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CCU to host comedy night on Oct. 22

October 14, 2021
Roy Wood Jr.Jessi Campbell

The Coastal Carolina University Office of Student Activities and Leadership will host a comedy night featuring special guests Roy Wood Jr. and Jessi Campbell. The event, which is open to the public, will be held on Friday, Oct. 22, in the University’s HTC Center. Doors open at 7 p.m. for the 8 p.m. show.

Wood is a correspondent on Comedy Central’s Emmy and NAACP award-winning show, The Daily Show, with Trevor Noah. He also is working on his third Comedy Central special the weekend prior to his visit to Coastal.

Campbell has performed at Gilda’s LaughFest, The Boston Comedy Festival, The Great American Comedy Festival, San Francisco SketchFest, and was the People’s Choice winner at the 2009 Aspen Rooftop Comedy Festival. She was featured on NBC’s Last Comic Standing, and her Dry Bar Comedy special, The Sharpest Knife on the Porch, can be seen on Amazon Prime, Facebook, and YouTube.

Tickets are required for the show, and are free for students with a CCU ID. General admission tickets cost $10 and can be purchased in person at the Wheelwright Box Office Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., via phone at 843-349-2787, or online.

For more information, contact Brittany Donatelli-Parks in the Office of Student Life at bdonatell@coastal.edu.