Chicago's 'Hey You Millionaires' Announce Upcoming Shows in LA

Hey You Millionaires, the critcially-acclaimed LA/Chicago-based sketch comedy trio, has announced two noteworthy performances in Los Angeles .

Comprised of a nationally-produced playwright, a published humor author, and a high school English teacher, Hey You Millionaires has been voted "Best Sketch Group in Chicago" in the Chicago Reader for two consecutive years. James Asmus, John Bohan and Jim Fath create
the kind of surprising, dark comedy that makes comedians laugh, yet is accessible to everyone. These veterans of iO Chicago, Second City Cleveland and Chicago's infamous Annoyance Theater have taken their cerebral black humor to New York, LA, Seattle, Portland, Washington DC
and beyond.

The name Hey You Millionaires was taken from the first sketch of the first episode of the HBO comedy series "Kids in the Hall." Recently, the cast of this famed Canadian sketch group challenged Hey You Millionaires to a game of Whirlyball in Chicago. The contest was a
draw.

ONLY TWO PERFORMANCES:

Tuesday, March 16 at 8PM
Hey You Millionaires @ the 2010 International Sketch Comedy Championship
The Improv, 8162 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles
$14 tickets are available at 323.651.2583 or online at www.Improv.com

Thursday, March 18 at 7PM
Hey You Millionaires @ iO West
iO West Theater - Main Stage, 6366 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles
$5 tickets are available at 323.962.7560 or online at www.West.iOImprov.com

The 2010 International Sketch Comedy Championship - Billing itself as
one of the premiere sketch comedy events in the world, the ISCC
presents the hottest up-and-coming talent competing in front of a
panel of industry judges to win the coveted champion title. This
year's celebrity host will be Carlos Alazraqui (Reno 911). For more
information, visit PaulLawrenceProductions.com/Festival/index.htm.

Hey You Millionaires has been the hottest sketch group in Chicago for
3 years. Their 2008 debut show was hailed by everyone from the
Chicago Tribune to Time Out New York as boldly creative innovation in
America's sketch comedy city. The group was voted "Best Sketch Group
In Chicago" for the last two years in a row by Chicago Reader. As a
result, HYM toured the country to festivals, theaters, and colleges.
Among the highlights, they were the only Chicago group chosen for New
York Sketchfest, Seattle Sketchfest, and The LA Comedy Festival. They
were one of only five sketch groups in the country chosen for the
innaugural U.S. version of the Just For Laughs Festival, which also
included HYM performing along side a David Cross / Bob Odenkirk
(Mr.Show) reunion. Last spring, the group was invited to New York by
Fortune magazine, appearing in the cover story for the April issue and
a comedy short for CNN.com. Their self-titled show is directed by
Sarah Haskins of CURRENT TV and Second City. For more information,
visit HeyYouMillionaires.com.

James Asmus has been working in theater for almost twenty years.
Recent highlights include creating and starring in Love Is Dead: A
NecRomantic Musical Comedy. The show enjoyed a nine month run in
Chicago, a run in the New York Fringe Festival, and awards for
"Outstanding Music & Lyrics" from both the NY Fringe and the Chicago
After Dark Awards. Surprisingly, this also earned James an invite to
write for Marvel Comics, and he has published several issues for
various X-Men titles. Other recent playwriting includes the
critically acclaimed drama Calls to Blood and co-writing Tupperware:
An American Musical Fable for the New Colony theater company. The
latter will be mounted for a commercial run in Los Angeles later this
year. As a comedian, James has taught and performed improv for over a
decade throughout Chicago as well as New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas,
and more. He has won competitions and awards for stand-up and solo
performances. James now lives in Los Angeles where he is beginning to
write for TV, film, and more comics.

 

John Bohan - After receiving his master's degree from DePaul, John
decided to reenter the world of comedy. He has over 10 years of comedy
experience including performances at Chicago venues such as iO
Chicago, Donny's Skybox, The Playground and The Annoyance. He has
also performed at the House of Blues in Cleveland, as well as
festivals in Washington DC, Seattle, Chicago, LA and New York City.
Not only making his mark in improv, but also a part of two successful
sketch comedy groups: Hey You Millionaires and No Longer Friends. For
the past 4 years he has been touring the country with the
award-winning comedy trio Hey You Millionaires, and in April of 2009
he appeared on the cover of Fortune magazine.

 

Jim Fath has been performing comedy for over 10 years. Starting at
stand-up in his native Cleveland, Jim toured and opened across Ohio,
Michigan and Pennsylvania. Later he joined the cast of Flanagan's Wake
and Cabaret Dada in Cleveland. Soon after that, he became an
understudy at Second City Cleveland and an instructor at their
training center where he taught improvisation and comedy writing.
After moving to Chicago in 2003, he has performed with iO Chicago, The
Annoyance, The Nobel Fool, the Playground, Chicago Underground Comedy,
and many others. In 2006, he became a writer for the comedy site "The
Phat Phree.com" and was also a featured author in their book Look at
my Striped Shirt (2006, Broadway Books). He is currently working on a
musical, Last Night in Jonestown, and his one man show, The Museum
Inside my Skull.