BACKYARD BRAWL @ UCB

On FRIDAY, FEB 26TH we are going to be performing in Backyard Brawl at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. (26th st btwn 8th and 9th)

We are competing against our good friends, and one of the best sketch groups in NYC, Bleak! Comedy.

It is definitely going to be an epic showdown (based on audience votes) and a hilarious sketch show, so please come show your support for Hammerkatz as we try to take the title.

It is at 11pm and costs 5 bucks. There is super-cheap beer.

We highly recommend making a reservation by clicking here.

Thanks!

-HkatzNYU

A Very Busy and Exciting February

We have a lot of shows coming up in the next month. Come see us perform!

AN ALL NEW ORIGINAL HAMMERKATZ SKETCH COMEDY SHOW

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 6TH

9PM AND 11PM (2 SHOWS)

KIMMEL CENTER, rm. 802 (SHORIN)

60 Washington Square South

As always, this show is 100% FREE and 110% FUN!

THE NATIONAL COLLEGE COMEDY FESTIVAL

@ Skidmore College

Saturday, February 13th

We are super excited to be performing in Saratoga Springs once again with all our friends from college comedy everywhere.

BACKYARD BRAWL

@ The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26TH

11PM

Come show your support as Hammerkatz goes head to head with one of NYC's best sketch groups on the UCB stage.

You can make a reservation (and we recommend it) by clicking here:

http://newyork.ucbtheatre.com/shows/1862

LOVE,

HkatzNYU

ALL NEW SKETCH SHOW! + Mystery Team NYC Opening

HEY EVERYONE,

We are incredibly excited to announce our
LAST SHOW OF THE DECADE
Featuring ALL NEW NEVER BEFORE SEEN SKETCHES

When: THIS SATURDAY NIGHT, DECEMBER 5TH
Two shows- 9pm and 11pm

Where: SILVER CENTER, room 703
(NOTE: This show is not in Kimmel)

How much $: As always, FREE.

Bring all your friends, it should be a lot of fun.


and in other news...
A group of HammerkatzNYU alumni have made a very hilarious feature film called
MYSTERY TEAM
It opens THIS WEEKEND in NYC at the Quad Cinema on 13th street.
You can buy tickets here: http://www.movietickets.com/house_detail.asp?house_id=216&rdate=12%2F4%2F2009

Special Top Secret IMPROV/STAND UP Show

We will be doing a special never-before-done show TOMORROW night at the Lafayette Dorm.

WHAT: HammerkatzNYU Presents A Night of Comedy

including Stand-Up from Danny Jolles, Rachel Bloom, and Nick Packard

and IMPROV

WHERE: Lafayette Residence Hall

WHEN: Friday, Nov 20th @ 8:30pm

FREE!

If you live in Lafayette, we hope to see you there. If you don't, and you can't swipe in, e-mail us at hammerkatznyu@gmail.com to let us know that you want to come.

New Show! Saturday, December 5th!

Hey Everyone,

Huge thanks to everyone who came out to our last show.

Our next all new sketch show will be:

SATURDAY DEC. 5TH

9pm and 11pm

@Kimmel

FREE

All New FREE HammerkatzNYU Sketch Comedy Show

Hey Everyone! Make sure you come see our brand new HAUNTED sketch show THIS FRIDAY night at Kimmel.

WHEN: Friday Oct 30th.

Two Shows: 9pm and 11pm

WHERE: Kimmel Center, 8th floor (Shorin)

60 Washington Square

It's the night before Halloween, so anything could happen. Literally anything.

If you come dressed in a really cool costume, or as a member of Hammerkatz, you will get cool prizes.

Yale College Comedy Festival

ATTENTION all New Haven, CT Hammerkatz fans (we know you are out there.)

We will be performing TOMORROW NIGHT (Saturday, Oct. 24th) at the first ever Yale College Comedy Festival in New Haven.

WHERE: Sudler Hall
WHEN: Sat. Oct 24th, 7pm
WHY: ROOOOAAAAAD TRRIIIIIIPPP!

We are super excited to be performing along with Yale comedy groups Red Hot Poker, The Purple Crayon, The Exit Players, Just Add Water, and Fifth Humour, AAAND Emerson's Chocolate Cake City and Boston's We Do Stand Up.

We hope to see you there. Post about it on the New Haven HammerkatzNYU Fans Message Board.

Thanks! and new show next weekend.

A huge thanks to everyone who came out to audition!

