Pitt Improvers Plan Shows at Pitt-Bradford; Will Appear in Kapers
The Pitt Improvers, a student improvisational club, will perform a comedy show from 8 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, in the Mukaiyama University Room of the Frame-Westerberg Commons.
The all-ages show is free and open to the public.
The group also plans to reprise its appearance at Kiwanis Kapers at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 12, 13 and 14 at Bradford Area High School. Kristin Asinger, visiting instructor of sports medicine, and her husband, Tim, are advisers for the student group. This is the Improvers second year on campus.
During the performances, members of the cast play a variety of improv games and perform them based on suggestions given by the audience.
Additional shows will take place from 8 to 9:30 p.m. Jan. 28, Feb. 25 and April 1 in the Mukaiyama University Room. Also planned are an improv workshop for teens and adults Feb. 6 and special charity show from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 12 in the Bromeley Family Theater in Blaisdell Hall.
The Improvers recently attended an improv workshop in Chicago to learn long-form improvisation. In long-form, different scenes are created based on suggestions from the audience, thus allowing time to build characters and plots and make connections.
“The community will first experience this with us at the Kiwanis Kapers and our November show,” Kristin Asinger said.
“Our Kiwanis Kapers performance each night will be a lot of fun. We will play a game that is ‘guest played’ by well-known residents of Bradford. Our audience will suggest an unusual crime and our ‘accused’ will have to guess what they did, based on the clues provided by the improv team.”
For disability-related needs, contact the Office of Disability Resources and Services at 814-362-7609 or arj4@pitt.edu.
Pictured, Improvers Brian Robert, an athletic training major from New Albany, and Morgan Back, a sports medicine major from Auburn, riding the elevated train in Chicago, where the improv group traveled to attend a workshop.
(Photo courtesy of Pitt-Bradford)
The all-ages show is free and open to the public.
The group also plans to reprise its appearance at Kiwanis Kapers at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 12, 13 and 14 at Bradford Area High School. Kristin Asinger, visiting instructor of sports medicine, and her husband, Tim, are advisers for the student group. This is the Improvers second year on campus.
During the performances, members of the cast play a variety of improv games and perform them based on suggestions given by the audience.
Additional shows will take place from 8 to 9:30 p.m. Jan. 28, Feb. 25 and April 1 in the Mukaiyama University Room. Also planned are an improv workshop for teens and adults Feb. 6 and special charity show from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 12 in the Bromeley Family Theater in Blaisdell Hall.The Improvers recently attended an improv workshop in Chicago to learn long-form improvisation. In long-form, different scenes are created based on suggestions from the audience, thus allowing time to build characters and plots and make connections.
“The community will first experience this with us at the Kiwanis Kapers and our November show,” Kristin Asinger said.
“Our Kiwanis Kapers performance each night will be a lot of fun. We will play a game that is ‘guest played’ by well-known residents of Bradford. Our audience will suggest an unusual crime and our ‘accused’ will have to guess what they did, based on the clues provided by the improv team.”
For disability-related needs, contact the Office of Disability Resources and Services at 814-362-7609 or arj4@pitt.edu.
Pictured, Improvers Brian Robert, an athletic training major from New Albany, and Morgan Back, a sports medicine major from Auburn, riding the elevated train in Chicago, where the improv group traveled to attend a workshop.
(Photo courtesy of Pitt-Bradford)
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