This coming Saturday, at Improv Asylum, Seriously Bent will compete in our first round of competition before going to the 2nd annual National College Improv Tournament! Now, I'm pretty sure I didn't talk about that experience in this blog, because I started this thingy thing after we went. So, last year we received an automatic slot in the finals, and we did that because we rap?... apparently. Anyway, we didn't really have to do any work in order to make it to Chicago last year besides reform our structure to fit a new competition.THIS year, however, we don't have it so easy. We must first win a preliminary competition, which is against 3 other groups, and THEN, if we make it past that, we have to compete in a regional finals on the same day...well technically midnight, so Sunday... anyway, we have some work to do.
First, there was the, "oh shit, we can't just go to Chicago this year?" reaction. Which was followed by the, "oh shit, we have to learn musical improv in order to get there??" reaction. That's right, we sing now folks! The last 2 weeks have involved 2 hour workshops learning how to improvise musically. It is SO FUN, even though I'm not really doing it in the show, I'm hosting the structure, but learning it was a blast because we warmed up like a chorus.
So Saturday we face 3 groups in our slot, and then IF we win, we perform again at midnight in the regional finals, and if we win THAT we go to Chicago. Oh and guess who's hosting the entire thing Saturday?... I'll show you:
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you Dame Gussy Eskowitz. Julia Gustafson returns to Improv Aslyum from her long sobatical in The Granite State to host a college improv tournament, and of course this tournament includes Seriously Bent, of which Julia used to be a part of... her hosting enthusiasm should be interesting for each group. So, to wrap up, come see this show, because it's mad important, and will be the debut of Seriously Bent performing musical numbers!
Heres' the info:
DATE: Saturday, October 11.
TIME : 4:00 p.m. (Seriously Bent's time) the entire show begins at 2:00 p.m.
Midnight for the Finals
PLACE: Improv Asylum 216 Hanover Street - Boston's North End
