Park Theater will have a returning favorite on its stage, welcoming back comedian T.C. Cope this Friday, April 20.

“If you missed him the first time, here’s your chance,” said Park Theater manager Kevin Roberts. “He was a real crowd pleaser.”

Cope, a stand-up comedian, dished out plenty of laughter in May 2016. His tour “Laughing is Living” offers the message laughter is the best technique for survival.

He was raised in McMinnville and was a graduate of Warren County High School in 1980.

Cope delighted audiences with reminiscing about his childhood during his first Park Theater show.

“My grandmother tried to keep me from peeing in the bed,” he said. “She did everything she could. She would whoop me. She tried to embarrass me. She would put my sheets outside on the line so my friends could see it. They was calling me nicknames. Couple of them called me sunshine, because it had that big yellow ring on it. I could not stop peeing in the bed. My grandmother said ‘I know how to break you.’
She jacked that sheet off the bed and rubbed it in my face. Call it what you want but I haven’t peed in the bed since.”

Cope takes the stage April 20 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15. Seating is reserved.

Tickets can be purchased online at Ticket Biscuit, the Park Theater website, or at the box office on Main Street.