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Meet our Emcee for the evening:
Rick Young is an accomplished actor/comedian/master of
ceremonies/auctioneer who has appeared all over the country including Second City’s main stage, Kingston Mines, Chicago; Pasadena Playhouse;
Dudley Riggs’ Brave New Worship, Minneapolis, etc. Rick’s brand of humor deals with an interesting variety of dilemmas including marriage, kids, divorce, being single, politics, etc.
Rick is the owner of Chicago Comic Book which involves a group of 30 stand-ups whose credits include the Tonight Show, Oprah, Late Night,
Comedy Central, Showtime, HBO, Colbert and many comedy clubs, theaters and colleges across the U.S. If you need laughs for your event,
better call Rick!
The Lake County Symphony Orchestra, led by Ron Arden - Executive and Artistic Director, is indeed one of the most invigorating musical ensembles on Chicago's north shore and presently the only professional orchestra in Lake County. In addition to its regular season, LCSO has served as accompaniment for headline artists at the Genesee Theater in Waukegan for such artists as Marie Osmond, The Temptations, Clay Aiken, Symphonic Led Zeppelin, and The Roy Orbison Virtual Tour - to name just a few. The orchestra in total and/or part is available for professional musical services. Members playing come from Milwaukee to Chicago and part of the LCSO mission is to include advanced students and community musicians on its' stage. You can see their regular series of concerts at www.lakecountysymphonyorchestra.com
Laura Hugg
Laura Hugg is a stand-up, sketch & improv comic and storyteller. She is a graduate of the Second City Conservatory and winner of the Mary Scruggs Award for Sketch Comedy Writing. Laura has appeared at comedy clubs throughout the midwest as a headliner. Currently she is a producer and host of a comedy variety show at the Lincoln Lodge in Chicago called “Keep Coming Back”.
Christian Henningsmeyer
Hari Rao
Christian Henningsmeyer is a Venezuelan comic who started his career back in Caracas in 2016. Since then he has performed in Venezuela, Colombia where he performed in “Sábados Felices“ a national TV show and now has been doing stand-up all over Chicago. He has performed at Laugh Factory, Zanies and Zanies Rosemont.
Hari Rao's comedy draws upon 44 years of life experience to highlight the peculiarities of everyday living that we simply accept as given, as well as dissecting his own personal experiences that can best be described as "are you being serious?!". His adventure in standup began in 2016 while his experience in entertainment spans two decades as a recording artist, a recurring theme in his comedy (his band's song “Rewind” can be heard as the theme song to ABC’s The Goldbergs). Hari can be seen performing regularly in the Chicago area, including Zanies Comedy Club and the Laugh Factory.