11TH ANNUAL SERIESFEST TELEVISION FESTIVAL

Amy Schumer has received the key to open the festival with an exclusive stand-up special event

SeriesFest: All You Need To Know

SeriesFest, the annual international TV festival that celebrates emerging talent, breakout series, and fresh voices in the television industry, will kick off its 11th season with a one-night-only performance by comedian Amy Schumer at the iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre. The stand-up special event on Tuesday, April 29 will also feature additional performers to be announced at a later date, and launch the six-day gathering of artists, storytellers, and industry professionals in Denver, Colorado.

About SeriesFest

SeriesFest is a non-profit organization that champions and empowers artists at the forefront of episodic storytelling by providing year-round opportunities for creators and industry professionals to connect, collaborate, and share stories, which inspire and impact global audiences.

Each spring, SeriesFest culminates in a highly curated and celebrated Denver-based festival and marketplace. Dedicated to showcasing innovative episodic content, the annual festival includes in-competition independent pilot screenings, panels, workshops, live reads, parties, network television premieres, an additional wide array of programs including scripted, unscripted and late-night pilot competitions, exclusive screenings and galas, such as the SeriesFest Soiree.

About Amy Schumer

Amy Schumer is a Golden Globe, Tony and Grammy nominated standup comedian, actress, writer, producer, activist, and director. Her most recent projects include critically acclaimed series from Hulu’s Life & Beth Season 2 which Schumer stars in, created, wrote, and directed and the Golden Globe nominated Netflix comedy special, AMY SCHUMER: EMERGENCY CONTACT.

Among her many projects, Schumer is also the creator, star, writer and executive producer of the award-winning INSIDE AMY SCHUMER the popular Comedy Central television series, which premiered in April 2013 to the network’s highest season premiere ratings of that year. INSIDE AMY SCHUMER won the 2015 Writers Guild Award for Best Comedy/Variety Sketch series.  In 2015, the show was honored with the first-ever Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sketch Variety Series.  Schumer was also nominated for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series and Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series. Schumer received honors for Individual Achievement in Comedy and Outstanding Achievement in Comedy from the Television Critics Association in 2015.  Additionally, she was awarded the 2015 Critics’ Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series.  Among the show’s many accolades, it also received the prestigious Peabody Award in 2014.

What’s the latest with Amy Schumer?

Schumer will be starring in the Netflix Comedy ‘Kinda Pregnant’ alongside Will Forte and Jillian Bell with more in the works.

SeriesFest Sponsors and Support

Canva, Once Upon A Time Productions, Liberty Global, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, Denver Film, Caz Matthews, Xfinity, and United Airlines, along with generous support from the SCFD.