Madame Funnypants

* Nominated for 'Best Comedic Duo' -Emerging Comics of New York Awards * Official Selection: Atlanta Improv Festival 2004 * 'Let's face it: Most sketch-comedy shows suck. You know it, we know it, and thankfully, Madame Funnypants knows it.' -Time Out New York * 'It doesn't get much funnier than this!' -Backstage * Official Selection: Miami Improv Festival 2003, 2004 * “Fresh and Unusual” -The Onion * Official Selection: Los Angeles Improv Festival 2004 * “Inventive with the added bonus of actually being funny” -Time Out New York * Official Selection: Atlanta Improv Festival 2004 * “Kinetic sketch pair Madame Funnypants performed admirably with theatrical meta-sketches about relationships and politics, including notable riffs on workplace romance and truly honest breakups.” -Uproar Magazine * Official Selection: HA! Comedy Festival 2003 * Critic's Pick -The Onion * “Negin Farsad and Alexander Zalben… poke fun at the bizarre compromises we make in order to find companionship. [It] doesn't get much funnier than this!” (January, 2003) -Backstage * Nominated for 'Best Comedic Duo' ECNYs (2003) * Official Selection: Chicago Sketchfest 2003, 2004, 2005 * “Creating sketch comedy is harder than Negin Farsad and Alexander Zalben make it look” -The Onion * Official Selection: DC Comedy Fest 2005 * “Negin Farsad and Alexander Zalben…poke fun at the bizarre compromises we make in order to find companionship. [It] doesn't get much funnier than this!” -Backstage * Critic's Pick -Time Out New York

Past SHOWS:
(Scroll Down for the Past Shows Key)

2006:
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: A Romantic Comedy

Saturday, August 12, 2006 – 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, August 13, 2006 – 6:45 p.m.
Monday, August 14, 2006 – 3:00 p.m.
Thursday, August 17, 2006 – 7:15 p.m.
Sunday, August 20, 2006 – 9:45 p.m.
Wednesday, August 23, 2006 – 5:15 p.m.

13th Street Repertory Company
50 West 13th Street (between 5th & 6th Avenues)
$15
For tickets, call 212.279.4488
www.fringenyc.org


DC ComedyFest 2005 - 04.07
Laughing Liberally Lab - 01.13

2005:
Brooklyn Lyceum - 12.14
The PIT - 10.07/10.14
SketchFestNYC.com - 06.09-06.11
DC ComedyFest 2005 - 03.18
Chicago SketchFest 2005 - 01.14/01.15

2004:
Weapons of Pants Destruction - 09.24/10.01/10.08/10.15/10.29
Unconventional Humor - 09.01
Carnival of Lies - 08.26
Liberator's Day Party - 06.30
The PIT - 06.11/06.18/06.25 [WoPD]
Los Angeles Improv Festival - 06.10 [WoPD]
The PIT - 06.04 [WoPD]
Stand Up & Sketch - 06.01
Atlanta Improv Festival 2004 - 05.28/05.29 [WoPD]
The PIT - 05.21 [WoPD]
The TANK, NYC - 04.14 [MF&TMF]
Below the Belt, NYC - 04.13
The TANK, NYC - 03.10 [MF&TMF]
The TANK, NYC - 02.11 [MF&TMF]
Miami Improv Festival 2004 - 01.29/01.30
Chicago SketchFest 2004 - 01.09/01.10

2003:
The TANK, NYC - 12.05/12.12 [PWRRN]
Big Red Comedy Festival - 10.24
Sgt. Culpepper's Improv Jamboree, Boston, MA - 10.05
The 11th Hour, NYC - 08.27
The St. Marks Theater, NYC - 07.16/07.23/07.30 [VS]
Above Kleptomania, NYC - 05.09/05.10 [PotN]
Big Night Out Sketch Slam, NYC - 04.30
Gotham Comedy Club, NYC - 04.14
Big Night Out Sketch Slam, NYC - 04.02
Big Night Out Sketch Slam, NYC - 02.19
Above Kleptomania, NYC - 02.14
Miami Improv Festival 2003 - 01.31/02.01 [MFPvM]
Chicago SketchFest 2003 - 01.24/01.25 [MFPvM
] Big Night Out Sketch Slam, NYC - 01.22 [MFPvM]
HA! Comedy Festival, NYC - 01.17 [MFPvM]

2002:
Above Kleptomania Improv Comedy Festival - 10.18 [MFPvM]
The Red Room, NYC - 09.18 [MFPvM]

SHOW KEY:
MFPvM = Madame Funnypants vs. Machine
PotN = Planet of the Narrators
VS = Vintage Sandwich
PWRRN = Pants Wanna Rock Right Now
MF&TMF = Madame Funnypants & Their Metrosexual Frenemies
WoPD = Weapons of Pants Destruction