September 27, 2024 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM

Matt Friend is an old soul living inside a 25-year-old comedian/actor/impressionist’s body. He graduated from NYU’s Gallatin School in 2020, but his love of comedy and entertainment was sparked when he was four years old. Friend had watched “Austin Powers” (yes, as a four-year-old) and started mimicking the characters’ voices—and the rest was history. To date, he has over a million followers on TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, and across all socials. Friend has appeared on “The Howard Stern Show,” MSNBC, “The Today Show,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” NBC’s “New York Live,” “Good Day L.A.,” “Good Day NY,” “Good Morning Washington,” and WGN. In 2019, he won Kenan Thompson’s Ultimate Comedy Experience at Carolines on Broadway. His repertoire includes more than 250 impressions ranging from Rami Malek to Timothée Chalamet. His favorite impression at the moment is Jennifer Coolidge. Friend has voiced multiple characters for “The Simpsons” and “Family Guy.” He made an appearance on “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” and hosted megaviral comedy interviews on the Golden Globes Red Carpet. Friend recently surprised President Joe Biden while performing at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner alongside “Saturday Night Live” star Colin Jost and he recently headlined the Netflix is a Joke Festival during his nationwide standup comedy tour.

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St. Mary’s College’s Mark Twain Lecture Series on American Humor and Culture was launched in 2007. Since then, the series has grown to one of the largest events in Southern Maryland.