Everett Comedian Cory Michelis partners with Office of CELR and Jason Frederick Lambacher’s Art and Politics of Comedy Course

Dana Washington with the Office of CELR contacted Cory Michelis, host of the Everett Comedy Night, and helped build a partnership with Jason’s BCORE Art & Politics of Comedy class. Students prepared for Cory’s in-class visit by applying concepts from the course (different theories of comedy; issues of free speech and censorship; comedy as dangerous truth-telling) in questions they composed in advance. Cory incorporated many queries into his conversational presentation as he also discussed the business of comedy, the challenges of working comedians, and the joy of working in the industry. Cory kindly gave all students free tickets to the May and June shows of the Everett Comedy Night and open invitations for them to volunteer at future events. Dana, Cory, and Jason look forward to collaboration in future versions of the Art & Politics of Comedy course at UWB.