Pitt Improvers to Perform
Pitt Improvers, a student improvisational club, will perform a comedy show on Jan. 22 at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford.
Members will take to the stage from 8 to 10 p.m. in the Mukaiyama University Room of the Frame-Westerberg Commons. The free show is geared toward teenagers and adults.
Like the popular television show, “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” hosted by Drew Carey, the 16 students seek input from the audience and create unexpected scenes.
Ten to 12 games will be performed, said Kristin Asinger, adviser and visiting instructor in sports medicine at Pitt-Bradford.
The group hopes to draw a large crowd following a successful three-night performance at last November’s Kiwanis Kapers charity variety show in Bradford, she said.
“We would love to get big crowds; it adds to the energy,” Asinger said. “We performed for the Kapers and got a lot of positive feedback.”
The troupe is led by Asinger and her husband, Tim Asinger, who also joins in the improvisational games. Both are former members of a Chicago area comedy troupe.
Latdior Williams, a junior chemistry major from Newark, Del., and Kristin Asinger formed the troupe during the fall semester. Pitt Improvers have performed twice at Pitt-Bradford.
Rehearsals are held once a week. Another performance is set for Feb. 26.
“Pitt-Bradford is the perfect fit,” Asinger said. “We have students with a lot of energy and creativity and an audience that gives us great suggestions.”
Members will take to the stage from 8 to 10 p.m. in the Mukaiyama University Room of the Frame-Westerberg Commons. The free show is geared toward teenagers and adults.
Like the popular television show, “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” hosted by Drew Carey, the 16 students seek input from the audience and create unexpected scenes.
Ten to 12 games will be performed, said Kristin Asinger, adviser and visiting instructor in sports medicine at Pitt-Bradford.
The group hopes to draw a large crowd following a successful three-night performance at last November’s Kiwanis Kapers charity variety show in Bradford, she said.
“We would love to get big crowds; it adds to the energy,” Asinger said. “We performed for the Kapers and got a lot of positive feedback.”
The troupe is led by Asinger and her husband, Tim Asinger, who also joins in the improvisational games. Both are former members of a Chicago area comedy troupe.
Latdior Williams, a junior chemistry major from Newark, Del., and Kristin Asinger formed the troupe during the fall semester. Pitt Improvers have performed twice at Pitt-Bradford.
Rehearsals are held once a week. Another performance is set for Feb. 26.
“Pitt-Bradford is the perfect fit,” Asinger said. “We have students with a lot of energy and creativity and an audience that gives us great suggestions.”
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