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Andrew Olimpi and Laura

Bowen pretend they are a

couple dating at Bob Jones

University. The audience

members gave ideas for

scenes. Then the actors

expounded on those ideas.

Andrew’s and Laura’s

humorous portrayal of the ■

tricky rules of dating kept the

audience roaring.

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k lights cast an eerie glow over the students as

filed down the hallway to the improv room. They

ntered rehearsal hall and found it looked quite dif­

ferent than usual. The bizarre decorations helped

to set a crazy and funny mood for the skits. While

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waiting for the program to <v

Improv night is

begin, students ate Krispy

K rem e d o u g h n u ts and one of the

sipped S tarb u ck ’s coffee, greatest things to

The audience sprang to at­ happen at the

tention as the actors for the college. I mean s . . ■-* V:;:

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night’s improv performance m mm
honestly, you get

were announced. The skits mm

followed and so did th e to stay out past

lau g h ter. The m em bers’ curfew! I il Bowen and Pete St. John

quick wit and hilarious per- personally portray crazy party guests. The

sonality tu rn ed m undane enjoyed the night object of the game was for them

to play a specific kind of guest

situations into a comedy rou­ and being able while the host guessed what they

tine. The amazing ability to were supposed to be. For this

to work with skit, the drama club asked the

make up the scene as they

those in the audience who they would like to

went along left the audience see join them. The audience en­

amazed and amused. drama club. thusiastically chose Pete.

Playing the part of a hillbilly, he
The improv night was a -Nicolas Kirkland

entertained the audience.

fund-raiser for the dram a vf

team, and there was not an empty seat in rehearsal

att Auger demonstrates his
hall. The lighthearted atmosphere created a great
agility as Dustin Black looks on

environment where students could just come, relax, in amazement. In this type of

and laugh. Students can’t wait until the next improv improv skit, the actors started out

performing regularly; however,
night. “I’m glad I took a break from homework and
when someone out of the scene

went. They totally transformed rehearsal hall. The yelled, “Expand,” they had to in­

night was hilarious! I look forward to the next one,” crease the dramatization. Will­

ing to oblige, the actors modified
Jessica Weideman said.
their emotional responses, much

b k a h g / m a n o to the audience’s satisfaction.

improv night