{"id":128,"date":"2019-07-17T18:17:53","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/news-archives\/absurdity-tour-new-location\/"},"modified":"2019-07-17T18:17:53","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:17:53","slug":"absurdity-tour-new-location","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/absurdity-tour-new-location\/","title":{"rendered":"WCSU 2016 &#8211; Tickets remain for Absurdity Tour comedy festival at WCSU"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">&#013;<\/p>\n<div id=\"sharingTools\"><!-- #include virtual=\"\/include\/sharingtools.inc\" --><\/div>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<div id=\"breadcrumb\"><!-- #include virtual=\"\/include\/breadcrumb.inc\" --><\/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 Ives Concert Hall in White Hall on the university\u2019s Midtown  campus, 181 White St. in Danbury. The event, funded by the <a href=\"http:\/\/sga.wcsu.edu\/sga-news\/\">Student Government Association<\/a>, will  feature five comedians and a DJ. Doors will open at 8:30 p.m. and the show  starts at 9 p.m. <\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>Advance tickets are on sale at the Info Desks in the Midtown  Student Center and Westside Campus Center, 43 Lake Ave. Extension in Danbury,  as well as online at <a href=\"wcsu.edu\/tickets\">wcsu.edu\/tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>Scheduled 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 happening,  including her own comedy show, \u201cThe Check Spot,\u201d on SiriusXM.<strong \/><\/li>\n<p>&#013;\n  <\/ul>\n<p>Advance ticket prices are $10 for WCSU students, $22 for  WCSU student guests (two per student) and $32 for the general public.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>If still available on Oct. 22, tickets at the door will be  $32 for all guests.<\/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=\"studentlife@wcsu.edu.\">studentlife@wcsu.edu.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Western Connecticut State University offers  outstanding faculty in a range of quality academic programs.\u00a0Our diverse university community provides  students an enriching and supportive environment that takes advantage of the  unique cultural offerings of Western Connecticut and New York.\u00a0 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 Ives Concert Hall in White Hall on the &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-128","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128","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=128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}