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Nearly 60 brave, funny souls signed up to perform at the Attendee Stand-Up Comedy Night at 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 6, at the sold-out Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop.

Unfortunately, we can only accommodate 18 performers. We randomly picked 11 (below) to perform along with the winner, Meaghan Elwood, and the three runners-up, Liz Alterman, Holly Rizzuto Palker and Mary Warwick, from Erma’s Got Talent, a pre-workshop virtual event held in February. Because this night has become such a popular event at the workshop, comedian Jane Condon will choose another three people from the hilarious writers she meets in her Stand-Up Comedy Boot Camp at 2 p.m., Friday, April 5, in room M2265 at Daniel J. Curran Place.

If you weren’t selected, we encourage you to attend Jane’s boot camp and make your best comedic pitch for why you should be included.  The boot camp is open to all attendees interested in learning more about writing and performing stand-up comedy, not just those who are performing Saturday night. 

A short rehearsal for the stand-up performers is scheduled for 3:30 p.m., Saturday, April 6, in the Kiefaber Room near the ballroom at the University of Dayton Marriott.

Here are the performers:

Liz Alterman, Chatham, New Jersey (Erma's Got Talent runner-up)
Andi Brown, Medford, Massachusetts
Lori Duff, Loganville, Georgia
Ivy Eisenberg, White Plains, New York
Meaghan Elwood, Seattle (Erma's Got Talent champion)
Jill Enders, Concord, California
Christy Heitger-Ewing, Avon, Indiana
Carolyn Freudenthal, Powhatan, Virginia
Karen Grosz, Billings, Montana
Chip Henderson, Pickerington, Ohio
Janel Kluesner, Farley, Iowa
Robin Norris, Gainesville, Virgina
Holly Rizzuto Palker, Short Hills, New Jersey (Erma's Got Talent runner-up)
Mark Stone, Columbus, Ohio
Mary Warwick, Murrysville, Pennsylvania (Erma's Got Talent runner-up)