Bad Medicine is no stranger to publicity and awards for our great contributions to comedy. Below, we present to you a modest sample of our exhilarating success over the years.

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• WTOP – “Bad Medicine comedy troupe cracks up DC Improv with sketch comedy, workshops”
• Washington City Paper – “Bad Medicine”
• Washington City Paper – “It’s Time: D.C. Is Finally Getting Its Own Sketch Comedy Festival”
• Northern Virginia Magazine – “DC Sketchfest Brings Comedy to Capital”
• Broadway World – “Washington DC’s First Sketch Comedy Festival to be Presented in March”
• DCist – “What It Feels Like To Party In D.C.”
• The Other Side podcast – “Bad Medicine”
• Misfits Makin’ It podcast – “Soggy Cannoli and Drunk Pet Singing w/ Elizabeth Kemp and Bethany Stokes”
• Misfits Makin’ It podcast – “Guilt and Polyamory w/ Andy Weld and Shoa Tavassoli”
• Unstoppable Failure – “Q&A: Let’s get to know the good folks in Bad Medicine”
• Comedic Pursuits – “Directors’ Commentary: Advice for Directing Comedy Shows”
• Comedy Crowd – Winner of the Heart & Brain Comic Writing Challenge 2022.
• Should I Keep This? Podcast featuring Isaiah Headen and Elizabeth Kemp
• The Truth In This Art: Baltimore, Arts & Culture featuring Isaiah Headen
• My First Sketch Podcast episodes featuring Andy Weld, Isaiah Headen, Bethany Stokes, and J.P. McElyea
• Heavy Flo Podcast with Puss and Kooch featuring Elizabeth Kemp
• Witnesses Only an official selection for Philly Sketchfest Film Festival 2021.
• Fan Fiction an official winner of Best Comedy Micro Film Award at Austin Comedy Short Film Festival 2020.
• The First Female Bank Robber an official selection for Women In Comedy Festival: Film Competition 2018, The Broad Humor Film Festival 2018, Finalist for Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards 2018 and Semi-Finalist for Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival 2019.
• Death of a Cookie Saleswoman an official selection for Women In Comedy Festival: Film Competition and Baltimore Comedy Festival SketchFest 2019.
• Dumb Black Mirror an official selection for Philly Sketchfest Film Festival, Iron Mule Short Comedy Film Festival, Portland Comedy Film Festival, Battle of the Sketches, Atlanta Comedy Film Festival 2019, and Judges Award Winner at SketchFest Seattle Comedy Film Challenge 2019.
• Brazil Nut an official selection for Women In Comedy Festival: Film Competition 2018
• Clogged an official selection for Baltimore Comedy Festival SketchFest 2018
• Trick Shot Engineer an official selection for Philly Sketchfest Film Festival 2018
• Face Cake an official selection for The Great Canadian Sketch Comedy Film Festival and Battle of The Sketches 2018. Also NYC Short Comedy Film Festival and Austin Comedy Short Film Festival 2019.
• Incubator an official selection for the 4th annual Wheaton Film Festival
• Best In Show at the Make Up Party: ANIMALS, SCHOOL, CRIME, and EMERGENCY
• Judges Award at The First Annual 24 Hour Sketch-Fest
• Performed at DC Sketchfest 2024
• Performed at NL Sketch Fest 2024
• Performed at Austin Sketch Fest 2023
• Performed at Philly Sketchfest 2016-2019, 2022
• Performed at SketchFest Seattle 2019, 2022
• Performed at SF Sketchfest 2020
• Performed at Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival 2019-2020
• Performed at NYC Sketchfest 2014, 2017-2019, 2023
• Performed at DC Comedy Festival 2019
• Performed at Montreal Sketchfest 2017
• Performed at Charm City Comedy Festival 2014-2019
• Performed at North Carolina Comedy Festival 2019, 2023
• Performed at Oak City Comedy Festival 2019
• Performed at 2nd Best Fest 2019
• Performed at Floodwater Comedy Festival 2020
• Performed at LIT Fest 2014-2019
• A DC Saturday Night an official selection for Philly Sketchfest Film Festival 2017
• TAPE an official selection for Philly Sketchfest Film Festival 2016
• DCist – “At Comedy Hack Day DC, Laughter Drowns Out Election Results… Mostly”
• Technical.ly DC – “Hey, VCs: You should totally fund these Comedy Hack Day projects”
• 2015 Laughter’s Choice Award for Best Sketch Team
• 2015 Laughter’s Choice Award for Best Film Video: Contacts
• Contacts at the Brentwood Arts Exchange All-Screened Video Fest 2015
• Contacts screened at the DC Shorts Film Festival 2015 
• 2015 Awesome Foundation DC grant winner for Comedy Hack Day DC
• DC Shorts 2010 Screenplay Competition Finalist (Kelli Herod)
• DC Improv Funniest Stand-up College Edition (Justin Mushnick)