Stetson Homecoming will IGNITE with SNL’s Nasim Pedrad

Saturday Night Live's Nasim Pedrad to headline Homecoming Comedy Hour show.
Saturday Night Live’s Nasim Pedrad to headline Homecoming Comedy Hour show.

Stetson University will celebrate Homecoming 2015 the week of Nov. 8-15.

The headliner entertainment for The Comedy Hour will feature Saturday Night Live’s Nasim Pedrad, 8-9 p.m., Friday, Nov. 13, in the Edmunds Center, located at 143 E. Pennsylvania Ave., DeLand. The entertainment is open to everyone at no cost. This is not a ticketed event.

Pedrad, who caught the attention of Tina Fey at her one-woman show, Me, Myself, & Iran, was with SNL from 2009-2014. Pedrad’s memorable characters include Kim Kardashian, Barbara Walters and Arianna Huffington. (Watch Nasim Pedrad as “Tippy” on SNL here.)

This past year, Pedrad appeared in The Dictator, and voiced “The Once-ler’s Mom” in The Lorax and starred in the NBC John Mulaney Show pilot.

The Comedy Hour is part of the Ignite! Kickoff Event, Friday night, Nov. 13, beginning at 7 p.m. with an Outdoor Carnival and Food Truck Festival, in Rinker Field.

Stetson’s Pep Rally and Bonfire will immediately follow the Comedy Hour, from 9-10 p.m., in Rinker Field.

Everyone is invited to Get Loud with the Hatter Band and cheerleaders at the Ignite kickoff event.

The Hatters will face Ave Maria University’s Gyrenes in football Saturday, Nov. 14, at 3 p.m., in the Spec Martin Stadium Complex.

Visit Stetson University HOMECOMING 2015 to see the full Homecoming schedule. For further information, contact Tanner Vickers, associate director for Student Development and Campus Vibrancy at Stetson University, at 386-822-8784.