2025 Denver Sketch Festival: High Dramma, Summer of Tears - Fri 10/10/25 @ 9:00 PM

High Dramma is a sketch comedy group from Philadelphia that specializes in a signature brand of loud, chaotic absurdism. The team has been performing for over 15 years, and have performed at sketch festivals in NYC, Philly, North Carolina, Washington DC, Baltimore, Boston and Montreal.

There will be comedians yelling at each other, themselves, and you, the audience. There will be a ukulele player, bookending each sketch with original songs and amusing covers. There will be sketches where honestly, you might not be totally sure what exactly you’re looking at but trust that it will be extremely funny, maybe a little arousing and will contain moments of insanity that will sear into your brain forever.

High Dramma is Curt Riedy, D.C. Fisher, Jason Singer, Marissa Edleman and Josie Skocik.

Born during a ’90s USC improv jam fueled by Zima and dial-up internet angst, Summer of Tears has been crafting their unique brand of sketch comedy for over two decades.

They’ve performed sold-out shows and festivals in Los Angeles, New York, Seattle, San Francisco, Chicago, and Austin. Their journey reached a memorable point in 2007 when they were named Best Sketch Group by the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado.

Over the years, SOT has shared stages with comedy giants, opening for Paul F. Tompkins, Dave Chappelle, and Norm MacDonald, as well as producing video shorts online that have garnered over 1 million total views.

Since their touring days, Summer of Tears members have landed series regular roles in “Wrecked” and “NCIS: New Orleans,” and made memorable appearances on shows such as “Parks and Recreation,” “Workaholics,” “Arrested Development,” “Lucifer,” and “Miracle Workers”, as well as a slew of pilots for WB, Paramount, and Disney.

Why do we matter now? In a world of fleeting TikTok fame and AI-generated humor, we’re keeping the flame of human-made, organically-sourced comedy alive. We’ve evolved from sketch comedy upstarts to “Hey, I know those faces!” in Trader Joe’s status. Plus, in 2025, the world needs laughter more than ever. And if we can’t provide that, at least we can offer a distraction from the impending robot apocalypse. You’re welcome, humanity!