2008 Woodie Awards
Comedy night relocates
New location offers additional seating, cheaper drinks
Lys Whybrew
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"With acting you hide behind a character. With stand-up comedy it's just you and the routine you wrote," he said.
Ehresman and his friend Joey Martin started the show because they wanted to start something different that was completely separate from teachers, he said.
"That's what we need to do when we get out of here. I was just trying to fulfill something for me," Ehresman said.
Ball State Stand-Up Comedy Show started at Motini's but now has moved to The Warehouse across the road because Motini's was too small and The Warehouse provided seating and cheaper drinks. The first show was Aug. 20 in the new location and hosted an improv night Wednesday.
The show is open mic stand-up that happens every other Wednesday at The Warehouse starting at 9 p.m. It is open to all ages, there is no cover charge but you must purchase a drink at either The Warehouse or mt cup.
"It is an excellent place to just meet new people who are hilarious or have fun any random Wednesday night," he said.
The first stand-up night consisted of Ehresman, Martin, and Dan Mannerick who was helping with sound.
"Those were real experimental months," Ehresman said about the first couple of comedy nights.
After a lot of advertising brought new comedians from Indianapolis and a lot of recurring students kept coming in, more and more comedians started coming and performing.
"The first show in the new location went great," Ehresman said.
Because it's an improvised show, the comedians are free to say whatever they want to say. The only limitation on the comedians is a loose time limit of five to six minutes. Now that the show has grown, the time limit will be enforced more than in the past, Ehresman said.
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Gary Greenlee
posted 9/23/08 @ 7:23 PM EST
I was checking to see, if there was a video from this night? If so could you send me the link?
funnyguy
gary
posted 9/23/08 @ 7:27 PM EST
Is there a video of this night posted somewhere? If so what is the link?
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