Comedian Ali Wong To Perform Show at the University of Arkansas

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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – University Programs will host comedian Ali Wong Thursday, Oct. 18, at 8 p.m. in the Union Ballroom at the University of Arkansas for an hour long comedy performance. Students will be able to participate in prize drawings before and after the show.

Ali Wong has performed on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”, the FOX series “Breaking In”, E!’s “50 Super Epic TV Moments,” and can be seen in Oliver Stone’s “Savages” to be released September 2012. In 2010, Comedy Central listed Ali Wong as one of seven “Comics to Watch.” Variety Magazine named her as one of the “10 Comics to Watch” for 2011, and Ali appeared in the 2011 Just for Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal, QC. This season, you can see Wong as “Olivia” in the new NBC series based on Chelsea Handler’s memoir “Are You There Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea.”

This event is sponsored by University Programs Comedy Committee. For more information about Ali Wong please visit aliwong.com. For additional information on the Ali Wong performance or other comedy events, contact the Comedy Chair Skylar Phillips at upcomedy@uark.edu or 479-575-5255. University Programs is a student-run and student-fee funded organization within the Office of Student Activities.