Insert Laughter (Here) performs last improv show of 2014

On Dec. 12, Parkway North’s Insert Laughter (Here) had its last two improv shows of the semester at 3 p.m. and at 7 p.m. in the theater. The theme was Holidays at the Office, and the team members came dressed in either holiday sweaters or business attire. The show was funny and smart with returning players: seniors David Thal, Leah Ryan, Myles Washington, and Alayna Huthsing as well as new players: seniors Roger Moses and Drew Sigler, junior Matt Balentine, and sophomores Tawni Miranda and Brian Wasserman.

At the 3 p.m. show, games such as “Say What” and “Universal Remote” were played. In the latter, hosts and seniors Mark Cunningham and Mico Xa were able to fast forward or reverse a scene.

Sigler said that his favorite games are “split between Universal Remote and Murder Mystery Dinner.” He became interested in improv because of a show he went to last year. He thought that it sounded like fun and “went to the next practice.”

Other games included “A Day in the Life”, “Blind Line”, and “Three Rooms”. In “A Day in the Life”, Cunningham and Xa called an audience member to the stage to tell the players about their day. The improv team then acds out the audience member’s day. In “Blind Line”, the audience wrote lines on a piece of paper, and during the scene, members of the improv team picked up a line and worked it into the scene.

Audience member sophomore Andrew Evans said, “The show was excellent. I personally was a big fan of [Balentine] and [Moses]. It was all very funny and definitely worth the price of admission.”

Hosts Cunningham and Xa got tripped up at points but were able to pull through and recover quickly.

At the end of the show, the hosts called improv alumni and other improv club members to the stage to all partake in “Joke Round”. The audience gives the performers a subject and they tell one-liners based on that subject. This was one of the highlights of the show.

By Lauren Sparks, Centerspread Editor