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| Maddy Bersch Public Relations Director seepublicrelations@umd.edu |
University of Maryland community, SEE hears you. We’ve read your emails, messages, and tweets
about Craig Robinson’s performance at the Homecoming Comedy Show on October 18th,
and would like to respond.
This comedy show had been in the works for months; SEE
Comedy Director, Eliana Geller, began researching potential artists this past spring. Based on survey results and artist availability,
Craig Robinson was selected to headline the show. The SEE Executive Board was excited to bring
Robinson to campus based on his success as Darryl on “The Office,” as well as
past stand-up performances. We hoped his
backup band would bring a fun atmosphere to the show.
However, Craig’s performance was not what we expected or
anticipated. We agree with many of you
that his behavior was unprofessional and inappropriate for a university event. We were just as shocked as you were, and are
embarrassed over this misrepresentation of our student-run organization. We expressed our dissatisfaction with his
performance and unprofessionalism to his agent, who then apologized and
informed us that he was not aware of incidents such as this at any other
college performance. Discussions are
still ongoing, which limits how much we are able to share at this time. That being said, per outstanding ticket
policy, we are unable to issue refunds.
While we understand that many of you were disappointed with
Craig’s performance, we do hope you enjoyed Jermaine Fowler and Michael Ian
Black’s opening performances.
Lastly, we would also like to use this opportunity to invite
you to take our survey gauging interest for events later this year. We value student opinion and want your input
for future events. The survey may be
found here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SEE_UpcomingEvents.
Maddy Bersch, SEE Public Relations Director, may be reached
at seepublicrelations@umd.edu.
