Hello potential spectator,

We, the Stanford Robber Barons, are celebrating our second birthday with our seventh all-new sketch comedy show, Robber Barons: Olympic Athletes. The comedy is pure gold, and after watching us perform, we’re sure we’ll at the very least place in your hearts. Does this last sentence not [Olympic] ring[s] true? Feel free to torch a building in protest. We suggest one of the international houses, or perhaps Escondido [Olympic] Village. We’ve shown a lot of promise at previous outings at the Laugh Factory and our recent San Francisco SketchFest exhibition, and we’ve been training all Winter quarter for the big event. In the comedy world, we’re proud to represent ourselves, to represent Stanford, and, most of all, to represent America. USA! USA! USA!

For the first time ever, you can reserve your seats in advance–make sure that you have a spot! We’ve sold out before, and we could well do it again.

Here’s a poster:

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Here’s the rundown of our show dates for SketchFest. We’ll be performing the closing weekend–if you want to check out the rest of this incredible festival, which features Weird Al, SNL alum like Tim Meadows and Rachel Dratch, the entire cast of Reno 911, and oh-so-many more, click here.

SHOW #1: Thursday, January 28. BUY TICKETS
8pm @ The Dark Room $12
SF Sketchfest at the Dark Room, presented by Atom.com
Robber Barons / The Skinny / Sidecar / The Internet
Note: this show will be our third at the Dark Room. We will be performing a half hour set.

SHOW #2: Friday, January 29. BUY TICKETS
10:30pm @ The Eureka Theater $15
Robber Barons / A Kiss From Daddy / Doug Jones: How To Enterprise
Note: this will be a 45 minute set, and we will be following “Theme Park Improv,” with Rachel Dratch, Community’s Danny Pudi, Jessica Makinson, Janet Varney and Cole Stratton. To buy tickets for that show (8PM, $25), click here.

Exciting news: The Robber Barons have been invited to perform at Sketchfest, San Francisco’s annual sketch comedy festival! Participating in Sketchfest has been a goal of the group since the beginning (which was really not very long ago) since it is one of the most highly regarded and popular comedy festivals in the world. Just check out the list of people that have been in Sketchfest in the past–pretty impressive.

The exact schedule has not been set, but we will likely be performing one 30-minute set at a venue in San Francisco towards the latter part of January. If you around, stay tuned for details and be sure to check out our performance!

It’s gonna be epic. Here are the details:
4 shows–8 & 10 PM,
November 13th and 14th,
Campbell Recital Hall
Free for students, $5 faculty & staff, $10 general

More hilarity than you can shake a stick at–seriously, we’re working round the clock on this to make it our best show yet. Stay tuned for bigger site updates, posters, etc. In the meantime, join our Facebook fan page or follow us on Twitter! Hope to see you soon,

The Robber Barons

Hi–

We’re experiencing some technical difficulties, but check out the links at right, and you can still download our application (due Sunday at 11:59) here.

Thank you for your patience!
Robber Barons