Professor Michael Delaney | Guest Monologist

This month on Mainstage, host Billy Merritt welcomes longtime collaborator and improv legend Professor Michael Delaney to talk about one very specific place: Dobbs Ferry, New York.

What begins as a casual conversation about a small Hudson River town quickly spirals into a wildly improvised audio adventure featuring cursed skeletons, extremely unreliable restaurant hours, entrepreneurial ghosts, and a Dalmatian with a Revolutionary War résumé.

Michael shares stories from his years living in Dobbs Ferry, raising a kid outside New York City, biking the Croton Aqueduct, and navigating the town's mysterious dining scene (including a sushi restaurant that specializes in being closed).

From there, the Mainstage ensemble builds an entire comedic universe inspired by the town's lore.

• Billy Merritt interviews Professor Michael Delaney about life in Dobbs Ferry

• The Croton Aqueduct, Hudson River history, and the town's Revolutionary War connections

• The legend of Sushi Mike's — the sushi restaurant that may or may not ever be open

• Ernesto the tomato-growing landlord

• A cursed British skeleton named Derek searching for closure

• A paranormal podcast investigating the town's supernatural problems

• Firehouse drama between jealous Dalmatians

• Graveyard rubbings, haunted cats, and questionable tourism opportunities

• A desperate mission to obtain sushi and lift an ancient curse from the town

The BIT Comedy Network apologizes to the residents of Dobbs Ferry, the Hudson River Valley, George Washington, Martha Washington, British soldiers of the Revolutionary War, cursed skeletons, Dalmatians, the Dobbs Ferry Fire Department, Croton Aqueduct engineers, Ernesto, people sensitive to onions, paranormal podcasters, cursed cats, parents of skeleton-collecting children, and anyone who tried to get a reservation at Sushi Mike's.

Director and Creator: Billy Merritt Producer, Editor & Graphics: Hill Kane Featuring: Michael Delaney Billy Merrit Amber Bellsdale Daniel Belum Dean Aisles Don Slovin Flannery Wilson Hill Kane J. Jaramillo Jason Luna Jim Tripp

Music: "Shark Bait" performed by Little Kahunas | Produced by the late, great Peter Miller

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