Authors: Rachel Jensen
![Pete Jr. : Happily Frustrated](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Pic-1-800x480.jpg)
Pete Jr. : Happily Frustrated
Jr.’s style is fast-paced, clever and delivered expertly. Coming from his daily life, anger, pain and struggles, Pete Jr. is unafraid to tell the truth. … read more
![Localized Comedy Showcase: Jasmine Lewis, Greg Orme, Rachel Rothenberg and Sam D’Antuono](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/11-11-19_SlugShootComedy24.jpg)
Localized Comedy Showcase: Jasmine Lewis, Greg Orme, Rachel Rothenberg and...
We’ve locked up the guitars, tied up the singers and hidden the drums to allow comedy to take over Urban Lounge for the comedy showcase of SLUG Localized. … read more
![Rachel Rothenberg: Fierce, Funny, Fashionista](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_20191009_225721_495.jpg)
Rachel Rothenberg: Fierce, Funny, Fashionista
Rachel Rothenberg had noticed that, although women were getting spots at comedy shows around Utah, their comedy presence onstage at Wiseguys was lacking. … read more
![Front Row Film Roast: Obliterate what you love](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/audience1.jpeg.jpg)
Front Row Film Roast: Obliterate what you love
At this month’s Front Row Film Roast, the group of roastmasters are unleashing on a movie dripping with millenial nostalgia, 10 Things I Hate About You. … read more
![Crowdsourced Comedy: You’ve Never Seen Improv Like This](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/IMG_3054-1024x768.jpg)
Crowdsourced Comedy: You’ve Never Seen Improv Like This
Crowdsourced Comedy is a unique, audience-generated experience from some of Utah’s most seasoned and talented improvisational comedians. … read more
![Robbie Brooks – The Far Side of the Mic](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/27867325_10155184902286434_1421528760227139960_n-e1548461625338.jpg)
Robbie Brooks – The Far Side of the Mic
While some people get into comedy for fun, some get into comedy for a career. Brooks was born for comedy, quite literally. … read more
![Localized: Comedy Showcase](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/359-Slider-Localized-Comedy-header.jpg)
Localized: Comedy Showcase
This Localized brings together a “host of hosts”: Andy Farnsworth, Hollie Jay, Joe Everard and Torris Fairley. These featured comedians each have made their mark on the Salt Lake City comedy scene by running and hosting local shows and open mics over the course of the last eight years. … read more
![The Blessings of Greg Kyte and Comedy Church](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IMG_8665-1024x577.jpg)
The Blessings of Greg Kyte and Comedy Church
Lord, give us this day our daily Greg—Greg Kyte, that is, and his one-of-a-kind Comedy Church. Recently Kyte, local comedy powerhouse, has become a breed of comedy pastor, priest, bishop and cult-leader wrapped into one with his new show running every other Sunday at Keys on Main. … read more
![Localized: Comedy Showcase](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/349-ED-Localized-Comedy-LoganSorenson-5.jpg)
Localized: Comedy Showcase
Now that the holidays are behind us, SLUG Localized brings stand-up comedy back to the stage to cure the holiday hangover with a heaping dose of hilarity. … read more
![Collin Williams: My Suicide Note — A Dark Stand-Up Comedy Show](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/received_10213798953469295-e1505337091555-1024x543.jpeg)
Collin Williams: My Suicide Note — A Dark Stand-Up Comedy...
As a comic, Williams’ coping skills were to make jokes of everything around him. He has seen the other side of suicide, too, as he’d been at the bedside of a friend who attempted it as well. He was thinking, “I can keep trying to kill myself, or I could turn this into a show. And then I tried both.” … read more