Improv Night at Fellowship

So this past Sunday (November 6th) my friend from school, Bea, and I led an improv workshop during the middle school fellowship hour. Many of you may know improvisation, or improv, from popular television shows like Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Drew Carey's Green Screen Show, and Drew Carey's Improv-a-Ganza, as well as touring groups like Whose Live Anyway? and The Colin and Brad Show: Two Man Group. I personally have been doing improv since I was 11, and Bea and I have been doing it together since our freshman year of high school. In fact, we bonded over a mutual love of the ever-so-wonderful Whose Line Is It Anyway?. Well, for an hour and half on Sunday, Bea and I brought our passion to nine middle schoolers from the church. We explained the 5 main rules of improv, showed them a clip of the oh so hilarious party quirks from Whose Line, demonstrated a scene of the very hard New Choice, and were off. We broke up into two groups, Bea taking one and I the other, and set off onto an adventure of President Obamas, Eeyores, bus stops, and whats-its. Needless to say, everyone had a blast. Nobody stopped laughing and the kids couldn't get enough. We ended off the night with a group game of Freeze for the parents, consisting of bungee jumping, 7-eleven robberies, and spilled spaghetti.... The kids didn't want the night to end, and, well, neither did Beatrice and I, and not just because we had history homework to attend to. Hopefully we can do it again sometime because, as I always say, improv is all about letting yourself go, making a fool of yourself, falling flat on your face (both literally and figuratively), and laughing till your sides split (sometimes literally depending on the scene you're doing), and you can't not laugh. Improv is a great stress reliever and a quick break from our hectic D.C. lives and Beltway traffic (although please no watching it while driving) and I sincerely hope all of you get to try it soon. From Bea and I, thank you so much for the opportunity. We had a B-L-A-S-T. :)