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Comedian Preacher Lawson to perform live on the UMFK campus

August 31, 2017

Note: this is an archived news release. As such, the information provided may no longer apply.

photo of Preacher LawsonPreacher Lawson will perform live at the University of Maine at Fort Kent on Friday, September 8, 2017 at 7 p.m. in the Fox Auditorium. Lawson is the comedian who can be seen on the current season of “America’s Got Talent.”

Lawson began writing jokes when he was 16.  He was deemed the 2015 “Funniest Comedian” in Florida and winner of the Seattle International Comedy Competition in 2016.  He made his television debut on NBC’s “Last Call with Carson Daly” and on Comedy Dynamics’s “Coming To The Stage” this year.

The event is open free to the public, though monetary donations will be accepted. All donations will directly benefit UMFK’s Stacy’s Closet, a project aimed at alleviating barriers for all campus students who lack financial means to purchase basic, everyday necessities such as deodorant, soap, shampoo, toothpaste, and feminine hygiene products.

The performance is sponsored by the UMFK Student Activities office. For more information, please contact Associate Director of Student Activities & Diversity Programming, Theresa Biggs, at 231-0909.