CAS & DYLAN

The LA Comedy Festival celebrating its 15th season, will take place at the April 24 to May 4, 2014 at Let Live Theatre and The Other Space.  Among the 17 Features screening at the festival are the US Premiere of Jason Priestley’s CAS & DYLAN, starring Richard Dreyfuss as a terminally ill doctor on a last adventure.

THE BIRDER

Amy Smart, Brent Butt and Dave Koechner star in NO CLUE, a case of mistaken identity snowballing out of control. Tom Cavanaugh and Fred Willard star in THE BIRDER, a story of a mild mannered birder who seeks revenge on a younger rival. Gary Busey and C Thomas Howell star in CONFESSIONS OF A WOMANIZER, which asks the question, what happens when a compulsive womanizer becomes best friends with a transgendered prostitute? COMMITTED is a documentary about writer-performer Vic Cohen as seen through the eyes of actor-comedian Howie Mandel. For over 13 years, Mandel has had a camera on Vic, documenting his dogged determination to make it in show business while mentoring him along the way. The features are from Australia Ireland, Mexico, Canada, throughout the US and Los Angeles. There are 62 short films in competition playing throughout the festival in seven short program blocks with most being World and US Premieres. The shorts offer a tremendous variety and will keep you laughing. Peppered among the short film programs are familiar faces Wendy Malick, Fred Arminsen, Mindy Sterling, Laraine Newman and Richard Kind.

Live Comedy Acts will provide laughs, with all new shows from the award winning groups GARLIC JACKSON (NYC), DON’T WATCH THIS SHOW LIVE (San Francisco), DUNGEONS and DRAG QUEENS (LA) and THAT GLORIOUS ACT THAT WE DO (LA). Stand ups are peppered throughout the festival with notable acts from Nick Morton, Clara Bijl, Priya Prasad, Yohei Kawamata and Elyse Martin.