Comedy Improv Class Show
Yesterday was the final show for the comedy improv class. It was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much fun. Seriously though, I was actually kinda nervous about it. I don't know why I was nervous. It was definitely nothing to be nervous about! Actually the final thing that was said before we went on stage by us all was... "I will support you". That's the idea, that no matter what happens we try to keep going with whatever is happening and try to help each other out.
We started by getting there slightly early. We checked out the stage and space. I'd seen the venue once before because I was there to see a show for class with some of my classmates. It kind of reminded me of the theater at camp so that gave me a level of familiarity and made me a little more comfortable. We did warm up exercises and then hung out down in the green room.
When it was finally show time, we all were held just behind the stage in a little area behind the back curtain. Then we came out into a line across the back. One of us asked for a suggestion to start the show. Actually, before the suggestion was given we were introduced and all that good stuff by our class teacher. THEN we just started off with the suggestion. The suggestion was about it being sooooooooo hot out. So most of the early on little scenes/skits had to do with heat and ice cream eating and napkins being lost and people having ice cream on their face and people having to reach in other peoples pockets to get napkins for ice cream on their faces... it probably got slightly sexual inuendo-y yep...
Then somehow the skits just went all over the place from there. There were random office cubicle jokes and skits about being stuck in a tiny office cubicles and skits about how to and how not to exercise. We all ended up even getting in on some giant stretching thing where we were all flapping our arms about like giant birds. Let's see... and skits about girls in the mens bathroom and men in the girls bathroom, and haircutters that can't really cut hair and just mess up every time... and all kinds of other random things.
A few times I was caught cracking up at things the other classmates were doing. The audience was laughing a TON. Everyone was just really be into it. The show just RACED by. I mean it was a good 25 minutes I think... but it felt like 2 minutes.
Everyone got a chance to hop in and do something several times over. I think we ALL just had a blast.
After the show a bunch of us went to get some food and drink. It was just perfect. I couldn't have asked for a better ending to a really awesome class. I'm considering signing up for the next class... but... for now I REALLY do need a break for a little while to just sleep in on Sundays super late. I also want to put more effort into music and youtube videos. So for the rest of the summer I'm going to focus on youtube videos and music recording/writing/playing open mics.
I think what I might do though is go and see an improv show every once in a while. It's just as fun to watch as it is to be in it.
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