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Daily Nebraskan
Thursday, October 10, 1985
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By Deb Pederson
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UNL student and comedian Craig
Anton is scheduled to leave Nebraska
Oct. 20 for a two month United Service
Organizations tour to countries around
the Mediterranean Sea
Anton, a 23-year-old theater major,
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auditioned for the comedy tour last
June at Gabby's, the comedy club at
the airport Holiday Inn.
"I didn't know what would happen,"
Anton said. "I didn't really care. I had
my summer set. I knew I was coming
back to school in the fall."
But Anton's plans changed when he
was asked to go on the tour.
'Ankara. I've never
heard of the place
Anton
"They called me and asked me if I
wanted to do it and I said 'well, I'll let
you know,' " Anton said. "I was a little
unsure with the (comedy) company.
They're kind of a new company starting
out and I just didn't trust them. And I
had to check with Mom and Dad."
Anton decided to accept and he took
the semester off from school.
Anton said he has been working a
number of clubs in Omaha and Lincoln
and will perform in Las Vegas clubs for
four days before leaving on the tour.
Anton's professional experience
includes performances at Stanford and
Sons in Kansas City, Mo., Comedy
Works in Denver, Omaha Brewery
Comedy Shoppe and Shenanigans
Comedy Club in Lincoln.
The comedy tour will include stops
in Germany, Turkey, Greece, Italy and
Spain. His first performance is set for
Ankara, Turkey.
"It's going to be good to get back in
Turkey," Anton said. "No, I've never
been there. Ankara. I've never heard of
the place. I've never heard anything
about Turkey. It's going to be inter
esting." Anton said he moved from mime and
juggling to comedy when he was a
teenager.
He teamed up with Dave Sullivan
during his three-and-a-half years at
Kearney State. He was a business major
at the time.
Then Anton transferred to UNL where
he switched from a minor to a major in
theater.
For Anton, it's a toss-up between
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acting and comedy.
"I'm not a die-hard actor as far as
actor-mentality goes with pounding on
doors, auditioning for every show,"
Anton said. "That just does not appeal
to me. I find a show and if I like it and
see a role that appeals to me, I'll audi
tion and see what happens.
"Theater's fun but I've been doing
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comedy so much any more and there's
money in it, so there's an advantage to
it."
Doing professional comedy is a mat
ter of credibility, good material and
establishing contacts, he said.
When he gets back from the tour,
Anton said he doesn't know whether he
would go into comedy full-time. He said
the business was an emotional rollercoaster.
"I want to finish school," Anton said.
"Then, perhaps, I'll get a secure kind of
job. I like doing workshops. I've done
workshops for kids and lectures and
things like that.
"I'm not really sold on the enter
tainment or comedy business yet.
It's just you're away from your family,
your loved ones, whoever, too long and
you really have to have an ego. You
really have to be a good self-motivator
to write material that's timely and
fresh."
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Anton
Setting
it Straight
Student art is exhibited in the Stu
dent Art League Gallery, Richards 205,
on a first-come, first-served basis,
according to league member Mark Gre
gory. There is no qualitative selection
process, he said.