Author: Adam Bakst

Adam Bakst is a Florida-born, North Carolina-based, free-lance comedy writer, performer and improvisor. He is a founding member of the comedy troupe Newt Work Comedy and a regular performer at both ComedyWorx and Mettlesome Theater in Raleigh and Durham, NC, respectively. Bakst has performed in several comedy festivals around the United States, including San Francisco Sketch Fest, the Brooklyn Comedy Collective's Fun and Dumb Festival, iO Fest in Chicago, DC Sketch Fest, as well as several others. Their written work has been featured in Points in Case, Slack Jaw, Broadway Beat and more.

Tickets! Buy your tickets for this Saturday’s Prom dance! Oh my god — hi! Do you want one? No? — Ugh! No, it’s fine… I just feel like I’m wasting my time. And, look, I know what you are thinking…but the whole student council worked really hard on this dance and everything, and I just think like… Okay, so what, we had a severe string of biblical plagues — who cares?! Prom can still happen! And I know, I know, Principal Foster like just came on the PA system and said official statements from the police, coroner’s office and the President of…

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