Comedian Cristela Alonzo to Perform at IWU
Nov. 12, 2012
BLOOMINGTON, Ill.— Comedian Cristela Alonzo will perform at Illinois Wesleyan University
on Friday, Nov. 16, at 8 p.m. in the Hansen Student Center (300 E. Beecher St., Bloomington).
The show, sponsored by IWU’s Office of Student Activities, is free and open to the
public.
A former staff writer for Comedy Central and correspondent for MTV.com, Alonzo has
been featured on Comedy Central’s Live at Gotham, Gabriel Iglesias’ Stand Up Revolution
and Showtime’s Legally Brown. In 2010, she was a semifinalist on NBC’s Last Comic
Standing. Alonzo has also appeared in shows such as Conan and Sons of Anarchy.
Aside from stand-up, Alonzo is an award-winning writer of numerous short films including
TGIF: The Musical, which won Best Film at the Boston Comedy Festival.
For additional information on the event, contact the Office of Student Activities
at (309) 556-3850.
Contact: Katherine Filippo, ’12, (309) 556-3181 univcomm@iwu.edu