Apr 10
Convocation with Peter Gwinn '93 | How to Be a Comedian When Nothing is Funny.
Fri, April 10, 2026
• 10:50am
- 11:50am (1h) • Skinner Memorial Chapel
Peter Gwinn '93 is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning comedian who has written for The Colbert Report and Alpha House and appeared in Netflix's Easy. He is also an accomplished improviser and teacher at both the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in New York and the iO Theater and Home Comedy Theaters in Chicago, having performed with and/or instructed a long list of comedians including Amy Poehler, Seth Meyers, Jason Sudeikis, Chris Gethard, Amber Ruffin, Rachel Dratch, and Zach Woods. He also once won the official rank of #1 Best Crossword Puzzle solver in the Midwest at the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament.
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Event Contact: Noel Ponder