Comedy is Michael Che’s craft, and on Friday, March 22, guests will get to see it in action when he brings his standup routine to Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. Public tickets, which cost $20, will be available beginning Feb. 18.
Penn Players, the Penn State York drama club, is set to perform “Almost, Maine,” a full-length play by John Cariani, at 6 p.m. on Dec. 3 and 4 on the main stage of the Pullo Family Performing Arts Center at the campus. The program is free and open to the public, and tickets are not needed.
Comedian and actor Dave Coulier will perform his stand-up comedy act at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 23 at Penn State Worthington Scranton. Admission is free for Penn State Worthington Scranton students and $10 for the public. The show will take place in the campus' Multi-Purpose Building.
Dave Coulier, perhaps best known as “Uncle Joey” from the hit ABC television series “Full House,” will appear at Penn State York's Pullo Family Performing Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 22.
The Tenderloins, creators of the hit truTV comedy series “Impractical Jokers,” will appear live Oct. 9 at the Bryce Jordan Center. Tickets go on sale at noon June 24.
Sandi Carroll, research fellow and program manager for the Arts and Design Research incubator (ADRI) will present "Mission: Implausible!" at 8 p.m. Feb. 11-13 at the Penn State Downtown Theatre Center.
Arts and Design Research Incubator Research Fellow Sandi Carroll's study of the discipline of play led her to create an interactive comedy about saving the world. Her show — "Mission: Implausible!" — will be performed at 8 p.m. Feb. 11-13 at the Penn State Downtown Theatre Center.
Top Secret Agent Karen visits the co.space (thecospace.com) on her search for heroes. Anywhere that has a tagline of "the home for change makers" must have a lot of heroes hanging out!
Top Secret Agent Karen is on a mission to save the world, and she needs your help. Join her on her quest during Mission: Implausible!, an interactive comedy performance taking place Feb. 11–13 at 8 p.m. in the Penn State Downtown Theatre Center.
Top secret agent Karen is on a mission to save the world, and she needs your help. Join her on her quest during "Mission: Implausible!," an interactive comedy performance taking place at 8 p.m. Feb. 11–13 in the Penn State Downtown Theatre Center.
“Men Are From Mars – Women Are From Venus LIVE!,” the one-man fusion of theatre and stand-up comedy starring Peter Story, takes to the stage at the Pullo Family Performing Arts Center (The Pullo Center) at Penn State York on Friday, Nov. 7 at 8 p.m. Tickets are on sale now for $40 at The Pullo Center Box Office, charge by phone at (717) 505-8900, or online at http://pullocenter.yk.psu.edu. Penn State York students can purchases one ticket at the special price of $20.
Comedian Bill Maher will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 3, at the Bryce Jordan Center.
Comedian and writer Preacher Moss will present his "End of Racism" comedy tour at 7 p.m. Feb. 6, in the auditorium of Penn State Beaver's Student Union Building. The event is free and open to the public.
Bryant Reginald Moss earned the nickname "Preacher" because of his imitations of the pastor at his family's church. Raised as a Christian in a Maryland suburb, he attended a local military academy and converted to Islam at age 20.
Satire has always played an important role in democracy, but a current group of television satirists are more influential than ever with American citizens, particularly younger ones, according to a Penn State researcher.
Sophia McClennen, professor of international affairs and comparative literature, said that Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart, like Jonathan Swift and Benjamin Franklin before them, use satire and parody to poke fun at politics and society with the hope that the humor increases awareness and motivates change.
Jerry Zolten has researched humor for years - not a deep exploration of the physiological reaction that leads to a laugh, but rather what those chuckles say about us and the times we live in.
"It's like pouring hot water on flowers if you get too serious about this," said the associate professor of communication arts and sciences, and American studies at Penn State Altoona.
Nonetheless, Zolten's course "We Were What We Laughed At: A Cultural History Through Stand-up Comedy" isn't always a laughing matter, he said.
