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CommuniKate: ArtAlive comes to Manchester April 11

Improv comic to perform story of self-exploration, self-discovery

by Chloe Leckrone

North Manchester, IN (03/18/2022) — Manchester University will host improvisational comic Kate Billingsley in "CommuniKate: ArtAlive," an interactive one-woman show that brings to life artists and their work, as part of the University's Values, Ideas and the Arts (VIA) series.

"CommuniKate: ArtAlive" is 11 a.m. Monday, April 11 in Cordier Auditorium and is open to the public. Admission is free.

It will also be livestreamed on MU's Facebook page, www.facebook.com/ManchesterUniv.

The 50-minute performance will be followed by a Q&A.

Having spent seven years living in Europe, Billingsley incorporates characters based on people she has met into her portrait of a young American moving to Spain. The show has been performed at The Second City in Chicago and The People's Improv Theater in New York City.

Billingsley will also lead an improv-based activism workshop for students on campus.

For the media

Organizer of this event is Virginia Rendler, peace studies coordinator. VBRendler@manchester.edu

CommuniKate: ArtAlive https://www.facebook.com/onewomanimprov/

Manchester University, with campuses in North Manchester and Fort Wayne, Ind., provides vibrant and transformative student experiences. Learn more at www.manchester.edu/about-manchester.

Chloe Leckrone, communications and media relations intern at MU, wrote this press release.

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