TBS and Rooftop Comedy have teamed up for the fifth annual Rooftop Comedy National College Comedy Competition (NCCC), a nationwide search for America’s funniest college students. Students from 32 colleges and universities from around the country are taking part in the stand-up comedy competition, presented by TBS and sponsored by Wendy’s. This week, the competition hits Boston!
At the on-campus talent search, up to 20 student performers will deliver three-min sets in the hopes of the audience voting them onto their college team (8 will make it). Ultimately, one team will win a trip to Chicago and the chance to perform at the TBS Just for Laughs Festival.
“It’s been amazing to watch this competition grow over the past four years into one of the largest comedy series of its kind,” says Rooftop CEO Will Rogers. “Every year the NCCC has gotten bigger and more dynamic. This year, we’ll have thousands of students attending our expanded lineup of live events and hundreds of thousands viewing new types of comedy content and voting online.”
The competition narrows the field through a series of additional live events and online voting rounds, concluding in May with the announcement of the winning team and four MVPs, all of whom will have the chance to perform alongside comedy greats at the TBS Just for Laughs Comedy Festival in Chicago in June.
“This competition is a great opportunity for us to engage directly with college students all over the country and get an up-close view of what makes them laugh,” said Dennis Adamovich, Senior VP of Brand and Digital Activation/General Manager of Festivals for TBS, TNT and Turner Classic Movies (TCM). “We are thrilled to be joining up with Rooftop Comedy once again on this exciting event.”
Don’t miss out on your chance to enter at these area competitions:
· Emerson College, Wed, 2/08, 8pm at The Cabaret (80 Boylston St)
· Tufts University, Thu, 2/09, 10pm at Dewick Hall (25 Latin Way)
· Boston University, Fri, 2/10, 7pm at Jacob Sleeper Auditorium (BU College of General Studies, basement, 871 Commonwealth Ave)
· Boston College, Sun, 2/12, 7:30pm at Devlin 008 (140 Commonwealth Ave, Chestnut Hill)
Following the competition’s preliminary rounds, Rooftop Comedy will be back on March 26 and 27 for the next round at ImprovBoston. Come on out and support your classmates as Rooftop Comedy searches for the funniest college student in America!
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