Rails is Going to Canada! 🇨🇦

Rails Comedy is proud to announce that we're going to Canada! Our Sketch Comedy Team was selected to perform at Montréal Sketchfest 2022 at Théâtre Sainte-Catherine on Wednesday, May 11th, 8pm, and we need your help to get there!

Rails Comedy is an independent, self-funded sketch team based in Washington, DC, and we need your support to bring our American satire to the fine people of Quebec!

Who's Going to Sin City?

Four of our sketch players are taking the taking the trek up north:

Rachel Niswander: Rachel is a DC-based comedian who has opened for Nicole Byer, performed virtually at the Austin Sketch Fest, and hosted Maryland Night Live: Season 7 at NextNOW Fest.
Sammy Garcia: Sammy is an entertainer at heart. Loves seeing others smile and laugh even at his own expense. Since then his entire college career was centered around improv when he joined UMD’s all improvised performance team “Erasable Inc.”
Josh Blume: Josh is a comedian and musician. He is one of the producers of Rails Comedy.
Walker Green: Walker is a director, actor, playwright, and producer. He is the founder of Rails Comedy and Maryland Night Live. He has studied and performed improv and sketch comedy at The Second City, iO Theatre, Upright Citizens Brigade, and Philly Improv Theater.
Dennis Whitley: Entrepreneur. Developer. Leader. Milk Enthusiast.

How You Can Help

Our journey will cost our team $2,000 to pay for airfare and housing costs. Right now, we are paying for the trip out of pocket, costing each team member $500. Our group is a mix of working entertainers, students, organizers, and musicians. Each contribution will ease the financial burden and help us do what we love: entertain people.

About Rails Comedy

Rails Comedy is a comedy troupe based in Washington, DC, started by University of Maryland alumni. Born out of their success with Maryland Night Live, Rails Comedy produces live shows every week in DC: Stand-Up, Sketch, Improv, and Drag. Our shows have been featured in the DCist, 730DC, and WAMU 88.5, and have gone on to perform at the Austin SketchFest and win awards at Sketchfest Seattle. We pride ourselves in curating the best artistic talent for our productions while also making sure all of our performers are paid for their labor. Check us out at a show near you!

About Montréal Sketchfest

Montréal Sketchfest is FINALLY back for our 15th anniversary, with our fine balance of independent comedy, laugh-out-loud brilliant shit, and a love for all things magical and alternative! We’re dusting off the sacred sketch comedy conch and unleashing the laughter of the entirety of human history. What have we all longed for the most in recent times? Sharing a drink and a giggle like we used to with best friends and strangers alike! We’re bringing the vibes back to Montreal, so come see our rising stars and comedy beasts!!

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Send Rails Comedy to Montréal Sketchfest!

Rails Comedy needs your support to send our performers to Montréal Sketchfest in Canada.

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