Cole Stratton

Cole Stratton is a Los Angeles-based actor, comic, podcaster, writer and producer. He is the co-founder of SF Sketchfest, the San Francisco Comedy Festival, a month-long annual event highlighting the best in improv, sketch, stand-up, TV and film comedy. Now in its twentieth year, the festival has featured performers like Carol Burnett, Tenacious D, Conan O'Brien, Freestyle Love Supreme, Billy Crystal, Alan Arkin, Gene Wilder, Amy Sedaris, The Kids in the Hall, The State, Mr. Show, Garry Shandling, Paul Reubens and lots of cast members from Saturday Night Live. Along with Janet Varney, he has written and performed downloadable comedic commentary to the films Dirty Dancing, Ghost, Footloose, Poltergeist, The Lost Boys, Flatliners, Dreamscape and Jaws 3D for RiffTrax.com, an online venture helmed by Mystery Science Theater 3000's Michael J. Nelson. Also with Varney, he co-created and co-hosts the Audible original comedy series The Bat: Improv in the Dark, featuring a who's-who of guest i