Bentzen Ball
bentzen ball comedy festival held washington dc first produced dcbased online magazine event company brightest young thing often abbreviated byt curated tig notaro named ollie bentzen danish man allegedly laughed death screening film fish called wanda inaugural festival featured comedian show october october second festival held october – jokingly billed fifth annual bentzen ball referring hiatus bentzen ball consisted show comedian festival opened october opening night headlined patton oswalt rory scovel kyle kinane lincoln theatre closed sarah silverman headlinedshow featuring chelsea peretti steve agee laura silverman tig notaro club october show also held studio theatre hr center preservation jazz blue bohemian cavern black cat well dropin open mic show ben chili bowl hosted justin cousson vish bhatt performer bentzen ball opening night headlined notaro joined doug benson wyatt cenac everything terrible heather lawless others october club live episode doug love movie taped part festival sphinx club october festival closed ira glass friend show lincoln theatre october act performed festival nick offerman nick kroll garfunkel oates moshe kasher megan mullally brody stevens kate flannery sara schaefer martha kelly rachel dratch michael hitchcock janet varney jessica makinson cole stratton graham elwood brandon wardell andy wood jena friedman others plus dj set might giant animal collective notaro released first comedy album bentzen ball record july aparna nancherla putting later year august second release label tigs third album boyish girl interrupted released jointly secretly canadian official bentzen ball site official bentzen ball record site archived may wayback machine brightestyoungthings