Meet The Improv Teams of the CCC 2020 (Part 1)
/CSz Philadelphia - Home of ComedySportz announces the return of the Collegiate Comedy Challenge, a four-day improv comedy competition where local college improv teams compete for fun and laughs.
And a trophy.
The Collegiate Comedy Challenge is February 7, 14, and 21 @ 8PM. The Championship Round is February 28 @ 8PM.
This year, we asked the teams some probing questions about themselves and improv. Their answers are below.
Riot Act - University of Delaware
Q: If your team was a team of crime fighting superheroes, what super power would you all have and why?
A: If we were super hero’s our power would be to shape shift. We all enjoy switching characters and personalities so it would only make our hero disguises that much better.
Q: If your team had a theme song, what would it be and why?
A: Copacabana would be our song. It is a fun mix of something kinda dark masquerading as something playful and funny.
Q: If your team were an animal, what animal would you be and why?
A: As an animal our team would be a peacock because we our proud of our lovely and distracting appearance even though it might cause us to get eaten by a tiger.
Q: What is your favorite thing about doing improv?
A: Our favorite thing about improv is that you can have a conversation later about things that “happened” that make perfect sense only to the people who were involved. Everyone else thinks you’re on acid.
Performs Friday February 7th @ 8PM.
Riot Act
Soviet Purgatory - Albright College
Q: If your team was a team of crime fighting superheroes, what super power would you all have and why?
A: Our superpower would be calligraphy because we all have wanted to learn it and it would put this city on the "write" track.
Q: If your team had a theme song, what would it be and why?
A: Our theme song would be "Every Rose Has It's Thorn" by Poison because one of our teammates hates Bret Michaels a lot so, just to upset her, we chose this song.
Q: If your team were an animal, what animal would you be and why?
A: If we were all an animal, we would be a flounder, specifically Flounder from "The Little Mermaid" because one of our teammates was Flounder in a production of "The Little Mermaid" and the rest of us "flounder" on stage.
Q: What is your favorite thing about doing improv?
A: Our favorite thing about improv is having fun as an ensemble and making our mentor, Matt, watch us do bad improv in rehearsal.
Performs Friday February 7th @ 8PM.
Soviet Purgatory
Without A Net - University of Pennsylvania
Q: If your team was a team of crime fighting superheroes, what super power would you all have and why?
A: Fly...
Q: If your team had a theme song, what would it be and why?
A: Free Fallin’ because we lack a net.
Q: If your team were an animal, what animal would you be and why?
A: Sloth, also our favorite sin.
Q: What is your favorite thing about doing improv?
A: Breaking.
Without A Net are the reigning champions of the CCC. See them defend their title on Friday February 7th @ 8PM.
Without A Net
Deep Dish Pizzazz - West Chester University
Considered the D-List celebrities of West Chester University, Improv Team Deep Dish Pizzazz consists of students from all areas of WCU life. Spanning almost every academic department and grade level, the cast members of this award nominated improv team perform all over the West Chester region at different events, socials, and competitions. Founded in the spring of 2013, the teams fan base has grown enormously and each show has been become the must-see event on campus. Deep Dish Pizzazz puts on 4 free shows a semester for the student body along with being hired across campus to perform at different events. Performs Friday February 7th @ 8PM.
Deep Dish Pizzazz
