A week-long festival of special guests, live performances, films, author talks, workshops, receptions, and more in Williamsburg, VA. 2026 featured guests and performers include Cecily Strong, Leslie David Baker, Sarah Jarosz, Jennifer Egan, Greg Sestero, and many more! Details and tickets are available at ampersandfestival.com.
The Best Man Show is an interactive and darkly hilarious wedding reception where Mark Vigeant plays the Groom’s brother Paul, who has been asked to give the toast at an untraditional polyamorous commitment ceremony. It starts out fun and silly, with your typical masculine roasting and ribbing – and gradually devolves into a drunken chaotic […]
Jennifer Egan is the author of several novels and a short story collection. Her 2017 novel, Manhattan Beach, a New York Times bestseller, was awarded the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, and was chosen as New York City’s One Book One New York read. Her previous novel, A Visit From the Goon Squad, […]
You’ve seen their work on Saturday Night Live, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The New Yorker, and beyond. Now’s your chance to see them live for one night only. Join a cast of award-winning comedy writers for a laughter-filled evening of short comedy pieces, cartoons, audience interactions, and more! Katie Rich is an Emmy-nominated […]
Mr. Baker starred as Stanley Hudson for nine seasons on the Emmy Award-winning NBC/Universal Television series The Office. His other film and television credits include: The Happytime Murders, Wish I Was Here, When Duty Calls, Road to Redemption, Scrubs, Just Shoot Me, That 70’s Show, Malcolm in the Middle, The Guardian, Puppy Dog Pals, Doug […]
Six-time GRAMMY® Award–winning singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Sarah Jarosz is a leading voice in contemporary folk and Americana. Her seventh full-length album, Polaroid Lovers, is an intimate meditation on fleeting moments and love stories that shape our lives, blending finely crafted lyricism with luminous vocals and virtuosic yet unfettered musicality. Praised for her emotional depth and […]
A tribute to the infamous cult classic. The Room Returns is a remake of The Room, featuring most of the original scenes, produced by the charity foundation Acting for a Cause. Starring Bob Odenkirk, Mike Flanagan, & Kate Siegel. Featuring a Q&A discussion with actor Greg Sestero following the film
Jenny Hagel loves two things: comedy and telling people what to do. And in her live show, she gets to do both at the same time. She invites audience members to submit written questions about their relationships, careers, and families. Then Jenny and a special guest give their best, most professional (not professional at all) […]
Cecily Strong is an actress and author known for her work as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 2012-22, where she received Emmy nominations in 2020-21 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. Strong produced and starred in Apple TV+’s hit musical series, Schmigadoon. Her memoir, This Will All Be Over Soon, […]
A performance-lecture led by artist and magician Jeanette Andrews. Magic performance combines with live-drawn overhead projections and philosophical conversation to investigate how and why we perceive and believe. Andrews creates interactive, surreal performance vignettes utilizing elegant, yet common items combined with sleight of hand causing viewers to question the dynamic nature of perception. This program […]
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