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Andres du Bouchet

We first saw Andres du Bouchet at the Public Theater as a finalist in a comedy contest presented by the Toyota Comedy Festival. We were impressed by his energy, improv skills, wild cast of characters, and ability to channel a mightily melodic Billy Joel. Exploring more deeply, we also found he's the creator and host of "Giant Tuesday Night of Amazing Inventions and Also There Is a Game," a comedy mouthful currently running Tuesdays at 8 pm at Under St. Marks Theater. (In case you're wondering, yes, there are inventions and games along with wacky comedy.)

We're amazed how du Bouchet manages his ultracreative comedy pace. First, he has his popular variety show featuring an always impressive roster of changing comedy talent. Then, while continuing to write pieces, he creates new characters and stage material while also working as a sought-after stand-up and well-respected host at other venues, including B3 and "Eating It" at Luna Lounge (where he is a frequent guest -- a very high compliment in NYC comedy circles). He's also appeared in sketches on "Late Night With Conan O'Brien" and "Tough Crowd With Colin Quinn," was recently nominated for two ECNY (Emerging Comics of New York) awards, and has been published in The Onion's "Say Something Funny" column. One of his pieces will soon be presented in the humor compendium "Mirth of a Nation," and he periodically presents updated ramblings at www.andresdubouchet.com.

This comedic Renaissance man also keeps up a host of comedy partnerships, including Save the Town Productions, a small theatre company he co-founded with Bob Powers, in which most of the writers and performers involved are fellow comedians. He's also half of the sketch and video comedy duo Only Children (with James Greenberg -- they used to be in the popular improv troupe Scared Scriptless). You can catch their modern take on old-fashioned comedy duos (in this case, they're both the straight man) Thursdays at 10:30 pm in July at the Peoples Improv Theater (aka the PIT).

Despite being a solid collaborator who is always giving other performers needed stage time, we think du Bouchet is also a great solo artist with a long career ahead. He's the kind of consistent performer you know will always do something fresh and original, not to mention wonderfully silly. Our intuition tells us that if he slowed his creative comedy pace, he'd likely be discovered (as many comics are) as a fine serious actor for film and TV roles. So run and catch him now, while Hollywood's loss is our comedy gain.