What's our schtick?
Boston's Premier All-Jewish Comedy Troupe
SlapSchtick has been bringing the Borscht Belt to you since 2023! Made up of Greater Boston’s funniest Jews, we add a little something Semitic to classic improv, original sketches, and more than a little singing.
Come laugh with us as we celebrate our 4,000 years of history, one Schtick at a time.
Not Jewish? That’s okay, we aren’t mad! We aim to please our audience regardless of culture or ideology. Welcome to the SlapSchtick Mishpacha! Don’t know what that means? Come to the show and just ask!
Meet The Cast
Ari Goldberg
Ari Goldberg is a Boston based improviser, comedian, podcaster, and producer. He is a long time member of Improv Asylum’s house teams and worked with their NXT cast for a while too. He has produced and starred in over 175 episodes of his own narrative comedy podcast Crews Control along with a handful of other wildly entertaining comedy podcasts. Ari is proud to share his goofy style of humor with whoever will listen and is always ready to do bits. Ari has four Jewish parents and therefore twice the Jewish guilt.
Emma Hobbs
Emma Hobbs has been making Jewish jokes across the continental US since she could first say "my tummy hurts." Emma's known for never stopping talking about her Jewish Summer Camp and calling people antisemitic when they talk about Christmas. Emma has performed with Improv teams and studios across the Greater-Boston area. She's a member of Stop That Baby!, Improv Asylum's House Teams, and Union Comedy's Clyde. Emma never learned to read Hebrew without vowels, so she memorized her Torah portion. If you ask nicely, she'll recite it for you.
Bo Segrest
Bo Segrest is a writer and comedian based in Boston, MA. He has performed on house teams at Improv Asylum, Harold nights at Union Comedy, with Slapschtick, and is the understudy for Improv Asylum’s NXT show. He is also the executive producer of Modern Exhibits: a sketch comedy podcast, and he is the co-editor of Yesterday’s Magazine (a local print comedy publication.) When he is not doing comedy, Bo can be found drinking and frolicking. Like Dylan, his parents are also divorced.
Dan Karlin
Dan Karlin is a writer, improviser and comedian. He is a member of Improv Asylum’s NXT cast, and is a MainStage understudy. He is Co-editor of Yesterday’s Magazine (a local print comedy publication that Bo can speak more knowledgeably about), as well as working on dozen of other projects he’ll eventually get around to. Like many tri-state area Jews, most of his family are doctors, lawyers, and one judge, so he thought he’d mix it up a little. His (very married) parents do not appreciate his free spirit.
Sarah Zeiberg
Sarah Zeiberg loves to make crowds laugh, despite her parents being happily married. Sarah has been doing improv since middle school, holds a B.A. in theatre, and has appeared in IA House Teams.
Addy Gover
Addy Gover is a writer and comedian. You can see them perform at Improv Asylum on the NXT cast and understudying for the MainStage. Feel free to talk to them after the show!
Leah Dodell
Leah Dodell is a recovering theater kid originally from Atlanta, Georgia. She started doing improv in college and now performs on House Teams at Improv Asylum and with SlapSchtick. Although she was born and raised in the leisurely South, her New York Jewish parents ensured she still gained a healthy dose of neuroticism.
Dylan Smith