Part Town Hall, Part improvised parody. Real issues and questions fielded by comedians playing the roles of absent elected officials.
Comedians have come together to take the reins of the absurdity of our current political participation and create a hilarious and cathartic town hall event worthy of the nonsense.
Real issues and questions are fielded by comedians playing the roles of absent elected officials in this improvised live game show version of a TOWN HALL!
It’s a wild, fun, and funny satirical reimagining of the town hall format; long a site of democratic intent, yet often subverted by performative bureaucracy and rhetorical stonewalling. The show plays on this tension by staging a deliberately absurd version of a civic forum where issues are heard, distorted, and gamified by fictional political figures competing for fictional dark money contributions.
Watch a Trailer of what to expect!
Three Easy Steps!
- Submit the real issues YOU want to see discussed!
- The show takes the stage, and comedians transform your submissions into performed questions for our politicos competing in the game!
- Laughing, booing, jeering, more booing, as genuinely funny and cathartic mayhem unfolds throughout the night!
Laughing Impact
This performance is staged as part of Laughing Impact, a civic-facing arts project that produces participatory live events in partnership with grassroots organizations. Each Laughing Impact event includes a performance, pre- and post-show engagement with civic groups, and digital media intended to deepen public understanding and connection. While “Everything Is Great!” is its own independent creative work, it is presented inside these structured events to maximize civic and social impact. Learn more at laughingimpact.org Do you work with a grassroots organization interesting in having a representative on hand? Reach Out
Action and Community Organizations Involved
To ensure the melding together of parody and real, through Laughing Impact TownHallShow.com has partnered with leading local, regional, and grassroots organizations who will be on hand throughout the evening providing information about their work, how you can get involved, and offering insight on the issues they work on everyday.
From doors open (7:00pm) to showtime (8:00pm) you can meet with them, ask questions, and pickup information sheets. And again after the performance, you can join them and us in the bar area to informally learn more about issues raised in the show, and to find out what you can do to get involved and support their efforts.
