Spring improv show

The spring improvisation show really impressed me by their creativity and their ability to develop drama in such a short period of time. First of all, I was shocked when I heard that Sam Weed was going to bring improvisation piece on to stage because the risk of failing is relatively higher than a normal performance. However, throughout the two days of performance, the group of performers has shown great chemistry in front of the audience and help each other out. Secondly, I really like the third improvisation piece that the audience give a location and relationship for the performers to act with their eyes closed, this requires a lot of communication between performers and performers need to make sure it goes smoothly, for example, when Julia R and Sam W were acting as friends, they showed their friendship by arguing in a funny, which really grabbed my attention. Another compelling factor that makes this show interesting was that the performance was propless, this requires performers to think about their movement and well use of their body language. For instance, when Krystal, Julia, and Helen were doing the tornado scene, they divided the stage into three parts, and as the scene goes. Krystal had great gesture when she was acting nervous because of the tornado was coming, which impressed me a lot. However, there were some weaknesses of the show, one thing that was very obvious was that since the performance contains a lot of comedy, the audience will laugh, however, while the audience was still laughing, performance was still continuing so that some audience could not hear what the performers were saying. Overall, this show was creative, it helps performers to develop drama in a short period of time, and prepare them for an unexpected moment when they are doing script performance.

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