The IUCCF is an annual festival that brings together IU comedy groups and out-of-town acts to entertain ?students.
The festival is a collaboration between various comedy groups and Union Board, said Geoff Ferguson, the Union Board member responsible for helping stage IUCCF.
“We work with them to make sure it’s a solid event,” Ferguson said.
Thursday night will function as a charity event in which the members of the different comedy groups will team up with members of the other groups to compete for the most laughs.
Audience members can vote for their favorite team with their dollars, said senior Shelby Plummer, who will be performing in the event as part of University tWits and Awkward Silence.
Proceeds from the event will go to the Middle Way House, Amethyst Foundation and Girls Inc.
Students who prefer sketch comedy can come Friday night to see performances by University tWits, Backdoor Comedy and All Sorts of Trouble for the Boy in the Bubble.
Headlining Friday night will be the Chicago-based duo the Tim and Micah Project. Tim Soszko and Micah Philbrook are affiliated with The Second City comedy troupe, which has produced many “Saturday Night Live” alumni.
Saturday night will feature performances by Midnight Snack Comedy, HoosOnFirst Improv Comedy, Full Frontal Comedy and Awkward Silence Comedy groups.
Saturday will have two headliners: Vienna Juvenile and The Deltones.
The Deltones are an iO Theater group from Chicago. iO Theater is known for originating the “harold” form of a comedy act, a form which imposes a structure on an otherwise entirely improvised act with cues from the audience.
IUCCF has been going on for 20 years. The festival died out briefly for a few years due to a lack of organization, but it was revived to its old form about five years ago, ?Ferguson said.
This will be the first year in which the event is spread out during three days, Plummer said. In previous years the event took place in one day.
“No one has time to dedicate an entire day to it,” ?Ferguson said.
Plummer is a member of both the University tWits and Awkward Silence and will perform all three nights.
Plummer has been a member of the tWits since her freshman year and joined Awkward Silence this year. She has set the bar for success high and said she will consider this weekend successful “if we can fill the Whit.”
Plummer had nothing but good things to say about Union Board’s involvement and praised them for including the festival in their budget and singling out Ferguson ?in particular.
IUCCF will take place in the Whittenberger Auditorium in the Indiana Memorial Union. Thursday night’s show will be at 8:30 p.m., while Friday and Saturday nights’ shows begin at 7 p.m.
This story has been updated.
