How Ben Bryant Turned a Church Basement Into a Packed Comedy Club

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How Ben Bryant Turned a Church Basement Into a Packed Comedy Club
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, a non-denominational church that celebrated its 100-year anniversary last month. The focus of the classical revival-style building is its rounded colonnade corner entryway that stands out in the Cap Hill neighborhood like a sore thumb — if a sore thumb was a prominent National Register Landmark designed and built by prestigious American architectBryant says he reached out to the Althea Center because he knew it held improv and theater shows in its basement.

Low overhead allows for flexibility. In addition to standup shows, DCU now offers acting classes, and improv classes are in future plans. Bryant is never short of new entertainment ideas. “If I wanted,” he says, “I could have a Wednesday pie-eating contest in here.” Bryant’s thought process is a display of force, not a display of focus. Off stage, he seamlessly jumps into a John Mulaney or George Carlin impression to make a point about the singular personality or perspective of our favorite comedians. “I dabble in too much shit to have a singular focus, which is a bad thing for this generation,” he says. “They think you need a thing.

New York and Chicago work well for comedy because of how the cities were built — both had thousands of speakeasies with hidden back rooms. “Those rooms are perfect for comedy because they’re isolated, which lends itself well acoustically,” Bryant explains. He notes that such rooms are harder to come by in this region, but he has the solution for Colorado, however unrealistic: Every brewery in the state should lower its ceiling by ten feet. “That’d be my dream mandate as governor.

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