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The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

Gunnar Olson, Senior, Journalism.

COLUMN: Boo! Get off the stage!

Gunnar Olson, Editor-in-Chief October 13, 2024

In my time at EIU and as president of improv group Hello Dali!, I have been on both sides of the open mic experience. But thinking on it, I think people should leave the performing to the professionals.   It...

Hello Dali!: Improv group takes the stage

Hello Dali!: Improv group takes the stage

Katja Benz, Campus Reporter September 24, 2021

Hello Dali! is Eastern’s improv club. Their second show of the semester occurred last night at 8 p.m. in the Doudna Fine Arts center. “Nothing in the show is scripted, written, or prepared beforehand,”...

Up All Night Performance Festival showcases poetry, improv

Up All Night Performance Festival showcases poetry, improv

Ryan Meyer, Multimedia Reporter September 20, 2021

Saturday night saw a variety of student performances during the Eastern Department of Theatre’s Up All Night Performance Festival. The event took place in the Globe Studio, which was filled to full...

Upright Citizens Brigade to perform improv comedy at Eastern

Analicia Haynes, Managing Editor February 12, 2018

Audience members can celebrate Valentine’s Day with some improv comedy as The Upright Citizens Brigade Touring Company performs at 7:30 p.m. in the Dvorak Concert Hall of the Doudna Fine Arts Center. The...

Upright Citizens Brigade Touring Company to visit Eastern on Valentine’s Day

Staff Report February 5, 2018

The Upright Citizens Brigade Touring Company will present an improv comedy at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 14 in the Doudna Fine Arts Center’s Dvorak Concert Hall. Along with the performance, the Doudna is offering...

Hello Dali! alumni to join current members in show

Kennedy Nolen, Multicultural Reporter October 19, 2017

A show featuring alumni members of the improvisation group Hello Dali! will join current student members by performing in the show 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday in The Globe in the Doudna Fine Arts Center. Grace...

Hello Dali puts on comical performance

Kennedy Nolen, Multicultural Reporter August 31, 2017

Eastern’s improvisation group Hello Dali opened the semester with their first public show Thursday in Coleman Auditorium, featuring old members and prospective recruits. Before the show, the four...

Improv group to have first performance, hold auditions

Kennedy Nolen, Multicultural Reporter August 31, 2017

Eastern’s comedy improvisation group Hello Dali will kick off the semester with its first show at 9 p.m. Thursday in the Coleman Auditorium. At 9 p.m. Thursday Sept. 7 in the same location, students...

Making crowd laugh on cue, relieving stress

T'Nerra Butler, Verge Editor October 6, 2016

Imagine being an actor and not knowing what lines may come next. Come to terms with the fact that lines come as they please in any given order. The registered student organization Hello Dali!...

Charleston Alley to welcome Chicago Improv for 3rd year

Chrissy Miller, Contributing Writer September 9, 2016

The Chicago Improv Productions are coming back for the third year in a row to perform their show, “The Collage,” at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Charleston Alley Theatre. Duke Bagger, owner of the Charleston...

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