In other news, today is our very own Co-founder, Coach Steve Corning’s birthday. Balderdash Academy wouldn’t be the same without Steve. He’s one of the driving forces behind the show.

Steve and Bob created Balderdash Academy. What it is today is nowhere near where it started. The name came from a brainstorming session in December of 2018 over dinner after a disc golf game at The Great Lost Bear in Portland, Maine. The dinner was at the Great Lost Bear, the disc golf game was at Bittersweet Ridge Disc Golf. They were trying to come up with an idea for a new improv company. We’re lucky. They entered their names into an anagram generator and came up with Shaved Newt Boobs. It could have been a lot worse.

After getting cast in the Chamber of Comedy at Maine Repertory Theater, they put the name aside until March 2019, where they started designing a new show around the name. The pandemic made them reevaluate the property again, and history was made.

Wish Steve a happy day. He deserves it.