THE SECOND BI-ANNUAL SHE-NANNIGANS’ COMEDY CHALLENGE

Winner to Receive $500 Cash, Plus a Gig as the House Comic

(CHICAGO, IL) – Have what it takes to do a hilarious stand-up routine? Want to win $500 plus a gig as the house stand-up comic? Enter the Second Bi-Annual She-Nannigans’ Comedy Challenge, a weekly comedy challenge that test comics until there’s just one comic standing!

Mr. Terry Donlon will emcee and host this second run of the Comedy Challenge at She-Nannigans House of Beer, located at 16 West Division Street in Chicago. The winner of the first Comedy Challenge, Anish Shah, will judge along with a rotating panel of other comics and comedic experts. Taking place every **Thursday from January 6 through March 31, 2011 at 7pm, the schedule will be as follows:
Thursday, January 6 – Preliminary
Thursday, January 13 – Preliminary
Thursday, January 20 – Preliminary
Thursday, January 27 – Semifinal
Thursday, February 3 – Preliminary
Thursday, February 10 – Preliminary
Thursday, February 17 – Preliminary
Thursday, February 24 – Semifinal
Thursday, March 3 – Preliminary
**Wednesday, March 9 – Preliminary
**Wednesday, March 16 – Preliminary
Thursday, March 24 – Semifinal
Thursday, March 31 – FINAL: One comic from each semifinal will compete
**NOTE: Weeks 10 and 11, in March, will be held on Wednesdays

Comics will need to sign up, in advance, by emailing mattk@rushanddivision.com, and include a photo and/or any links to videos of their act, no later than the last preliminary week of March 16, 2011. Three to five comics will face off weekly, with a 10 – 15 minute set each, and of course there’s always the hook if the comic bombs! One winner each week will advance to one of three semifinal rounds. One semifinalist will advance to the finals where three survivors will face off for the money, the gig and the title: “Winner of She-Nannigans’ Comedy Challenge”!

Spectators are encouraged to laugh and imbibe with $2.50 PBR cans, $10 domestic pitchers and $8 bombs, and $5 Cuervo Gold and Silver Tequila shots.

She-Nannigans House of Beer is located at 16 West Division Street in Chicago. Please call (312) 642-2344 or visit http://www.rushanddivision.com/shenannigans.html for more details.

SCHEDULE COMING SOON!