PROK is producing two Halloween comedy shows this week. Wednesday night, Laff Hole hosts”Laffhorrible”, with Derek Sheen and Emmett Montgomery at Re-Bar. On Friday (Halloween) Lo-Ball is throwing the first annual Halloween Hootenany at Live Girls Theater in Ballard. 

On Saturday November 1st (the weekend before the Presidential Election) The People’s Republic of Komedy (PROK) will present a night of political humor at the Jewel Box Theater in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood.

“Vote or Cry” will feature some of the Northwest’s best political comics, along with short films and political sketch comedy. Besides putting on a great show, producers hope to encourage their mostly 20-something audience to get out and vote, since many of them will be doing it for the first time.

“Some of our fans don’t even remember 2000,” says writer/comedian Paul Merrill, the organizer of the event. “I do. A lot of people thought Al Gore had it in the bag. Obviously, it didn’t work out that way. We need to get as many people to the polls as possible.”

In addition to the Jewel Box show, PROK will also be hosting a special Election Eve edition of their popular late night Ballard show, Lo-Ball, on Monday November 3rd at 8pm at Live Girls! Theater.

Merrill hopes the shows will give people a little relief from the long, tense campaign.

“It’s been a brutal election year. A lot of people are freaked out right now. I’m freaked out. I’m hoping these shows can have some therapeutic value, both for the audience and myself.”

PROK presents “Vote or Cry” Saturday November 1st at 7pm at the Jewel Box Theater (2322 2nd Ave in Belltown / www.jewelboxtheater.com) and “Lo-Ball Election Eve Special” Monday November 3rd at 8pm at Live Girls! Theater (2220 Market Street - Lower Level - Next to the Great Harvest Bakery in Ballard / www.ballardcomedy.com).