C-D-S spells fun
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Participants showed just how seriously they took themselves with the names they gave their four-person teams: The Four Mops, Rovers at Versailles, TCP+P, Lots of Laughs and the Stick Handlers.
Each team had 30 minutes after arrival to concoct a skit five to ten minutes in length - the improvisation ingredient. Structure came from the elements they were required to incorporate - five of the following seven: a lovers' argument, sports competition, a song, portrayal of an old person, portrayal of a drunk, an accident, a reunion.
The variety of plots that evolved within these parameters was a tribute to the performers' imaginations and sense of the ludicrous.
The stage set consisted of four chairs and a table. There was also a table to the side with assorted props from past productions. The Four Mops used everything from a suitcase and umbrella to a vodka bottle and plunger. TCP+P, on the other hand, chose only one prop - a string of sausages - but it was used to most striking effect.
The most vivid "accident" involved the all-female Mops, each sitting in a chair as if it were a car seat and propelling herself forward into a head-on collision. The cleverest "reunion" was of characters from different fairy tales, as portrayed by Lots of Laughs.
Rovers at Versailles, besides playing on the name of the society's next production, managed to combine characters from previous plays.
It was the Stick Handlers who started with the most conventional idea - two guys going to their buddy's house to watch a basketball game on TV. But the relationships between the characters quickly developed more twists and turns than are typically found a fulllength comedy movie. This skit received the most enthusiastic audience applause and its participants received a bottle of champagne as their prize.
Peter Kosa was the ever able and amiable emcee. Organisers for the evening included Regina Oliver, Gabrielle Wheaton and Susan Howe.
