MOUNT VERNON — On Wednesday, Oct. 1, nationally renowned political comedy group Capitol Steps will appear at Cornell College in King Chapel at 7:30 p.m. Capitol Steps will perform skits and routines updated to reflect our changing political times.
General admission is $10 at the door. Admission is free to Cornell students with college ID, faculty, staff, emeriti faculty, retired staff and their families, and to holders of the Purple Pass. Purple Passes will be available to Mount Vernon and Lisbon residents at the door. Doors will open at 7:00 p.m. There are no advanced tickets or seating.
The Capitol Steps began as a group of Senate staffers who set out to satirize the very people and places that employed them. Since they began in 1981, the Capitol Steps have recorded 28 albums, including their latest, Campaign and Suffering. They’ve been featured on NBC, CBS, ABC, and PBS, and can be heard 4 times a year on National Public Radio stations nationwide during their Politics Takes a Holiday radio specials.
Capitol Steps is the second event and first this year in an annual series of performances and lectures funded by a gift from alumnus Richard Williams ’63 and his wife, Marlene. The annual series will sponsor one lecture and one performance each year.