Jokes, laughs and good times will begin Oct. 21 at CAP’s first comedy night

On Wednesday, Oct. 21, students can kick back, relax, and erase their stress with a fun-filled night full of laughs and good times at Comedy Night — all free of charge.
Campus Activities Programming is introducing this new event for the first time at the University of Toledo featuring up-and-coming comedians Jeff Dye and Mike Paramore.
Mohammed Albaaj, president of CAP and third-year pre-med public health major, said that idea was to bring these comedians in before they become “big.”
Jeff Dye has performed in several shows, including MTV’s “Girl Code” and “Last Comic Standing,” said Matthew Straub, community engagement manager of CAP and second-year civil engineering major.
Albaaj said they are expecting around 1,000 students to attend.
“One of the things that made me really want to do it [is that] we saw a lot of students asking for a comedy night,” Albaaj said. “A lot of people mentioned that they want a comedy night; they want to have fun and just go and listen to laugh and just enjoy their time.”
CAP’s Comedy Night will also include a surprise student comedian.
“The people came to CAP and presented their materials and then from there we made our members — CAP members — vote for the best one they think is the best,” Albaaj said. “We already made that decision, but we’re not going to pronounce [sic] it until the night.”
Straub said the students who tried out for this surprise performance are members from other organizations that are focused on comedy. CAP’s goal was to reach out to other organizations on campus and partner with them to offer entertainment to students.
“We wanted CAP to collaborate with other organizations here at UT. It’s open for everyone; we’re all here to serve students,” Albaaj said.
Both Albaaj and Straub said CAP is planning more events that students will be excited about and want to get involved in.
“I think one of the things is to just add new events that would really appeal to the students. Just something new, something different, that I personally would like,” Straub said.
CAP is planning is their annual haunted house which will take place a week after Comedy Night.
Comedy Night will be held in the Student Union Auditorium. Student admission is free and there is a $5 charge for the public. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show will begin at 7 p.m.