AUBURN — Hilarious stand-up comedy and unpredictable improv are on tap for Comedy Fix XXIV. The comedy fundraising series presents hot Maine improv troupe Running with Scissors at 8 p.m., Friday, Oct. 9 at the Fireside Inn, 1777 Washington St., Auburn.
General admission tickets are $10.
Comedy Fix founder and host Mark Turcotte will also welcome stand-up comedians Brian Plumb, John Dennis, Mark Gallagher and Sam Pelletier. All net proceeds from the show will benefit Good Shepherd Food Bank, which feeds over 36,000 Mainers each week in all 16 counties.
With over 35 years of collective improv comedy experience, Rachel Flehinger, Dennis Hunt, Tom Walsh and Tuck Tucker create a new show every time based on audience suggestions. Fans of the popular television series “Whose Line is it Anyway?” will recognize the interactive style of comedy performed by this talented troupe.
Plumb was a semi-finalist in this year’s Last Comix Standing contest at Foxwoods. The Massachusetts resident has opened for nationally touring comedian Paul Mercurio and has played The Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, New York City’s Greenwich Village Comedy Club and Helium Comedy Club in Buffalo.
Dennis studied at Improv Boston and performs stand-up all over New England. He was a finalist in the 2014 Funniest Comic on the East Coast contest at Mohegan Sun.
Pelletier has appeared annually at Vermont’s Green Mountain Comedy Festival since 2011. He is a writer for the Portland-based “West End News” and hosts a weekly comedy show at b.good in Portland. Gallagher plays all over New England and is a regular at Boston’s Comedy Studio.
The show is for ages 21-and-older, and contains adult language and content. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets may be reserved at comedyfixlive.com. FMI, call 207-513-0742 or email [email protected].


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