John Wilkes Booth

Abraham Lincoln (Zach Cregger) tries to enjoy a play with Mary Todd Lincoln (Timmy Williams), but their casual, anachronistic conversation—full of Diet Cokes, dinner plans, and British invasion rumors—is repeatedly interrupted by John Wilkes Booth (Trevor Moore), who bursts in shouting “Sic semper tyrannis” and throws objects like a phone book and an orange at the president. A baffled, modern-day security guard (Darren Trumeter) with a Boston accent struggles to maintain order as the intrusions escalate. The sketch plays with historical absurdity by portraying the lead-up to Lincoln’s assassination as a low-stakes domestic comedy, where bad reenactment, modern attitudes, and escalating nonsense turn a national tragedy into pure farce.