Talent: The Painting

Backpack Picnic Troupe:

Backpack Picnic is the latest comedy troupe/ flower to evolve/blossom from the creative minds/plants that fester/sprout in the brains/ humus of Mitch Baker and David Bewley, who have been performing original comedy together for 11 years. René Pinnell joined the troupe when he directed their MTV pilot in 2005, and Shannon McCormick and Jeremy Lamb have been integral players since 2003. Though Backpack Picnic’s history is short, it comes from a long line of absurdest-comedy incarnations dating back to HBO’s US Comedy Arts Festival in 2000. They’ve been compared to Kids In The Hall, Monty Python, and most recently, flowering plants.