Swisshelm Park Comedian to Debut One-Man Show

Madness in the Message, a multimedia performance of media criticism and comedy featuring local comedian , will run once a month from June through September at the Steel City Improv Theater.

Describing the show “as The Daily Show meets the BBC series How TV Ruined Your Life with an academic edge,” Ron promises a tour through a contemporary media landscape where advertisers, owners and special interest groups come first and the  general public comes dead last.

Madness in the Message: Start Talking, describes the fractured relationship between commercial media and democracy the only way you can while staying sane—through humor. Ron’s performance piece includes case studies, video footage, interviews, sketches and a call-to-action that will resonate regardless of whether you’re ready to Occupy Mellon Square or throw a Tea Party in the Mon.

After its four month run, Ron hopes to take his show to campuses and organizations nationally and internationally.

Placone is a nationally-touring comedian, academic and writer. He recently finished his master’s degree in Rhetoric & Philosophy at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA. Ron’s podcast, Thoughts, Rants & Cold Coffee is currently in rotation on New Dissident Radio in Los Angeles, WCDB in Albany, NY, and OSS Radio Network in Lansing, MI. His writing appears regularly in the Huffington Post Union of Bloggers and Pardon the Pundit. His academic writing has appeared in the Journal of Contemporary Rhetoric.

Madness in the Message will run at  8 p.m. Saturday, June 23, Saturday, July
21, Saturday, August 25 and Saturday, September 22. All shows will be held at the Steel City Improv Theater.

WHERE: Steel City Improv Theater, 808 Tripoli Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15212
(412) 322-1000

WHEN: June 23, July 21, August 25, September 22, 8pm.

HOW MUCH: $5 at the door

FOR MORE INFO: visit www.ronplacone.com