Category Archives: The Last Hurrah

The Last Hurrah Finds Love THIS SUNDAY

The Last Hurrah is returning to Maryland Ensemble Theatre this Sunday at 7pm to bring back the free comedy to cap off your month. Whether February brought an incredible Valentine’s or an incredibly disappointing Valentine’s this month’s show is sure to have something for everyone! So join us at 31 West Patrick St. Frederick MD on Sunday Feb.26, 7pm for a show unlike any other!

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Click here to listen in on our Feb Writers’ Lunch!

The Last Hurrah Starts The Rebellion – LIVE January 2017

Kick off your February with the newest live episode of The Last Hurrah!

Starting the Rebellion – LIVE January 2017

Live for the first time in months, The Last Hurrah is back and their fired up about the nightmare world we seem to find ourselves spiraling into. Catch up on how everyone’s handling it, and then take a break with a special performance from The Comedy Pigs!

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The Last Hurrah will return to the Maryland Ensemble Theatre on Feb 26th, but check back here for writers’ night episodes as we build the next show!

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The Last Hurrah RETURNS! … Sorta

The Last Hurrah will FINALLY return to the Maryland Ensemble Theatre on Jan 29th!

But first, an exclusive for our listeners!

Writers’ Night Jan 1 – The Start of The Start of The Rebellion

The Last Hurrah makes its somewhat anticipated return to the Maryland Ensemble Theatre on Sunday January 29th, so this week we bring on a new element of the podcast… Welcome to writer’s night (or a small portion of it). As we build each show, with more intensity than ever before, we will be sharing a 30 minute glimpse into The Last Hurrah’s Writer’s Night so you can see how we put a show together, tear it apart, and somehow manage to put it together again before the show goes up at the end of the month!

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This edition of the Writers’ Night podcast featured Stephen Craig, IO Duarte, Callan Holderbaum, and Robert Martin.

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The Last Hurrah Interviews a Dead Guy

Start your week off right by listening to the newest Last Hurrah!

 

93 – Interview with a Dead Guy

This week on The Last Hurrah, the infamous tale of the man with a hook for a hand instead of a hand. PLUS we discuss the show’s past and future before pulling out a ouija board to summon the dead! Don’t miss all the exciting sex magick this show has to offer!

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Join us at the Maryland Ensemble Theatre on Sunday January 29th 2017 for a new adventure!

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Regarding Last Night’s Last Hurrah

As advertised and mentioned on the show, last night was the last Last Hurrah of 2016. Two years ago we interviewed a ghost, albeit, that ghost was Andrew Michaels in a sheet, last night we interviewed a real one (depending on whether or not you trust ouija boards).

A lot has changed since we started the show in 2014. Many familiar faces have come and gone, but one thing remained about the same and that was our audience size. Hard as we tried, it was generally difficult to break double digits, which is fine when you’re starting a show but after 93 weeks, a lack of audience growth can be a little taxing. While talking to our new Managing Director at the Maryland Ensemble Theatre, I asked her about how we could grow our audience and she suggested that perhaps we did the show too much. Her recommendation: do The Last Hurrah on the last Sunday of every month, rather than every Sunday. This would be the biggest change to the show since Thom Huenger joined the show as band leader, and I was almost immediately game to change the schedule for following reasons:

  1. I had personally grown a little tired, the show didn’t feel that fresh for me anymore. There were times when I would think about the lack of audience growth and consider ending the show entirely or perhaps finding a new host to take over week after week. I love what we had created but there was a part of it that had begun to stagnate.
  2. As a result of stagnation, booking was had become the last thing on my mind, most shows featured the same batch of people based on who was in town at the time. By changing the format, we could set aside one day on our schedules, book multiple guests, possibly bigger guests and up the variety of guests and what we do with them.
  3. As far as content goes, there are a lot of elements to the show we always wanted to try but never had the chance to throw together. By performing a month-to-month basis we take more time to develop material for the show, sketches, games, all kinds of things to make the show more enjoyable.
  4. The chance to really restructure the show and find our voice. The Last Hurrah has steadily evolved over the years. If you listen to our first couple of episode and pick out some episodes from this past summer, you’ll hear a very different show. In this next 14 weeks, we hope to do some reformatting, solidifying certain elements of the show and perhaps cutting others altogether.

In taking two months off from The Hurrah and cutting back, we hope to provide you the viewer/listener with a more solid product. Something immensely funnier and, with any luck, unmissable. Tomorrow, I hope you will greatly enjoy our Ouija Board episode and that you’ll come back to join us on January 29th for a fresh new Hurrah.

Kevin Cole
Host/Showrunner

Join us for the Last Last Hurrah of 2016!

Alright folks, this is it!

We know, we know… it’s not the end of December, but it’s time we take a little hiatus to retool the show. As promised we will return to the Maryland Ensemble Theatre this Sunday at 7pm but it will be THE LAST SHOW until Jan 29th 2017. No matter who is in power, we will return to bring free comedy to Frederick. So join us for one last Last Hurrah and some jokes, music and a Ouija Board!

The fun starts (and then temporarily ends) this Sunday, October 16th at 7pm at the Maryland Ensemble Theatre! Don’t miss it!

 

The Last Hurrah wears Necropants

Kick off your week in style with the newest Last Hurrah in podcast form!

92 – Necropants

This week, Kevin, Isabel, and Karli talk Necropants, the dark arts, magic spells and demon summoning, it’s the perfect way to kick off the holiday (halloween) season.

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Join us at the Maryland Ensemble Theatre on Sunday Oct 16th for a new adventure!

We’re doing it, over the next two weeks we will acquire a Ouija board and see what the hell happens! Don’t miss it!

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The Last Hurrah’s Cuddle Kama Sutra

Kick off your week in style with the newest Last Hurrah in podcast form!

91 – Cuddle Kama Sutra

On this week’s Last Hurrah we cope with the loss of Brangelina, drink a little too much apple cider and explore the cuddle kama sutra.

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Join us at the Maryland Ensemble Theatre on Sunday Oct 2nd for a new adventure!

Join us for the start of October in our moderately haunted house! What spectral spirits await? You’ll have to join the fun to find out!

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The Last Hurrah Visits Schlaraffenland

Kick off your week in style with the newest Last Hurrah in podcast form!

90 – Schlaraffenland

On this week’s Hurrah, Karli tells a tale of ghost sightings and ankle twistings, as well as her favorite fairy tale. PLUS! Thom pays a special tribute to Gene Wilder.

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Join us at the Maryland Ensemble Theatre on Sunday Sept 25th for a new adventure!

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Last Hurrah – Doula’s Labor Day

Kick off your week in style with the newest Last Hurrah in podcast form!

89 – Doula’s Labor Day

In this episode we explore every potential for labor day, particularly “that kind” of labor with the assistance of a nurse and doula. We grill, we play sports, everything you could want to do on your day off from work.

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Join us at the Maryland Ensemble Theatre on Sunday Sept 11th for a new adventure!

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