SHS Alum to Perform Stand-Up at Country Club Saturday
October 1, 2014
Gardner to be one of three acts
by Keith Stewart
keith@newsprogress.com
An Indiana native that graduated from SHS is returning to Sullivan to perform comedy this coming Saturday.
Kris Gardner, a 1996 SHS alum, will open for Chris Speyrer, who will be followed by Dr. Gonzo.
“[He]is hilarious and has been doing comedy since the 80s,” said Gardner of Dr. Gonzo. “I got to work with both Chris and Gonzo at Mason City Limits a while back, and they were phenomenal.”
Gardner got his start in comedy a year ago this past August when he attended a coworker’s comedy show in Champaign.
“I work with a fellow comedian Justin Tinkle at C.H.I in Arthur, and when he told me he was a comic, I went to one of his shows with CU Comedy in Champaign, and I got up the nerve to give it a shot. I did okay, and they invited me back and it kind of took off from there.”