About Us
Ludus Remedium is USC’s first freeform, activism-focused comedy troupe that includes everything from improv to sketch to sock puppets to supporting student mental health campus-wide! Wait, what was that last one? For those of you who took Latin in High School and nabbed those extra points on the SAT, you might notice that Ludus means “play” or “prank” and remedium roughly translates to “cure” or “remedy.” Our mission statement is: To cure the USC community of anxiety, intolerance, injustice (and maybe indigestion) through comedy. Completing this statement could be as simple as making a stressed out student laugh at one of our weekly shows or as complex as increasing visibility on a marginalized issue through our monthly comedy through social justice activities (we make no promises on the matter of indigestion). We aim to build confidence and bust bigotry through healthy, humorous releases. Ludus has built an impressive array of specific games, events, and traditions to make that happen.
