Saturday, May 2, 2015

Soma Showcase Calendar of Events:




Wed May 6th: The second Showcase at Soma Ultralounge will be featuring students from the University of Illinois. A few are a bit newer to stand up, and a few have been with C-U Comedy for over a year now. Before they take their final they are hitting the stage along with C-U Comedy's Esteban Gast.




                                                                                     Wed May 13th, for her first time with us in Champaign, we welcome from Chicago, our feature act of the week: Reena Calm. Reena is part of one of Chicago's most popular comedy shows, Hoo-Ha Comedy, is a regular at the Laugh Factory Comedy Club, has been on WGN Radio, and performed at the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival. Catch her one night only in C-U! Also: Shara Keen, Sandy Ott, Alec Jones, Rich Wentz, Chris Hightower.

Wed May 20th is the the return of the popular game: COMEDY COURT. A C-U regulars joke will be defended and prosecuted to find out whether or not is guilty of hackery! Also featuring sets from Rich Castle, Maggi Mayfield, Andrew Hicks, Steve Schaberg, Mikel Matthews, Kris Gardner, and from STL: Kathy Zeman

Drift Roberts
Wed May 27th: The Hardly Legal Comedy Tour. From Peoria, IL Drift Roberts, Jeff Bailey, and Courtney Rose Bennett. Their tour has taken them through Northern, IL and through Wisconsin and are now coming through Champaign! Drift Roberts has recently opened in theaters for Bo Burnham, including a huge show at U of I's Follinger Auditorium. Jeff Bailey is a regular at The Jukebox Comedy Club in Peoria and won the 2013 Midwest Comedy Competition beating out over 70 other entry's. 


Wednesday June 10th - The "Almost Friends Comedy Tour". On their way from Boise, ID to the Limestone Comedy Festival in Indiana, then on to the Comedy Clubs in New York, they are stopping in Champaign for one night only ! Emma Arnold, Ryan Noack, and Chad Heft are all prominent in clubs and colleges in their home state and have worked with dozens of national headliners. This is a cool thing to get them to stop in to our home base, make sure not to miss it! 



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