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF HAMMERKATZ:

Billy Domineau

Stephanie Hsu

Zach Webber

Matt Rogers

MAKE SURE TO CHECK OUT OUR FIRST ALL NEW, ALL FREE SKETCH SHOW OF THE SCHOOL YEAR:

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 26TH

9PM AND 11PM

8th floor of Kimmel (Shorin)

T-shirts will be there.

Auditions '09!

Are you interested in being a part of NYU's sketch comedy group? HammerkatzNYU is looking to bring on a new group of writer/performers this year, and we are holding auditions on Friday September 11th and Saturday September 12th. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY. It'll be fun!

The audition process has two parts:

1. A performance audition. This is very laid back and you don't need to prepare anything. You will just be cold-reading a couple sketches.

WHEN:

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 11TH @ 6pm

OR

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 12TH at 6:30pm. (you only need to come to one night)

WHERE: Both audition dates will take place on the 9th floor of Kimmel.

(note: the end time of auditions depends on how many people show up, but be prepared for it to take a few hours.)

2. A writing submission. Your writing sample can include a sketch you have written, a page of ideas for sketch premises, or some kind of mixture of both.

HOW TO SUBMIT A WRITING SAMPLE: You can either e-mail your writing sample to hammerkatznyu@gmail.com, or you can bring a hard copy with you to the audition. Try to e-mail it to us before 6:30pm on Saturday the 12th.

We realize that some people are more interested in performing than writing and some people are more interested in writing than performing. We would still like everyone to complete both parts of the audition.

Again, no experience is necessary. It's gonna be a lot of fun and a great way to meet other people interested in comedy at NYU. Please don't hesitate to e-mail us with any questions you might have before auditions.

And for non-audition-related news: our next all-new, all-free sketch show will be on Saturday September 26th on the 8th floor of Kimmel.

Thanks a lot, and we look forward to meeting a lot of you at auditions!

-HammerkatzNYU

WELCOME WEEK SHOW

HammerkatzNYU WELCOME WEEK SHOW!

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 1ST:

Two Shows: 9pm and 11pm

Kimmel, 10th floor (Rosenthal Pavilion)

FREE!

Performing alongside NYU's premier improv troupe, Dangerbox. The show will be half sketch (us), half improv (them), and all fun (you!)

Come see us perform some of last year's best material in a gigantic room with big windows.

Free t-shirts may be provided.

NEWS!

We hope everyone is having a great summer and we'd like to tell you about two very exciting things coming up:

If you are in the city THIS TUESDAY, AUGUST 4TH you should come see us perform a couple sketches at....

What: STAYCATION (A comedy variety show)

Where: The Housing Works Bookstore (126 Crosby Street)

When: Tuesday August 4th at 8:30pm

How Much: Totally and completely FREE!

Who: Most of HammerkatzNYU is on vacation, but David and Danny will be performing along with some wonderful alumni.

Also performing on the show:

Team Submarine

Aalap Patel

Glenn Wool

and MORE!

So if you like comedy, or if you just like sitting near books and not paying money, this is the show for you.

Also.....

Our WELCOME WEEK SHOW is coming up on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1ST.

We will be performing along with our good friends DANGERBOX (NYU's improv group). It should be a lot of fun and we look forward to seeing you there.

EXCITING NEWS:

Congrats to Hammerkatz Alumni Donald Glover, Dominic Dierkes, DC Pierson, Dan Eckman and Meggie McFadden (DERRICK comedy) on the upcoming release of their feature film MYSTERY TEAM! 

The movie, which is hilarious, will hit theaters NATIONWIDE this fall. For more information and updates, check out the Derrick NEWS page (by clicking the link that I somehow figured out to put in the word "news")

Here's what critics are saying:

"Holy shit. That's amazing!"

-Brad Mielke, Hammerkatz alumnus

Make sure to check it out. Tell all your friends!

-David

New Video Sketch!

Check out our newest video sketch!

BUTLERIZED is now up on Youtube.

You can check it out here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SDiz6VTH9w

ALL NEW FREE SKETCH SHOW!!!

APRIL SHOW!!!!!!!!!!

HammerkatzNYU all new FREE sketch show

SATURDAY, APRIL 11
SILVER, 703
9 AND 11 PM

THIS IS THE FINAL SHOW FOR THE SENIORS! COME SAY GOODBYE TO:
Jeff Eckman
Rachel Bloom
Matt Gehring
Andrew Butler
Andrew Raab

It's going to be a good one, so come see our FINAL all new HILARIOUS show!

