'Drew Carey's Improv All Stars' To Appear At CWU

May 7, 2004

Contact: Lola Gallagher (509-963-1677/fax 509-963-3561/e-mail: gallaghl@cwu.edu)

ELLENSBURG, Wash.-- As the featured event of Central Washington University's 2004 Homecoming activities, "Drew Carey's Improv All Stars" will appear Saturday, Oct. 16, at 8 p.m. in Nicholson Pavilion.

Tickets for the show will go on sale Wednesday, May 12, at noon in the Samuelson Union Building ticket booth. They may also be purchased with a Visa or MasterCard by calling (509) 963-3513 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., weekdays.

Best available reserved seating, on the Nicholson Pavilion floor, is $47 and general admission is $37. Current CWU student admission is $25.

The show will feature Drew Carey along with some of the regular cast members from his most recent hit television show "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" - Greg Proops, Chip Esten, Sean Masterson and Jeff Davis.

A native of Cleveland, Carey, 45, began his successful stand-up comedy career in 1986 at the Cleveland Comedy Club. Among his first significant breaks was competing on "Star Search" in 1988. National prominence came in 1995 when "The Drew Carey Show" premiered.

Carey won the 1996 People's Choice award for "Favorite Male in a New Series"; 1998 Golden Satellite award for Best Actor in a Television Series-Comedy; 1999: TV Guide Editors' Award; and, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2003.

For more information, or for persons of disability to arrange for reasonable accommodation, call (509) 963-1511, or (for the hearing impaired) TDD (509) 963-2143.