Students recovered from midterms with ACBU’s Comedy Night. Lydia’s lounge was bubbling with soda and laughter as students watched Geoff Keith’s performance Saturday.
“Every year we go to a conference called NACA (National Association for Campus Activities), and a bunch of schools go,” ACBU coordinator Gaby Zavalva said. “At the conference, people perform for us. We booked him as he was doing shows in Illinois, which made it easier for him to come.”
Zavalva, a sophomore accounting major, said Lydia’s Lounge was recently revamped and has a cool vibe. She said it was the perfect site to host the Comedy Night.
Keith, born and raised in Los Angeles, California, has been a comedian for the past 12 years and the highest booked college comedian for the past nine years. His performance consisted of jokes about relationships, trips, college life and other topics students could relate to.
Keith said his comedy doesn’t have an underlying message, but he wants to “just have fun and not take life too seriously.” According to Keith, he used places, observations and himself as material for his jokes to bring the audience into his world.”
“It’s a completely different environment,” Keith said. “When playing at a big comedy club or theater, there is more of a performance factor playing for a bigger crowd. Here it’s a more intimate show, but the best part of my day is the audience.”
Keith interacted with the audience in more ways than just one, welcoming a Q-and-A session after the performance.
“I liked how he called out people because it made [the show] more personal,” freshman mechanical engineering major Chase Walbert said. “I thought it was good and funny.”
ACBU hosts comedy shows twice a semester, and the next one will be in two weeks. Andrew Fisher, a deaf comedian, will perform at Michel Student Center ballroom Nov. 5.
