{"id":127,"date":"2019-07-17T18:17:53","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/news-archives\/absurdity-tour-comedy-festival\/"},"modified":"2019-07-17T18:17:53","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:17:53","slug":"absurdity-tour-comedy-festival","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/absurdity-tour-comedy-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"WCSU 2016 &#8211; Absurdity Tour comedy festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">&#013;<\/p>\n<div id=\"sharingTools\"><!-- #include virtual=\"\/include\/sharingtools.inc\" -->&#013;\n          <\/div>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n    &#013;<\/p>\n<p><strong>DANBURY, CONN. <\/strong>\u2014 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\">Western Connecticut State  University<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/studentlife\/\">Center for Student Involvement<\/a> (CSI) will host the \u201cAbsurdity Tour\u201d comedy festival on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/homecoming\/Saturday.asp\">Homecoming night<\/a>,  <strong>Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016<\/strong>, in the Feldman Arena at the O\u2019Neill Center on the university\u2019s  Westside campus, 43 Lake Ave. Extension in Danbury. The event, funded by the <a href=\"http:\/\/sga.wcsu.edu\/sga-news\/\">Student Government Association<\/a> (SGA),  will feature five comedians and a disc jockey. Doors will open at 8:30 p.m. and  the show starts at 9 p.m. <\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are on sale at the Info Desk in the Midtown Student  Center, 181 White St. in Danbury, and the Westside Campus Center, as well as  online at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/tickets\">www.wcsu.edu\/tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>Acts include:<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/djbonics.com\/\"><strong>DJ Bonics<\/strong><\/a><strong> \u2013 <\/strong>Hip-hop DJ for Wiz Khalifa and part-time radio DJ at 96.1 Kiss FM  in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Wired 96.5 FM in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.<\/li>\n<p>&#013;\n    <\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0915458\/\"><strong>Damon Wayans Jr. <\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211;\u00a0 Actor, writer and stand-up comedian, most widely  known for starring as Brad Williams in the ABC comedy series \u201cHappy Endings\u201d  and as Coach in the Fox comedy series \u201cNew Girl.\u201d He is the oldest son of  actor-comedian Damon Wayans and nephew of Keenen Ivory Wayans, Shawn Wayans,  Kim Wayans and Marlon Wayans.<\/li>\n<p>&#013;\n  <\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chrisdelia.com\/\"><strong>Chris D\u2019Elia<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; Stand-up comedian,  actor, presenter, writer and comedy singer. He is known for playing Alex Miller  on the NBC sitcom \u201cWhitney\u201d and for the role of Danny Burton on the sitcom \u201cUndateable,\u201d  also on NBC.<\/li>\n<p>&#013;\n    <\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/judahfriedlander.com\/\"><strong>Judah Friedlander<\/strong><\/a><strong> &#8211; \u00a0<\/strong>Actor  and comedian, known for playing the role of writer Frank Rossitano on the NBC  sitcom \u201c30 Rock\u201d and for his role as Toby Radloff in the film \u201cAmerican  Splendor.\u201d<strong \/><\/li>\n<p>&#013;\n  <\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ronfunches.com\/\"><strong>Ron Funches<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>Comedian, actor and writer known for starring in the NBC series  \u201cUndateable\u201d as Shelly. He has also appeared on\u201d @midnight,\u201d where he holds the  record for most wins, and was a cast member and writer on \u201cThe Kroll Show.\u201d<\/li>\n<p>&#013;\n    <\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emmacomedy.com\/bio\/\"><strong>Emma Willman<\/strong><\/a><strong> &#8211; \u00a0<\/strong>One of the top new  comedians coming out of New York City, she has a variety of projects, including  her own comedy show, \u201cThe Check Spot,\u201d on SiriusXM.<strong \/><\/li>\n<p>&#013;\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ticket prices are $10 for students, $22 for students\u2019 guests  (limit of two per student) and $32 for the general public<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/studentlife\/\">Center for Student Involvement<\/a> at  (203) 837-3954, or by email at <a href=\"UsershillsAppDataLocalMicrosoftWindowsTemporary%20Internet%20FilesContent.OutlookN3IC0F9Gstudentlife@wcsu.edu\">studentlife@wcsu.edu.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p><em>Western Connecticut  State University offers outstanding faculty in a range of quality academic  programs. Our diverse university community provides students an enriching and  supportive environment that takes advantage of the unique cultural offerings of  Western Connecticut and New York. Our vision: To be an affordable public university  with the characteristics of New England\u2019s best small private universities. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<div id=\"facebookShare\"><!-- #include virtual=\"\/include\/facebookshare.inc\" --><\/div>\n<p>&#013;\n        <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; &#013; &#013; &#013; DANBURY, CONN. \u2014 The Western Connecticut State University Center for Student Involvement (CSI) will host the \u201cAbsurdity Tour\u201d comedy festival on Homecoming night, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016, in the Feldman Arena at the O\u2019Neill Center on &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-127","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/127\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}