Joel Sinensky from Oak Park earned one of eight spots on a Northwestern University comedy team that is taking part in a competition to find the nation’s funniest college student.
A Feb. 28 showdown at the Chicago university was the first of 32 campus contests in Rooftop Comedy’s inaugural National College Comedy Competition.
The eightmember Northwestern team will advance to a regional semifinal round against Columbia College of Chicago on April 10.
Sinensky is a 21-year-old junior majoring in theater.
Eventually, people from around the world will vote online for the best four comedic students in two categories: stand-up and short film.
The four finalists will compete in an Internet broad
cast from Aspen, Colo. on www.RooftopComedy.com/ on May 30.
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