Last Wednesday we had out last Royal Fools show of the year. (For those who are not familiar with the Royal Fools, it is the CVCA improv group that I coach). This last show was the third of the year, and in retrospect, I am pretty pleased with all three shows.

I always have a hard time judging how shows go – I fret over the details of running the show, and I get caught up in the minor mistakes that happen on stage. I was reassured this time around that we had had a good show in that people kept finding me, going out of their way to tell me what a good show we had. Mer even had a few people find her and tell her how much they liked the show. When people go out of their way to tell you things, I generally assume that it is not just being polite.

There were about 90 people or so for the audience. They were a lively, high-energy bunch, and they were very quick with a ton of suggestions to get our various scenes going – in fact, it was very often hard for me to hear individual suggestions because there were so many being shouted out at once. As a wonderful bonus, there were a lot of former Fools in the audience, and some even joined us on stage for the last game we play, where the audience can hop up and play with us.

The show lasted about one hour and fifteen minutes, and the fun on stage included:
– a scene where a man was burning the other Fool’s belongings in a furnace because she made him mad
– an improv “showdown” inspired by the phrase “you made me lose my appetite”
– a scene about a purple kangaroo who was going to get its ears pierced
– a couple getting engaged based on the condition that the man sell everything so he could be rich
– acting out being in prison while making popcorn, and then being killed by ninjas
– a Foolish Idol where the contestant sang about mice
– a scene where a man loses his tongue by licking a frozen pole, and then gets it replaced by silly putty
– a poem and interpretive dance about a rose and its thorns
– a party given for a man with a strange walk, a man sneezing Jello, a pyromaniac, and a neat freak

I graduated four seniors this year. Special congratulations to AJ, John, Kyle, and Samantha!