new heels! This was meant to be!

• Chad: They call that kimchi.

I think Chad meant "kizmet." Oh, Brad. You don't know words but you have great taste in comedy.

When can you catch Erik Escobar and Friends Comedy Tour? October 25, 8pm.

Message @ErikEscobar and send him pictures of you weeping for joy at the news.

It's always a great idea to know your comedians. Here's some information on the comics who will be performing on Saturday night.

Erik Escobar (NBC’s Last Comic Standing, Food Network) teams up with fellow Los Angeles and Northwestern based comedians for the Erik Escobar and Friends Comedy Tour, a stand up comedy tour throughout the Pacific Northwest as a second wind following the successful Almost Asian Comedy Tour, Erik participated in earlier this year. The tour will begin on September 19 at Spokane, Washington’s Rockin Goodtymes followed by a performance at the beautiful Blue Door Theatre the following night. Erik Escobar and Friends will then work its way through Washington, Oregon, and California hitting theatres, clubs, and venues all across the Pacific!

Chris Kao brings his unique perspective and nerd humor to the comedy stage. This self-proclaimed rising star in comedy, harnesses his nerdcore thoughts and job experience in the gaming world to make fun of the things that people obsess over. Whether ranting on science fiction, life being tough for geeks, or observations about Super Mario Bros. Chris is always willing to tell it like it is, and ready to geek out at a moment’s notice. Especially if it involves Zombies.

Actor/Writer/Comedian Alex Duong was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He moved to Los Angeles in 2006 to pursue a career in entertainment. Today, Alex is an Upright Citizen’s Brigade graduate and continues to write, perform, and act in film & television.