Hippodrome Theatre to unveil 3 plays at New Works Festival
Instead of its classic production of timeless theater hits, The Hippodrome Theatre has its eyes on operating room romance and fast food joints this weekend.
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Instead of its classic production of timeless theater hits, The Hippodrome Theatre has its eyes on operating room romance and fast food joints this weekend.
With Student Government elections right around the corner Sept. 27 and 28, UF students have varying opinions on how SG should function — that is, if they have an opinion at all.
John Mulaney isn’t new in town. He last performed on UF’s campus three years ago during the 2015 Big Orange Festival.
(This will be updated throughout the weekend. If you have any information on what's closing or will be open, email editor@alligator.org.)
The Gainesville Improv Festival has returned this weekend for it’s 11th run of making students and residents laugh.
Victoria Camargo walked into class Thursday morning to find a 6-foot-long rope tied into a noose. It was about 9 a.m., and the noose lay on her professor’s lectern inside the Gannett Auditorium at Weimer Hall. The UF advertising sophomore thought it may have been a prop to be used in class. But her professor never acknowledged it. After the two-hour class, police were called and hauled the rope away.
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Hispanic Heritage Month is hosting a comedy night to break stereotypes of the Hispanic community.
UF students will raise money for a chronic disease through dance Sunday.
UF’s Treble Makers will host nine other teams from across Florida for a new improvisational comedy invitational this weekend.
After graduating from UF and returning home, Joseph Grutta found his friends had moved away.
In the newly renovated Reitz Union, a Gator tradition will celebrate its 15th anniversary.
Comedians from Gainesville and across the U.S will perform improv for four days during the 10th annual Gainesville Improv Festival in one location, unlike past years.
The Gainesville Improv Festival is returning for a milestone 10th time, showcasing comedy talent from across the country.
Eric Rose (right), a 21-year-old mechanical engineering senior, raises Brett Pizzi’s hand in victory after he won a round of objection at a Theatre Strike Force improv show. In the round, students objected to each other's statements with a witty remark. The 18-year-old UF pre-health freshman countered the statement “I get high” with “You’re not a bird” to win.
Allison Salinger (left), a 21-year-old UF anthropology and health sciences senior, performs an improv sketch with 22-year-old Ishin Iwasaki, a UF computer software engineering senior during the Asian Elephant Gala Event at The Wooly Sept. 12, 2015. Both are a part of Theatre Strike Force, a UF improv and comedy sketch group. “It’s all about trusting each other,” Salinger said of performing improv.
Kira Silverman thinks people should be more like elephants.
Thursday night 9:00 PM, the University of Florida’s Theatre Strike Force hosted an improv show featuring the traveling improv group, Upright Citizens Brigade.
Devin Lee, a 22-year-old advertising senior, performs improv with 18-year-old English freshman Michele Kuhn and 18-year-old exploratory freshman Will Christou during an intro to improv class at Theatre Strike Force’s 12 Hours of Improv event on Monday.