Blue Key is presenting Michigan Tech’s Winter Carnival Stage Revue show at the Rozsa Center. The Stage Revue show, an annual Winter Carnival tradition, will be performed on Feb. 5 at 7 p.m. This show features short, student-written, student-performed sketches focused on this year’s Winter Carnival theme, “Through Ice and Snow, to Space We Go,” with these live skits bringing a comedic twist.
Tickets for the show will cost $10 for general admission and $5 for Michigan Tech students. Blue Key recommends buying tickets in advance since this is a public event and seating can fill up fast. Tickets can be purchased in advance online or at the Box Office the day of the show. If you are planning on buying a ticket in person, make sure to bring cash to help everyone get seated in time for the show to start.
The duration of the show is planned to be three hours, with an intermission in the middle. Blue Key and the Rozsa classify the content presented in this show as “College-level humor,” where “death and mature language will be present.” Those who are sensitive to this content or bringing guests should be aware and plan accordingly. The Rozsa offers noise-cancelling headphones and assisted listening devices for people who need them at the Box Office. “Something students should know is that Stage Revue is a Tech Tradition, and a lot of the community comes out to support it. It’s a really fun event that different orgs on campus participate in, and if they’re on the fence about going, they should go,” said Theta Chi Epsilon Stage Revue organizer Halla Reed.
Stage Revue is a long-running tradition dating back to 1946, with student teams competing for bragging rights as well as points towards the Winter Carnival trophy chase. Each team’s performance will be judged on factors including acting quality, production quality, originality, theme connection, and overall entertainment value. The team that achieves the highest score across these categories will win the Stage Revue show competition and gain points towards the trophy chase. “I find Stage Revue to be an important part of Winter Carnival because it allows students to be creative. The shows students create are among the funniest things you will see on campus. It also allows the groups to really get to know each other better, and be a part of something they are proud of,” said Sigma Tau Gamma Winter Carnival coordinator Logan Franke.
