The Michigan Daily- Friday, March 21, 1986- Page 9

The

Serious Business of Comedy


From behind the books
they came. Nine Univer-
sity students heavily ar-
med with ambition, a
quick wit, and a goal.
They are the Comedy
Company, in pursuit of
making us laugh.
After seven weeks of
memorizing and rehear-
sing, they finally
"became" their charac-
ters last week. Their
three shows at Men-
delssohn Theatre
culminated all their hard
work and kept hundreds
of family, friends, and
students laughing
through the night.
Under the direction of
Janet Hofmann and Rick
LeVee, and the produc-

Schlein displays some of the hard work that goes into acting ashe studies
his lines during a rehearsal.

tion of Ann McClendon,
the team of Eric Cham-
pnella, Amy Forman,
Ethan Gilan, Jon Hein,
Kevin Kelly, Anthony

Lehv, Caryn Lilling,
Matt Schlein, and Julie
Stern made this year's
Comedy Company a huge
success.

Schlein and Lehv work on their make-up before the show. Schlein wears make-up "only on
special occasions."

The excitement in the acting is what makes the show come alive. Here, Lilling, Hofmann, and Forman burst with vitality when they catch a glimpse of a flasher.

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