“Alright, fellas, you ready to be emotionally vulnerable at the batting cages?” was only one of many comedic lines at one of the last Dine:09s of the year. Students were given a showcase of Improvisational theatre, or Improv, by the Lincoln Improv Collective.
The specific group that graced the campus with their presence this past Saturday, April 25, was The Disassociates. Their show consisted of both short- and long-term improv.
Sophomore Amani Muisyo remarked that she appreciated the energy they brought to the event and that they were able to keep it up as the night went on.
The short-term set lasted about 20 minutes, featuring a variety of games. In one such game, the “host” was hosting a party and the crowd got to decide what the three guests would represent as a celebrity, an object and an occupation. “Baby baby baby, I came all the way from Canada,” said the faux Justin Bieber when entering the party, followed by a megaphone and a three-foot-tall plumber. The party host had to guess each partygoer’s identity with the help of audience reactions.
The long-form set lasted for a little under 30 minutes. It consisted of several intertwining characters and plot points, including a man finding a stray cat, two friends leaving for college, and a pickup artist and their struggling student. The entire play was inspired by two words suggested by the audience, “cat” and “nice.”
The Lincoln Improv Collective has free sessions on the second Sunday of every month at the F Street Community Center in Lincoln. The sessions are open to everyone regardless of experience and consist of improvisational games and exercises, including many of the ones featured at Dine:09.
