‘Saturday Night Live’ comedian Marcello Hernández to perform March 22

Matt Richards will open second annual comedy event

UNIVERSITY PARK (Wednesday, Feb. 28) — “Everything is basically fine. So relax, ok? It's fine!”

“Saturday Night Live” breakout performer Marcello Hernández will headline the second annual Campus Comedy Night at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 22, in Eisenhower Auditorium.

The Center for the Performing Arts Student Advisory Council will welcome the self-proclaimed “Petit Prince” with his program “Marcello Hernández Live.” Actor-comedian Matt Richards will open the event.

Derby: A Women’s Comedy Troupe will perform an impromptu, pre-event set starting at 7:15 p.m.

General-admission tickets are $20 for a Penn State faculty or staff member, and $5 for a University Park student. All tickets must be purchased with a valid Penn State ID or psu.edu email address.

Purchase tickets online and use code LAUGH24. Tickets also are available by calling 814-863-0255 or in person, weekdays 10 a.m.–4 p.m., at Eisenhower Auditorium.

Visit Campus Comedy Night online for more information.

Marcello Hernández

Hernández is a Cuban-Dominican standup comedian, writer and actor who can be seen as a featured player on the 48th season of “Saturday Night Live.”

He started performing standup when he was 18 and has toured all over the country. He has opened for headlining comedians such as Jo Koy, Dave Chappelle, Tim Dillon, Colin Jost and Gilbert Gottfried.

He has had many appearances on Telemundo’s “Acceso Total” and NBC’s “6 in the Mix.” He was selected as a Just for Laughs New Face of Comedy in 2022.

Watch Hernández on “Saturday Night Live.”

Matt Richards

Richards is an actor, comedian, and writer currently starring in the Comedy Central Studios film “Run for the Money” with Beck Bennett and Joel McHale; as the host of A&E’s food-travel series “Best in Chow”; and in a recurring role as “New Homeowner” in the Progressive Insurance commercials.

Derby: A Women’s Comedy Troupe

Derby is a Penn State student club for women and nonbinary people founded as a creative space for people not traditionally represented in comedy to write, perform and make people laugh.

Student Advisory Council

Campus Comedy Night was created in 2023 with the help of the Center for the Performing Arts Student Advisory Council and arts engagement assistants. The council, in its third year, features Penn State students from organizations and colleges throughout the University Park campus that represent various topic areas, including the performing arts, minority identities, STEM and student government.

The council’s goal is to help identify areas where students feel the center can offer programming with students in mind, whether in terms of the type of performance or identities represented in them. Thanks to feedback provided from the council, the comedy event aims to highlight diverse voices from a new generation of performers.

Learn more about the Student Advisory Council.

Acknowledgements

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