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The Observer featured Pace University in "Triple the Schools, Triple the Laughs"
Few spaces exist on Fordham’s campus that can effortlessly combine laughs surrounding fraternity culture, knitting on dates, jazzercise and full-movie reenactments in under five seconds. Stove’s Cabin Crew broaches all these topics and more gathering a community of students to experience their skilled and organic improv. On Feb. 21 at the Lincoln Center campus, three university comedy teams united to produce an evening that really packed a punch.
Fordham Rose Hill’s comedy team, Stranded in Pittsburgh, and Pace University’s group, Yes Anderson, combined forces with Stove’s Cabin Crew to draw a crowd of friends and strangers alike, all eagerly giving two hours of their time to see Fordham’s first- ever multi- university comedy collaboration. The teams rotated between long-form sketches and improv games, all including voluntary contributions from the audience, allowing for dynamic variety within the night’s bill.
It is not often that New York City universities join together for creative purposes and leisure time. The endeavor was well received, confirmed by a boisterous group of Pace students who needed help finding the performance space. As the saying goes, “If you build it, they will come.” Stove’s can take pride in running a comedy organization that not only resists the gendered issues in the wider comedy sector by uplifting all voices, but also performs for audiences with few available seats.
