Ken Hamlett is a standup comedian and published comedy writer. Ken Hamlett is a native of Tacoma, Washington. He is easy going, and has relatable stories that allow the audience to feel right at home. Much like the Tacoma Aroma, people immediately notice him when he's around. Combining wry wit with a powerful stage presence, Ken Hamlett has used his unique perspective to make him a mainstay in the Northwest comedy scene.

You can catch him performing at some of the most notable clubs in the West Coast like Flappers, Tacoma Comedy Club, and The Parlor Live just to name a few. Ken Hamlett is the two–time winner of Western Oregon University's Last Comic Standing and the winner of the 2018 Western Oregon Comedy Competition. He's also been featured at comedy festivals such as Burbank Comedy Festival, Redwood Comedy Festival, Idaho Laugh Fest and more. Ken Hamlett is the co–producer / cohost of the Podcast and nationally traveling comedy show Inebriated, Hydrated, and Faded.

2018 — 2019 Season

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The Death of Me

By Christine Foster
Direction by Curt Hetherington

21 September 2018 — 6 October 2018

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What happens when you find yourself suddenly dead with no idea how it happened? How can you move on? Shelley and Paul, a happily married couple, were both in perfect health up to the very last — unremembered — moments of their lives. What happened? Were they murdered? If so the murderer must be one of their closest friends. And, if so, the murderer is still down there and may strike again. Voices in the Limbo give them permission to go back and relive the night of the mysterious events with the proviso that they can change nothing. Can they find out who murdered them?

It's a Wonderful Life

Adapted for the stage by James W. Rodgers.
Based on the film by Frank Capra and the story by Peter Van Doren Stern.
Direction by Vincent Orduña

7 December 2018 — 22 December 2018

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In our American culture It's a Wonderful Life has become almost as familiar as Dickens' A Christmas Carol. This is the saga of George Bailey, the Everyman from the small town of Bedford Falls, whose dreams of escape and adventure have been quashed by family obligation and civic duty. His guardian angel descends on Christmas Eve to save him from despair and to remind him — by showing him what the world would have been like had he never been born — that his has been, after all, a wonderful life. This fine dramatization not only celebrates the faith of the season, it also celebrates the American philosophy of life: hard work, fair play and the love and support of one's family and community will be rewarded.

Moon Over Buffalo

By Ken Ludwig
Direction by Buddy Todd

8 February 2019 — 23 February 2019

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The hilarious Moon Over Buffalo centers on George and Charlotte Hay, fading stars of the 1950s. Now they're playing Private Lives and Cyrano De Bergerac in rep in Buffalo, New York with five actors. On the brink of a disastrous split–up caused by George's dalliance with a young ingénue, they receive word that they might just have one last shot at stardom: Frank Capra is coming to town to see their matinee. Unfortunately for George and Charlotte, everything that could go wrong does go wrong, abetted by a visit from their daughter's clueless fiancé and hilarious uncertainty about which play they're performing, caused by Charlotte's deaf, old stage–manager mother who hates every bone in George's body.

Twelve Angry Men

by Sherman Sergel
Direction by Bill Huls

5 April 2019 — 20 April 2019

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A 19–year–old man has just stood trial for the fatal stabbing of his father. It looks like an open–and–shut case until one of the jurors begins opening the others' eyes to the facts. "This is a remarkable thing about democracy," says the foreign–born juror, "that we are notified by mail to come down to this place and decide on the guilt or innocence of a person; of a man or woman we have not known before. We have nothing to gain or lose by our verdict. We should not make it a personal thing." But personal it is, with each juror revealing his or her own character as the various testimonies are re–examined, the murder is re–enacted, and a new murder threat is born before their eyes! Tempers get short, arguments grow heated, and the jurors become 12 angry men. The jurors' final verdict and how they reach it will electrify you and keep you on the edge of your seat.

Nunsense

Book, music, and lyrics by Dan Goggin
Direction and Choreography by Tony Pallozzi
Musical Direction by Paul Linnes

7 June 2019 — 22 June 2019

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When the Little Sisters of Hoboken discover that their cook, Sister Julia, Child of God, has accidentally poisoned 52 of the sisters, they are in dire need of funds for the burials. The sisters decide that the best way to raise the money is to put on a variety show, so they take over a school auditorium, which is currently set up for the eighth–grade production of Grease. We meet Reverend Mother Regina, a former circus performer; Sister Mary Hubert, the Mistress of Novices; Sister Robert Anne, a streetwise nun from Brooklyn; Sister Mary Leo, a novice who is a wannabe ballerina; and the delightfully wacky Sister Mary Amnesia, the nun who lost her memory when a crucifix fell on her head.

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