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[win] 2 Tickets to Gridiron, Wichita’s News Parody Musical

8 April 2010 by verb [ICT] staff 19 Comments

gridironGridiron, one of Wichita’s oldest and most hilarious stage shows, stars members of the local media singing (sort of), dancing (sort of) and spoofing the past year’s news and newsmakers.

Stars include Bonnie Bing of the Wichita Eagle, local funnyman Bucky Walters, Ted Woodward of KNSS, Bill Roy of the Wichita Business Journal and, most importantly, verb [ICT]’s own Steph Barnard. Several “mystery guests” also tend to pop up on stage each year.

Gridiron is put on by the Kansas Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, and proceeds fund journalism scholarships for Kansas college students.

Leave a comment below to win two tickets to this year’s show, which takes place April 15-17 at the Orpheum. (Winner gets to pick which night to attend.) If you’ve been to Gridiron before, tell us what your favorite memory of the show is; if not, tell us which outrageous news event of the past year you’d like to see the cast portray. On Tuesday, April 13th, we’ll choose a winner using the Random Number Generator.

Please note: Due to the crass humor used in the show and the fact that kids wouldn’t know who they’re talking about anyway, Gridiron is intended for enjoyment by adults only.

Contest Rules: All entrants must be 18 years of age or older, unless otherwise stated and/or posted. The winner will be chosen at random from comments received. The winner will be notified at the email address used when posting the comment. Only one entry per person.

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19 Comments »

  • Samuel McConnell said:

    My favorite moment was last year, when the female anchors of all three major local news stations were on stage, singing together. It was so unlikely, which made it all the more hilarious.

    # 8 April 2010 at 1:27 pm
  • Justin said:

    Anyone but Brownback……

    # 8 April 2010 at 1:28 pm
  • Kelly said:

    I agree with Samuel the three female anchors singing was great! However, you can’t go wrong with Bonnie Bing as the naughty Fairy Tale Princess!

    # 8 April 2010 at 1:33 pm
  • Audra Thompson said:

    I’ve never been to Gridiron. If I were to win, I’d love to see a reenactment of the couple who got robbed while making whoopee in the dumpster downtown.

    # 8 April 2010 at 1:34 pm
  • Allison M. said:

    I really enjoyed Steph in the Sham-wow skit. And now, thanks to that skit, every time I see a sham wow in a store, I think of Steph. :)

    # 8 April 2010 at 1:37 pm
  • Juliann Mathews said:

    I really enjoyed Denny Bruce’s solo song last year. She has a fantastic voice and terrific comedic delivery. I’m looking forward to seeing her again. She’s one talented lady!

    # 8 April 2010 at 1:42 pm
  • James said:

    Cliff killed it. “See you at the gamblin’ shed!”

    # 8 April 2010 at 1:47 pm
  • Seth said:

    I hope there will be much discussion of the new arena. But mostly I hope I win the tickets.

    # 8 April 2010 at 1:51 pm
  • Lori said:

    Gridiron is one of my favorite things about Wichita. Winning free tickets is also one of my favorite things, so both together would have to be AWESOME.

    # 8 April 2010 at 3:35 pm
  • Jennifer Keller said:

    OMG….So busy I have not bought Gridiron tickets yet. Always a great show — I don’t know if anything this year will top toilet skit last year! Please choose me! Free is good.

    # 8 April 2010 at 4:10 pm
  • Dan said:

    This has been a great year for Gridiron material! I can’t wait to see it in person. Please randomly generate my number, so I can spend extra money on alcohol instead of tickets.

    # 8 April 2010 at 8:23 pm
  • Dave said:

    Always a fantastic show and a great cause. I am expecting at least a reference to the Greenpeace report and Koch response.

    # 9 April 2010 at 9:12 am
  • RNW said:

    Never been, sorry to say. Something about the jail & county commission would be good.

    # 9 April 2010 at 9:39 am
  • Garrett said:

    Gridiron: Never been and would sure enjoy the experience. Personal life dream of mine along with solving world hunger and backpacking across Idaho. Anyway, I would like to see something done a bit on all the times Wichita and or Kansas made national news…typically not the most flattering(dumster lovers etc). Thank you!

    # 9 April 2010 at 9:43 am
  • Jason Dilts said:

    Something about Kelly Parks & The FBI would be priceless!

    # 9 April 2010 at 1:10 pm
  • Sandra said:

    Would love to win tickets. I have heard about this for years but never attended.

    # 10 April 2010 at 3:48 pm
  • Jessica said:

    This will be the first year I can make it! The deal will only be sweeter if the tickets are free… So come’on randomnumber generator! Mama needs a pair of tickets to Gridiron!!

    # 10 April 2010 at 4:00 pm
  • Mark Loewen said:

    Never been to gridiron. Good story to parody is kristie alley big story.

    # 11 April 2010 at 7:51 pm
  • Undrell said:

    I would like to see them portray the couple that got robbed having sex in the dumpster, Lol!

    # 13 April 2010 at 2:11 pm