On February 13th, 2015 the County Prep Theatre Arts students performed in a competitive improvisation event called the Annual Jamboree. The battling
teams, Chaplin and the Stooges and Bad Biscuit competed in a series of
improv games as part of a fundraiser for the Theatre Department. Although Chaplin and the Stooges took the
trophy, all of the performers won the heart of the audience.
The show was hosted
by Junior Jose Lupianez and Senior Tamara Alicea, who found ways of including
the audience by letting them pick the place, the relationship, and even the lines for the
actors to say in the middle of their improvisation. Junior Brianna Pitchford accented all jokes and highlighted the competition
with her creative action on the drums.
Bad Biscuit competed with Senior Valerie O’ Higgins; Juniors Alexia Velazquez,
Samantha Killion, Joshua Dunn, Juan Ferreira; and Freshmen Julio Velazquez and
Quinton Casillas. Chaplin and the Stooges competed with Juniors Ryan Wares, Jonathan Dunn, Gianni Ortega; Sophomores Alyssa Massa, Adam
Hassan, and Kailyn Vazquez; and Freshman Jason Ortiz.
The two teams took
turns in winning the applause of the audience in games such as Freeze Tag, Singing About You, Whose Line Is
It Anyway?, What Happens Next, Master and Servant, Taxi, What Are you Trying to
Say?, Director, Dubbing, and Scenes
From A Hat. While Tamara was trying
to elude all Jose’s creative ways of asking her out on a date, she rewarded all
the audience members who participated to the show with colorful heart shaped
balloons.
Finally in the end
the teams battled it out in the game Props,
where each team had to come up with fast creative ways of using an umbrella as
a different object. The last competitors left standing were Valerie O’Higgins
and Adam Hassan. After a nail-biting run Adam won and Chaplin and the Stooges
took the first Annual Jamboree trophy. It was indeed a night to live, love and
laugh! Ms. Shields is extremely proud of her extraordinary creative improvisers
as well as the technical crew of the evening; student sound and lighting technicians,
Seniors Chris Ortiz and Kaylee Cox, and stage and house managers Senior Flora
Keim and Junior Koutanding Wally.
See more photos on the Theatre Program website >>
See more photos on the Theatre Program website >>
