Alexandra McHale will be performing a comedic act at the 7th Street Underground Friday, March 22 at 9 p.m.

McHale is a graduate of Fairfield University in Connecticut and is also a member of the prestigious Actor’s Studio in New York City.

After graduation, McHale traveled to France to perform in an original piece called my TV show at the Public Off International Theater Festival, a press release said.

At the Actor’s Studio, McHale studied with Paul Newman, Sally Field and Robert Redford, a press release said. She realized that she had a talent for making people laugh and tried her comedy out at some local comedy clubs such as The Comic Strip, Catch a Rising Star, and Caroline’s.

McHale has performed with N2O Comedy, All Legs, No Brains, and The Bottlerockets, a press release said. Most recently she performed on the new comedy show called New Joke City with Robert Klein and as host of the Who Knew segment on the Metro Channels weekly show Gotham.

The UB is anxious to hear McHale because of her impressive list of credentials. Currently, McHale resides in New York City and has been nominated Comedian of the Year by colleges for NACA’s 2002 Campus Entertainment Awards, a press release said.