2/21/2008

Famous Johnny's show recap

From now on, Improv-Abilities will be performing improv every Wednesday night at Famous Johnny's. Last night, was our first. To the best of my knowledge there were 2 people in the audience who had seen improv before, and they were affiliated with Improv-Abilities. It took a few games for the audience to get involved. (giving suggestions...laughing out loud) They were very quiet to start. You could tell that they didn't know what was really going on. After about 1/3 of the show, they really started to get into it. The energy level went up in the entire room, and the show definitely got better as the night went on. Afterwards there were many people who told us that they would come back next week, which was great to hear. All in all, there were about 30 people in the audience. Not bad for our first time.

I think we definitely learned a lot from last night's show. Let's be honest, it is a typical stand up crowd, they want to sit, drink, and laugh. We need to come out with higher energy and really get the crowd into it. Maybe we need a permanent host? We'll see. It is definitely a positive joint venture for us and the club though, so let's see how this thing goes for the next couple of months.

2 comments:

Jared Brustad said...

I'm not sure if performing at Famous Johnny's would be considered "bar-prov", but what i've learned from performing in a bar atmosphere is these two things:

-Have one person emcee the entire show.

-Play quick active games that if a person was walking by on the way to the restroom, the could stop, immediately catch-on to the game, enjoy it, then continue on the the restroom.

I haven't been to Famous Johnny's so I don't know what the set-up is like there. My guess is that it would be close to Stanfords where you won't have problems with people walking around all the time.

Congrats to I-A!!! Glad to hear it went well!!!

Anonymous said...

I love that you guys are doing this. Congrats on the show!