BRATTLEBORO — Brattleboro comedians Jay Gelter and Ben Stockman are taking their radio show, Real People with Jay and Ben, out of the recording studio and onto the stage on Friday, April 24, at 8 p.m., at the Hooker-Dunham Theater to benefit WVEW, Brattleboro Community Radio.
Inspired by comedy podcasts like Comedy Bang! Bang! and The Dead Author's Podcast, the show features Gelter and Stockman interviewing the “real people” of Brattleboro, who aren't real at all, but rather bizarre characters in a weekly improv tour-de-force.
The show airs every Thursday at 10 p.m. on WVEW-LP 107.7 FM, and is posted as a podcast the next day on the website and iTunes.
Gelter and Stockman only started their comedy show at the beginning of the year, but the audience response has been astounding. So much so that the comedy duo has been invited to perform the show live at the Green Mountain Comedy Festival in Burlington this May.
In an effort to thank Brattleboro Community Radio for their support, Gelter and Stockman will be donating all the proceeds from the April show to the radio station.
Brattleboro Community Radio is Brattleboro's own independent, non-commercial, all-access, all-volunteer 100-watt community radio station. It relies on year-round donations from listeners and supporters to stay on the air.