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Upcoming Events

theater masksNext up in the Beckman Humor Project: Tartuffe by Molière, French theater at its funniest!

Tartuffe Pre-Play Reception and Panel
Saturday April 14 and 21 in Mago Hunt Center
Reception 6:15pm • Panel 6:45pm • Play 7:30pm 

All ticket holders to these performances of Tartuffe are invited to enjoy a complimentary wine, cheese and dessert reception as campus experts highlight production details and the role of humor in this theatrical masterpiece. For play tickets, contact the Mago Hunt Box Office at 503-943-7287.

Calling all UP students: Laugh It UP during Stress-Less Week!

The Beckman Humor Project is teaming up with Pilots After Dark and ActiveMinds to bring you a humor-filled competition night during Stress-Less Week containing jokes, bingo, and AMAZING PRIZES! Compile a team of 2-4 people from your dorm* and compete against other dorms with your best jokes. There’s only one rule — you can’t laugh! We want to see all the dorms represented!

Laugh It UP: Battle of the Dorms
Saturday, April 28, 2018
10-11:30pm in the Pilot House
Free and open to all UP students — sign up below

Click here to sign up

*Event is also open to students who may live off-campus and multiple teams can sign up from each dorm.

For ADA accommodations or further information about Laugh It UP, please contact Abby Kosiara (kosiara18@up.edu) or Tyler Zimmerman (zimmerma@up.edu).

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John and Patricia Beckman had an audacious idea: harness the power of humor to transform the world! And let’s tap into the capacious imaginations and talents of the University of Portland to treat humor as “a communal energy, a creative way to puncture arrogance and outwit violence.”

And so the Beckman Humor Project was born, a living force. What can it offer our bruised, blessed world?

Speakers, concerts, exhibitions, performances, graphic novels, stand-up, research… if it can be imagined, if it can scrape a bit of crud off the world by making someone laugh, it can find a home in the Beckman Humor Project.

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ADMINISTERED BY THE GARAVENTA CENTER
University of Portland
Garaventa Center

Franz Hall #330
5000 N. Willamette Blvd.
Portland, OR 97203
Karen Eifler, Ph.D.
Co-Director
eifler@up.edu
(503)943-8014
Rev. Charles Gordon, C.S.C., Ph.D. (Cantab)
Co-Director
gordon@up.edu
(503)943-8512
Sarah Nuxoll
Program Assistant
nuxolls@up.edu
(503)943-7702



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