The Pointer UW-Stevens Point Student Newspaper
Centertainment, a division of Campus Activities and Student Engagement or CASE, is inviting British comedian, Chris James into Stevens Point on Wednesday, September 18 at 7 p.m. in the Dreyfus University Center, for a highly anticipated, hilarious night. This comedic night is only one of many events that CASE puts on for the students. CASE works hard to put-on high-quality, ... Read More »
Tag Archives: Comedy
“Comedy Open Mic Night” Provides Laughs, Pushes Boundaries
It is no surprise that the outdoor air has become frigid once again. Though students at UWSP are not strangers to the cold, it has become apparent in the faces of passerby that it is time to settle in for the long winter ahead. Dealing with the cold can be a challenge. It is easy to feel “down” or become ... Read More »
Female Student Comedy Openers Prove Girls Run the World
The Laird Room was abuzz on Sept. 8 when the Centertainment- sponsored event of an all-female comedy show began. Taking place in the Dreyfus University Center, the show featured comedian Chloe Hilliard, who you may have seen starring in NBC’s Last Comic Standing. The show also showcased two female students as her openers. We interviewed Tess Bents before the show, ... Read More »
Mission IMPROVable: Spies Steal the Stage in Improv Show
Imagine you’re doing laundry but the basket is a unicorn, the clothes are cheeseburgers and the machine is made out of squirrels. That’s just one of the scenarios the award-winning comedy group “Mission IMPROVable” underwent at the Encore at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point on April 27. The Improv group consisted of four members who referred to themselves as “agents” ... Read More »
Stevens Point Laughs with The Second City
A man and woman performing an interpretive dance about Nickleback while wearing red Spandex suits may seem strange, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg at a Second City comedy show. Theater @ 1800, located in SentryWorld, played host to the six-member touring comedy group on April 7. The Second City started as a comedy theater in Chicago in ... Read More »
Battle of the Comedians Comes to Campus
The first comedy open mic night at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point was held on Saturday, Oct. 21. UWSP holds open mic nights every other Monday at the Basement Brewhaus, but this event was special as it was only for stand-up comedy. “The comedy Open Mic Night came about because, previously, Centertainment Productions has held battle of the bands, where ... Read More »
Comedy Brings The Stevens Point Community Together
Laughter boomed in the nearly-full room of the Encore as students came to Centertainment Production’s event, Comedy Kickback, featuring Matt Donaher as seen on Conan O’Brien, Joe Riley from Milwaukee and Jerron Baldwin also known as Bubba. Bubba, senior drama major, stepped on stage to perform stand up for the first time ever and opened the show telling jokes and ... Read More »
Joshua Hanyard: A Student Profile
Joshua Hanyard, junior communications major, debuted his comedy act in the Basement Brewhaus of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point campus, which led to his opening for professional comedian, Chinedu Unaka. Hanyard was always interested in public speaking. He remembers attending church and being drawn to the format and structure of the sermons he heard. Hanyard was attracted to the way the ... Read More »
Welcome to the Salty-Splatoon! How Nerd are You?
Catering to the hub of knowledge on campus, Centertainment presents “Nerdology”. Self-proclaimed “full-time nerds”, Mike and Sherman, are two professional comedians hosting a friendly competition. Mary Knight, communication and arts management major, organized this event for University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point students. “We have not done a lot of trivia through Centertainment,” said Knight. “We have a large amount of people ... Read More »
”Midsummer Night’s Dream” Hits Stage Soon
The College of Fine Arts and Communication debuts the Shakespearean comedy ”A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” This play is one of Shakespeare’s most popular comedies where four lovers are in the woods whilst the king and queen of the fairies are fighting. There is also a company of actors, the Mechanicals, who are rehearsing a play for the upcoming nuptials for Thesues, the ... Read More »