DSI Comedy Theater Showcases Next Generation of Comics

DSI Trained High School Improv Group Giuseppe and Teams from Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools Perform in November

11.03.2009 – CARRBORO, NC –DSI Comedy Theater will give audiences a chance to take a peek at the next generation of comedians over two Fridays in November as the theater showcases high school teams from Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools and the DSI Comedy Theater trained high school team, Giuseppe. Giuseppe will perform Friday, November 13 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $10. Chapel Hill-Carrboro School’s High School Improv Teams will perform Friday, November 20 at 7:30 p.m. DSI Comedy Theater is located at 200 N. Greensboro Street, in the Carr Mill Mall between Elmo’s and Southern Rail. More information on DSI Comedy Theater is available online: www.DSIcomedy.com.

Giuseppe is a team of regional high school students who auditioned at DSI Comedy Theater. They are coached by DSI Theater Manager and Instructor Kit FitzSimons and perform professional grade improv. Giuseppe’s members are from East Chapel Hill High School and Cedar Ridge High School. The team rehearses once a week and performs once a month. The teams from Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools are student-run and self-directed ensembles that perform both at school and at DSI Comedy Theater.

“While DSI showcases the best comics and rising talent in the country,” explains DSI Executive Producer Zach Ward, “We are also work hard to support the next generation of comics.” Ward adds, “How are we supporting the next generation of comics? By creating them… While our high school students gain awesome performance skills, they also gain confidence and healthy self-esteem.”

About DSI Comedy Theater
DSI Comedy Theater, an 84-seat non-smoking theater located in Carrboro, North Carolina, boasts a local company of 45 active performers and a national network of almost 100 professional comedians. A dedicated member of its community, the theatre continues to reach out to the greater Triangle region with fundraisers, outreach, and educational opportunities for all ages and abilities. It is the home of the DSI Comedy Training Center, which offers new classes every month in the art of improvisation, stand-up and sketch comedy. Zach Ward, Owner and Executive Producer of DSI, has trained improv talent featured on television (Jeff Richards, Saturday Night Live, MADtv), the big screen (Maddy Curley, Disney's Stick it), and students now featured at IO Chicago, IO West, UCBT-NY and UCBT-LA, Second City, Boom (Amsterdam), and ComedySportz®.
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DSI Comedy Theater will give audiences a chance to take a peek at the next generation of comedians over two Fridays in November
High school teams from Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools and the DSI Comedy Theater trained high school team, Giuseppe will perform.
Shows scheduled November 13 and November 20.

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