ALL NEW FREE SKETCH COMEDY SHOW

MARCH SHOW!!!!!!!!!!

HammerkatzNYU all new FREE sketch show

SATURDAY, MARCH 7
KIMMEL, 8TH FLOOR (Shorin)
9 AND 11 PM

After four short weeks away, HammerkatzNYU has an all new show for you to enjoy.

Come see our all new HILARIOUS show!

ALL NEW FREE SKETCH COMEDY

HammerkatzNYU all new FREE sketch show

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7
KIMMEL, 8TH FLOOR (Shorin)
9 AND 11 PM

We're finally out of Silver and back in the beauty of Kimmel! Come see our all new HILARIOUS show!

ALL NEW FREE GREAT SKETCH COMEDY FROM HAMMERKATZNYU

December. It sucks. Finals, winter, christmas... Lost doesn't premiere until January... We've got to find a way to get through this fucking horrible joyless month.

HAMMERKATZ NYU HAS AN ALL NEW FREE SHOW

IT'S THIS FRIDAY,
DECEMBER 5TH
7TH FLOOR OF SILVER
SHOWS AT 9 AND 11
FREE!!!!!!!
(non-NYU admitted with gov't ID)

Get some friends together and come see a free hilarious show this Friday.

NOTE: THIS SHOW IS NOT IN KIMMEL, IT IS IN SILVER... THE ROOM MAY REMIND YOU OF YOUR LECTURE, BUT THE COMEDY WILL MAKE YOU FORGET!

ALL NEW FREE SHOW!!!!!!!!!!! SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST (7TH FLOOR OF SILVER)

OUR NEXT ALL NEW KICKASS SHOW IS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST (THE DAY AFTER HALLOWEEN!)
7TH FLOOR OF SILVER
SHOWS AT 9 AND 11
FREE!!!!!!!
(non-NYU admitted with gov't ID)


NOTE: THIS SHOW IS NOT IN KIMMEL, IT IS IN SILVER... THE ROOM MAY REMIND YOU OF YOUR LECTURE, BUT THE COMEDY WILL MAKE YOU FORGET!

ALL NEW FREE SHOW FRIDAY, SEPT. 26TH

OUR NEXT ALL NEW SHOW IS THIS FRIDAY
8TH FLOOR OF KIMMEL
SHOWS AT 9 AND 11
FREE!!!!!!!
(non-NYU admitted with gov't ID)




Thanks to all those who came out to audition!

and congratulations to the new Hammerkatz!

David Sidorov
Sean Ireland
Julia Nathan
Andy Zou
Andrew Short
Jenny Jaffe

AUDITIONS!!!!!!!!!!

IT'S TIME TO AUDITION FOR HAMMERKATZ SKETCH COMEDY

Everything you should need to know about the auditions SHOULD be all here in this post. We hope everyone comes to check it out!

We will be bringing on a group of writer/performers, if you want to write for Hammerkatz but don't want to perform, please come to the audition and let us know you'd rather be a writer. If you want to be a performer, we will still be asking for a writing submission, however, we will take that into account.

Two things are required for the audition. One, we are asking for a writing submission from everyone. This writing submission (which should be comedy) can be anything ranging from as little as two one line sketch premises, or as much as 5 pages of scripted material. We're really looking at the basic ideas of what is submitted which is why we're happy to accept simple one line premises, however, if you've written before, we'd love to see a sample of your best stuff... just please try to limit it to five pages. Please either bring this to the audition, or email it whenever you're ready to hammerkatznyu@gmail.com.

The second part of the audition will be a performance audition. It will be a cold reading of two old sketches, you'll have some time to familiarize yourself with the sketches before the audition.




The audition dates and times are as follows:

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH
8 PM - 10 PM
KIMMEL ROOM 804

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH
8 PM - 10 PM
KIMMEL ROOM 912

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH
10 PM - 12 MIDNIGHT
KIMMEL ROOM 907

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH
10 PM - 12 MIDNIGHT
KIMMEL ROOM 909



Please pay attention to the fact that the times are different on different days, and that each audition date is in a different room. Please send the writing submission NO LATER than midnight on Friday, September 19th. You only need to come to one audition date.

During the weekend following Friday, September 19th, we will be holding a fast round of callbacks and will be immediately bringing people onto the group by the following week.

Any other questions, comments, or really anything you want to talk about, email hammerkatznyu@gmail.com

Thank you so much and I hope to see you all at the auditions.

-HammerkatzNYU