Interested in trying out your latest stand-up set in front of a live audience? Or, perhaps you are more of a comedy connoisseur? The Procrastinator Theater will soon be showcasing the perfect thing for you.

Starting next semester, every Tuesday before the 9 p.m. show, the Procrastinator Theater will host a local comedian to perform his or her own 15-minute set.

“There are a lot of great comedians here, and not many venues for them to perform,” ASMSU Films Chair Fallon Walker said, adding  “I know first hand how hard it is to find a venue.”

Walker relates because she is a comedian. The innovative thing about the coming Comedy Night is that it will showcase the local comedic talent of MSU students. While many students attend football games or the like, the Procrastinator Comedy Night will give students a “different way to be involved,”  Walker said.

So if you are interested in auditioning and performing, how should you prepare? “First things first, you’ve got to be funny. It’s [the performer] and a microphone,” Fallon said. Another tip: have 15 minutes of stand-up prepared, so you’ll have enough time for the real deal. “We want them to look good, too,” Fallon added.

Comedy Night is not only for stand-up comedians. ASMSU Films encourages auditions from improv groups and sketch comedy groups as well. The purpose of Comedy Night is to provide a venue for student comedians to flourish because there is talent is out there — besides, who doesn’t love a good laugh?

If you are interested, you can either send in a video of yourself or comedy group performing, or you can set up an audition with Fallon Walker. For either audition preferences, contact asmsufilms@montana.edu. They are scheduling performances right now and throughout the semester, so send in an audition tape or set up an audition today if you think you’ve got what it takes!