SHORT FILMS:

SATIRICAL COMEDY REVUES:

The Shows

We Are All Criminals 2019 (based on the book by Emily Baxter)

Why We Can't Have Nice Things               (or: The Peril of Choice)                              2016

Sex and Sensibility                                  2014  (Minnesota Fringe Festival)

Push Button. Get Bacon.                      2013-2014

the VOW factor                                        2012

Danger! Will/Robinson                         2011-2012

Department of Redundancy Department 2009-2010

Song and Sketch for Happy Laugh Time 2004

Big Smile Campaign Team                  2002-2003

2000 P.S.I.                                                         2001

The Phallic Menace: An Insider's Guide       to America                                                   1999 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Scotland

Reviews

Why We Can't Have Nice Things - "This is smart, incisive, laugh-out-loud satire. The writing and execution are as clever as you’ll find anywhere. Anywhere!

The wonder of Will’s writing (and the improv skills of this company) is that he can zero in on life’s minutiae, riff on it for sketch after sketch and it never becomes tedious. In fact, it just gets funnier. And funnier. And funnier."  (Preus, HowWasTheShow.com)

"Why We Can’t Have Nice Things is a tight and very funny piece of writing.  The guys do just as well with the off-beat musical numbers as they do the scripted comedy scenes.  In pretty much every case, the songs sort of come out of left field, yet they’re strangely grounded in the satirical reality of the scenes out of which they spring." (Everett, Single White Fringe Geek)

Push Button. Get Bacon - "This is clever, scripted and rehearsed sketch comedy performed by a small ensemble of versatile and skilled actors. But what really stands out is the seriously good comedy writing by Josh Will, who also directed. He understands that a joke has to make one very clear point and then stop. You can run the joke again, but next time, it needs a change up, and the next time has to top them all. He gets it, he really does. Life’s absurdities get skewered with no viciousness." (Preus, HowWasTheShow.com)

Sex and Sensibility - "It's funny, clever, sketch comedy, perhaps like what Saturday Night Live is supposed to be." (Cherry and Spoon)

Department of Redundancy Department - "It’s class A sketch comedy with material that dabbles in the politically incorrect without attempting to impress us with their daring. In other words, it’s genuinely funny."

Minnesota Vikings 50th Anniversary Celebration - Minneapolis convention Center

THE ALTERNATIVE ANIMAL ALPHABET

Here what Minnesota Public Radio has to say:

"A is for Alligator? Z is for Zebra?"

Let's face it, the animal alphabet has been stuck in a rut. A repetitious, boring, repetitious rut.

Isn't it time we looked at the lifestyles of the other animals who share our planet, but rarely share the limelight with their more popular cousins? We've all heard of Snakes, but how about Skinks? You know about Gorillas, but have you ever wondered what a Godwit was, where it came from, or what it tastes like? Why a duck?

Diehard animal fans looking for an ABC book that abstains from bears, eschews alligators, and renounces rhinos will rejoice in the offbeat, informative, Alternative Animal Alphabet. Young readers will delight in the alternative facts and beautiful illustrations. Adults will give it a place of honor on the coffee table alongside NatGeo and The Hitchhiker's Guide. Teachers will use it to get students thinking outside the zoo when it's time to research reports. The possibilities are endless - with millions of different animals on earth, this hysterical primer proves there's life outside the stereotypical 26.

The Alternative Animal Alphabet - A laugh-out-loud children's book that inadvertently educates, possibly embarrasses, and finally gives deserving critters their day in the sun (or, at least, a quick read before bed).