Name: Dennis Humenn
Year: Sophomore
Major: Communications with a Concentration in Advertising and PR
Hometown: New City, New York
HC: What can you tell us about the Humarists? What’s it like being one?
DH: We’re the improv sketch comedy group on campus. It’s nice knowing I’m one of the seven funniest people at Marist (smirks), but it’s weird that people sometimes know who I am. It’s uncomfortable, like one time I had an awkward conversation with someone in an elevator. It’s like if you’re on a sports team and someone comes up to you and starts saying “Oh my god, you play soccer?” I guess after a show it’s different, it’s cool, but when it happens randomly it’s a little odd.
HC: Why did you try out freshman year?
DH: I picked up a flyer and thought it was interesting but I didn’t have any prior experience. I thought it was a club, I didn’t think it was a group, but some random guy on the ultimate Frisbee team told me it was something you had to try out for, but that was a week before workshops [tryouts]. So the night of, I was on the phone with my dad and he was like “What are you doing tonight?” and I said, “I don’t know, I might go to these tryouts” and he was like, “What would you be doing if you didn’t go?” and I said that I’d probably just be sitting there doing nothing and he was like, “Well then what do you have to lose?” and I realized he was right.
HC: Have you done improv comedy or anything similar before?
DH: No, I was gonna do it in my high school but it was really lame. So that’s how you know our shows are great.
HC: What is your favorite Marist memory?
DH: I’m still trying to figure this out, but this brownie is up there right now – top 5 at least. Uhh, but for real I’d probably say when my friend got a golf cart because she tore 5 ligaments in her foot and we drove it to the off-campus Starbucks because I love Starbucks. I’m a gold star member.
HC: What’s your favorite thing to order from the Cabaret?
DH: That’s easy. Chicken strips 5-piece. People who get the 3-piece are weaklings. The only thing that rivals it is the spicy Italian sandwich.
HC: What’s your favorite pick-up line?
DH: Is there a magnet in your pants because I’m attracted to your buns of steel.
If you want to see Dennis (third from the left) in action with the Humarists, check out their show Thursday, April 30, in the Nelly Golleti Theatre at 9:30 p.m.!