Lakeside Legacy Arts presents ‘A Winning Night of Comedy with the American Laughing Champion, Julie Ostrow’ on 2/28 at 8:00pm in Crystal Lake, IL.

Julie Ostrow
and her Improv Friends will perform in ‘the Listening Room’ at the Lakeside
Legacy Arts Park in Crystal Lake, IL. This winning night of comedy with the
American Laughing Champion, Julie Ostrow, is scheduled for 8:00pm on Friday,
February 28th.  The tickets are $15.00 in advance, $20.00 at the door
and are on sale now! Contact the box office at 815-455-8000 or http://www.lakesidelegacy.org/2013-schedule-3/.

Siobhan
Cottone Lakeside’s Executive Director remarked, “Lakeside is excited to bring
new and exciting talent to 'the Listening Room'. It is a fabulous venue for not
only music, but all types preforming arts! Previous comedy shows in ‘the
Listening Room’ have packed the room, so make sure to purchase your tickets
today.”

Ostrow is an
experienced comedian who performs stand-up comedy, improvisation, and laughter
yoga in the Chicago area in addition performing before worldwide organizations.
She also conducts improv workshops for actors and non-actors. Her training in
improvisational acting comes from The Second City in Chicago, while she also
gains other experience by being a certified laughter yoga leader. Let's not
forget that Ostrow has the honor of being America’s first ever laughing
champion, where she competed in many categories, such as: one on one laughter
duels, snorting laughter, etc., to earn the title, which makes her feel like a
“laughing princess”. Ostrow won this award in 2013 in San Diego, California at
the annual conference of the Association for Applied Therapeutic Humors. A
laughing championship is a public contest where people compete in a series of
laughter skills. The contests are usually judged on contagiousness, hilarity
and technique. They can be extremely entertaining. Since the 1st one in
Montreal in 2011, there have been contests in Japan, France, the UK, the Czech
Republic, Slovenia, Austria and California.

Ostrow’s goal
is to facilitate laughter in the lives of people while acting as a catalyst for
rediscovering and recreating joy, creativity, and childlike playfulness. “We
know audiences will be laughing off their seat from Ostrow’s witty humor,”
stated Roger Reupert ‘the Listening Room’ house manager when asked about
Ostrow’s comedy.  

The winning
night of comedy with Julie Ostrow and Her Improv Friends will be a unique and
humorous experience for all. The performance is at 8:00pm on February 28th.
Tickets are $15.00 in advance and can be purchased at www.lakesidelegacy.org or
by contacting the Box Office and asking for Roger (815)-455-8000. If online
sales have not sold out, tickets can also be purchased at the door for $20.00.
Lakeside encourages people to purchase tickets in advance. If you purchase
tickets at the door on 2/28, however, please arrive by 7:30pm. A cash bar is
also available during the concert. For more information or to purchase tickets,
please visit Lakeside Legacy on the web. ‘the Listening Room’ is located within
the Lakeside Legacy Arts Park, 401 Country Club Road, Crystal Lake, IL.
Lakeside Legacy is a 501(c)3 charitable organization and is also home to the
Historic Dole Mansion.